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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed four deaths and 94 new COVID-19 infections in the country. NCDC via its Twitter handle Monday night said “On the 9th of November 2020, 94 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. According to the health agency, “The 94 new cases are reported from 7 states- Lagos (50), FCT (24), Kwara (9), Edo (4), Kaduna (3), Ondo (2) and Plateau (2). On the caseloads, it reported “Till date, 64,184 cases have been confirmed, 60,069 cases have been discharged and 1,158 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal…

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the disposal of Federal Government Forfeited Assets within the next six months. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami announced this on Monday during the inauguration of a 22-member Inter-Ministerial Committee on the disposal of the Federal Government of Nigeria’s forfeited assets. “It is my pleasure to note that Mr President approved the composition of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Disposal of Federal Government of Nigeria Forfeited Assets on 27th October 2020 which we are inaugurating today. The Committee has a time frame of six (6) months for the disposal of…

US President Donald Trump  has sacked Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and that Christopher Miller, who serves as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will become acting secretary “effective immediately.” Trump who announced on Twitter Monday jettisoned Esper two days after his Democratic opponent Joe Biden was projected as the winner of the presidential election, a conclusion that Trump has refused to accept. Esper’s increasingly tense relationship with Trump led him to prepare a letter of resignation weeks ago, an attempt to fashion a graceful exit in the widely expected event that the President decided to fire him, several defense…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has ordered its members nationwide to begin an indefinite strike over Federal Government’s breach in agreement on IPPIS implementation and redundancy in Baker Hughes. IPPIS means Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). It is an information Communications Technology (ICT) project initiated by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of payroll administration for its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The association had on November 2, 2020, issued 7-day ultimatum and further extension to the relevant government agencies and institutions on IPPIS. The association, affiliated…

“A Nigerian politician is very unpredictable and can defect tomorrow to any winning political party,” was the message passed by acting National Secretary of All Progressives Congress Caretaker Committee, Senator John James Akpan Udoedehe. Udoedehe who marked his 57th birthday anniversary at NUJ Press Centre, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State on Monday declared that even Governor Udom Emmanuel cannot be predicted politically and could defect tomorrow to any winning party to further his interest. The one-time Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory who toned his speech with vivacious comments said, “Some of you are married to politicians. Politicians are…

A survivor of cult attack from Inen community, Oruk Anam Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State said he escaped death by whiskers, after six bullets were extracted from his head. Elder Friday Ufenang said to have been shot on the head in by suspected cultists allegedly belonging disbanded Debam and Iceland confraternities recalled that on admission into hospital he survived on oxygen for the first three days. “The Lord Jesus Christ saved my life. I survived through oxygen in the first three days. I was unconscious. I never knew myself again. But succour came my way through intensive medical care. “Over…

The economic cost of #EndSARS protest disruption is estimated at N1.5 trillion, approximately 1.03 per cent of the GDP and 11.47 per cent of the nation’s 2021 budget, the Financial Derivatives Company Limited has stated. The FDC which projected headline inflation to rise to 14.5 per cent in October from 13.71 per cent in September, said the protests magnified existing output challenges and supply chain disruptions. In its latest economic bulletin, the FDC’s chief, foremost economist Bismarck Rewane said “This suggests that the economic recovery path could be longer than anticipated. Massive investment in job-elastic sectors with minimal control on the…

The acting National Secretary of All Progressives Congress Caretaker Committee, Senator John James Akpan Udoedehe says the problem of most people is not allowing familiar persons to grow or prosper for fear of overtaking them in life. Udoedehe who celebrated his 57th birthday anniversary with journalists at NUJ Press Centre, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State on Monday lamented that in the process people make mistake of entrusting mandate to others who come from mega cities at the expense of giving such familiar persons who may have what it takes to lead others. The one-time Uyo Local Government boss dismissed as…

When many local government councils in Nigeria are in under the spell of states in controlling their monthly allocations, Adamawa State has changed the narrative by allowing its councils to enjoy financial autonomy. At a news briefing in Yola on Sunday, Mr Jingi Rufai, the Chairman of Association of Local Government Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGON), Adamawa State Chapter, admitted that it enjoys local government autonomy in the state. According to hum, the association conducts monthly meeting where funds and projects are distributed equitably for proper execution across the state’s 21 LGAs. “For better understanding, ALGON has its own source of…

We have won with the most votes ever cast for a presidential ticket in the history of this nation — 74 million. I am humbled by the trust and confidence you have placed in me. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify. Who doesn’t see red and blue states, but a United States. And who will work with all my heart to win the confidence of the whole people. For that is what America is about: The people. And that is what our administration will be about. I sought this office to restore…