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A total of 155 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the country, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Apart, the NCDC via its Twitter handle confirmed four deaths in Nigeria Wednesday night. “On the 4th of November 2020, 155 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “The 155 new cases are reported from 10 states- Lagos (85), FCT (23), Ondo (18), Ogun (8), Kaduna (5), Oyo (5), Taraba (5), Kano (3), Rivers (2), Bauchi (1),” the health agency wrote. It tweeted “Till date, 63,328 cases have been confirmed, 59,675 cases have been discharged and 1,155…

A North Dakota man who died from the coronavirus last month won a seat in the state legislature, according to official results. David Andahl, a 55-year-old cattle rancher, according to The New York Times died last month, after being hospitalized with the coronavirus, the Bismarck Tribune reported. Mr. Andahl’s mother, Pat Andahl, told the newspaper that her son, a Republican who in June defeated a longtime incumbent in the primary vote, had been looking forward to joining the state legislature. “He had a lot of feelings for his county and his country and wanting to make things better, and his…

Supporters of controversial Prophet Sheperd Bushiri, Wednesday, were seen celebrating outside the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court after he and his wife Mary were granted bail. The leaders of the Enlightened Gathering Church spent two weeks behind bars following their arrest on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering involving R102 million. The couple were granted bail off R200,000 each. Bushiri’s supporters had been gathering outside court since the beginning of the bail hearings, insisting he and his wife had done nothing wrong. There was singing and chanting and shouts of jubilation outside the court. Supporters reacted immediately once the bail verdict…

The International Criminal Court says it will “analyse materials” it has received about the violence which hit Nigeria last month following protests against police brutality. The ICC chief prosecutor’s office told has told the BBC that contrary to an earlier report, it has not already opened a “formal preliminary examination” into the unrest. For weeks crowds of peaceful protesters gathered in streets in major cities of Nigeria to demonstrate against police brutality. The protests were held under the #EndSars banner, a reference to demands for the disbandment of the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad, whose officers were repeatedly accused of criminal…

Another Nigerian-American has won a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives in the Tuesday’s U.S. general elections. Ms. Esther Agbaje will represent District 59B in the 134-member House on the platform of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party. Esther, 35, won by a landslide, polling 17,396 votes or 74.7 percent of the total ballot cast. Her closest rival, Alan Shilepsky of the Republican Party, secured 4,128 votes, representing 17.7 percent of the total. Elections to the lower chamber of the state legislature hold every two years, and there are no term limits for the…

The first Nigerian-American has been elected to the US Congress early on Wednesday morning. He is a 30-year-old Mr Oye Owolewa, whose father is from Kwara State and mother from Oyo, is aiming for a ‘shadow’ (non-voting) seat in the House of Representatives. Owolewa, a PhD holder in Pharmacy from the Northeastern University, Boston, is seeking to represent the District of Columbia under the Democratic Party. Owolewa won 135,234 votes representing 82.65% of the total votes  against Joyce Robinson-Paul, who had 15,541 votes, and Sohaer Syed had 12,846 votes. A Nigerian-born Democrat, Oye Owolewa, will be elected as a shadow…

Ekiti Government has uncovered 362 ghost workers in the state civil service earning N20 million monthly. The Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development in the state, Professor Adio Folayan, stated this Tuesday, November 3, when he presented the report of the verification committee set up by the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. Folayan said the state government was losing about 20m monthly to the ghost workers, who are mainly in the local government areas of the state. He added that the state’s Accountant-General had been instructed to stop the salaries of the said workers.…

 A scintillating score by substitute Rodrygo boosted Real Madrid chances of reaching the UEFA Champions League knockout stages. The win gave them a 3-2 home victory over Inter Milan in an absorbing Group B clash on Tuesday. The result left Real Madrid, winners of a record 13 titles in Europe’s premier club competition, level on four points with Shakhtar Donetsk. They are one point behind leaders Borussia Moenchengladbach and two ahead of bottom-placed Inter Milan. Real Madrid had thrown away a two-goal lead and was flirting with a defeat which would have piled more pressure on manager Zinedine Zidane. Then,…

The 2020 U.S. presidential election has become a tense showdown, with incumbent President Donald Trump claiming victory and “fraud” as Democrats insist uncounted ballots in crucial swing states can still put their candidate, Joe Biden, in the White House. President Donald Trump has won the key battleground states of Ohio, Florida and Texas and holds leads in all the others but Arizona as former Vice President Joe Biden’s path to victory narrowed. Trump so far has been declared the winner in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed four deaths and 137 new COVID-19 infections in the country. Making this known via its Twitter handle Tuesday night, NCDC said “On the 3rd of November 2020, 137 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “The 137 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos (60), Abia (21), FCT (18), Rivers (13), Kaduna (5), Oyo (4), Edo (3), Delta (2), Imo (2), Kano (2), Ogun (2), Bauchi (1), Gombe (1), Nasarawa (1), Niger (1), Osun (1).” According to the health agency, “Till date, 63,173 cases have been confirmed, 59,634 cases…