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Four people died during violent pro-Donald Trump at the US Capitol, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday night. One woman was shot inside the Capitol, and three others died after suffering “medical emergencies,” police said. A woman was shot by a plainclothes Capitol Police officer after breaching the Capitol and attempting to enter the House chamber, according to acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee. She was transported to a local hospital where she was later pronounced dead, Contee said. The shooting is being investigated by MPD’s internal affairs unit, which is responsible for investigating all officer-involved deaths in Washington, D.C., even…

As the second variant of COVID-19 keep on ravaging, Nigeria’s confirmed cases surged to 1,664 on Wednesday, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Of the number, Lagos recorded 642, the highest number, Federal Capital Territory got 407 and Plateau, 160. NCDC tweeted ‘’Lagos-642 FCT-407 Plateau-160 Kaduna-83 Rivers-62 Adamawa-47 Nasarawa-38 Abia-29 Edo-28 Anambra-27 Niger-24 Ogun-24 Imo-15 Oyo-14 Kano-12 Osun-12 Borno-9 Delta-7 Enugu-7 Bauchi-5 Ekiti-5 Sokoto-5 Jigawa-2.’’ ”A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC) activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities,” it added. Meanwhile, NCDC says ‘’Our discharges today include 388 community recoveries in Lagos State, 261…

Manchester City beat Manchester United played Wednesday night to reach the Carabao Cup final. They will now face Tottenham at Wembley as they look to win the competition for a fourth straight year. Second-half goals from John Stones and Fernandinho secured their progress as City cut loose after a first period in which both sides had goals disallowed. Stones exposed poor United set-piece defending when he nudged home Phil Foden’s free-kick from close range five minutes after the restart. Pep Guardiola’s side looked the more likely scorers afterwards, despite United’s increasing desperation, and when Anthony Martial and Aaron Wan-Bissaka could only…

Scores of Donald Trump’s supporters are swarming Capitol Hill in Washington in a last-minute effort to torpedo the November 2020 Presidential election in United States of America. In the election, Joe Biden of Democratic Party won overwhelmingly more than 1. 7 million in the popular vote while Trump of Republican Party won about more than 1.1 million votes. During the Electoral College, Biden won more than 302 votes to be declared the winner, a tradition in US politics for a candidate to be a winner. Senate Leader Mitch McConnell said ”The voters, the courts, and the states have all spoken.…

The Federacion Internacional de Abogadas (FIDA) in Akwa Ibom State branch received more than 69 complaints bordering on rape cases last year. FIDA, which is the International Federation of Women Lawyers, is an international non-governmental organization (NGO). It enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid, legal literacy and education programmes and through advocacy, law reform, and research, among others. Mrs Emem Ette, Akwa Ibom FIDA President, in a telephone interview with Straightnews on Wednesday, said the body forwarded the list of the alleged cases to Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice who had assigned them to Director…

Akwa Ibom police, Wednesday, could not arraign seven suspects arrested over the alleged molestation of an 11-year-old student of the Deeper Life High School, Uyo. This followed the absence of a presiding magistrate in Magistrate Court, off Ikot Ekpene Road in Uyo Local Government Area to hear the case. The suspects include two minors, who are senior students of the school, accused of 3exually abusing the victim in the school dormitory. The others are staffers of the school, including a vice principal and a housemaster. Fidelis Igwe, a lawyer to the Deeper Life School, told PREMIUM TIMES he was surprised…

A medical doctor and four other persons in Akwa Ibom State have been detained by the state Police Command over the alleged molestation of an 11-year-old JSS1 student of Deeper Life High School, Idoro Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The mother of Don Davies Archibong, Deborah had alleged that the boy was molested in school based on her various Facebook videos. It was gathered that one Dr. Effiong Udimidue and four other staffers of the school were detained after the meeting the police held with all parties involved in the matter on Tuesday at the Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in…

Few days ago, Ekiti government doled out N60 million as housing loan to some teachers and other workers in the state. In addition, the state Government has disbursed another N100 million as car loans to 278 civil servants. The Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Mr Akintunde Oyebode, told newsmen on Tuesday evening in Ado Ekiti. Giving a breakdown of the loan disbursement, he said that the sums ranging from N80,000 to N1.5 million were disbursed to the beneficiaries of the loan scheme depending on their respective grade level. Oyebode listed the number of loan recipients to include 41 workers…

Zamfara State Government has wielded a big hammer against more than 500 private schools in the state by revoking their licences for being unable to meet the required operational guidelines. The state Commissioner for Education, Ibrahim Abdullahi made the announcement Tuesday, January 5 also told newsmen that a task force would soon be inaugurated to enforce compliance. Abdullahi said, “The guidelines will have to be followed and be met by any private school proprietor before the issuance of licence to operate.” Recounting how Governor Matawalle met a “poorly-arranged” setting on the operations of private schools, Abdullahi said proprietors at that…

Nigeria has recorded 1,354 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported on Tuesday. Of the number, Lagos State is leading with 712 followed by Federal Capital Territory and Plateau State with 145 and 117 infections. This is as Akwa Ibom State got 16 cases, bringing the total in the state to 469. ‘’On the 5th of January 2021, 1354 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria. ‘’The 1354 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos (712), FCT (145), Plateau (117), Kwara (81), Kaduna (54), Sokoto (39), Oyo(38), Rivers (37), Gombe…