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The total public debts of Nigeria is projected to hit N38 trillion by December 2021, Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has said. Ahmed stated this on Tuesday, November 3, during her presentation to the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. The Minister said: “The total public debt stock comprising the External and Homes debts of the Federal and state governments and the Federal Capital Territory stood at N31.01trillon (USD85.90 billion) as at June 30, 2020. “It is projected, based on existing approval, to rise to N32.51 trillion by December 31, 2020, and N38.68 trillion by…

An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti on Tuesday ordered that a man be remanded at the Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for allegedly raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police prosecutor, Inspector Caleb Leramo, said the offence was committed by one Jayeoba Oluwafemi, 51, on October 4 at Ado-Ekiti. He said the defendant unlawfully raped his stepdaughter when her mother went out, injuring her in the process. According to him, the offence is punishable under Section 2(2) of the Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence Prohibited Law, 2019. He added that he had duplicated the…

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom Saturday won the 31 chairmanship and 367 councillorship positions in the local government polls conducted by Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC). AKISIEC Chairman, Elder AniediAbasi Ikoiwak announced this at the presentation of certificates of returns to the elected chairmen and councillors at Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat, Uyo on Tuesday. However, the electoral body ordered for a fresh election into the Councillorship seat in Ward 11, Esit-Eket local government area on Saturday November 7, 2020, following the cancellation of the exercise by the following reports of irregularities from the process of…

A three-year-old girl was pulled out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in the Turkish city of Izmir, after a powerful earthquake hit the town. The girl, Ayda who survived in the rubble for four days was pulled out by a rescue team, though the earthquake has killed more than 100 people. “We have witnessed a miracle in the 91st hour,” Izmir mayor Tunc Soyer tweeted. “Rescue teams pulled out four-year-old Ayda alive. Along with the great pain we have experienced, we have this joy as well.” Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca later clarified that the girl…

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is holding the Federal Government by the jugular, insisting on the discontinuance of Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System. The Coordinator of the Calabar Zone of ASUU, Dr. Aniekan Brown who indicated that the strike will be enforced since the government is bent on continuing with the IPPIS in the university system. Speaking with journalists, Brown said “The distraction known as IPPIS is a cesspool of corruption and Federal Government’s illicit commitment, hard-work, determination and treachery to forcibly migrate employees of Federal universities to the IPPIS platform. “Government’s claim is not true. We challenge…

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara was re-elected for a third term, electoral authorities said Tuesday, after a vote marred by deadly unrest and a boycott by the opposition who promised to set up a rival “transitional” government. The stand-off pitches Francophone West Africa’s top economy deeper into a crisis that erupted in August when Ouattara said he would run for a third term, angering the opposition who accused him of carrying out an “electoral coup”. “The President Alassane Ouattara has been elected,” election commission president Ibrahime Coulibaly-Kuibiert said in an early morning broadcast. He said Ouattara won 94 per cent…

More than 236 million Americans are heading to polls today in high-stake election to decide between President Donald Trump and former Vice-President Joe Biden who will lead the country in the next four years. Already, more than 94 million people have cast their ballots in early voting, putting the country on course for its highest turnout in a century. In the US election, voters decide state-level contests rather than an overall single national one. To be elected US president, a candidate must win at least 270 votes in what is called the Electoral College. Each US state gets a certain…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 72 new COVID-19 cases in the country. In its Twitter handle on Tuesday night, NCDC wrote “On the 2nd of November 2020, 72 new confirmed cases and 1 death were recorded in Nigeria.” According to the health agency, “The 72 new cases are reported from 9 states- Lagos (51), FCT (6), Ogun (4), Kaduna (3), Niger (2), Ondo (2), Plateau (2), Katsina (1), and Oyo (1).” “Till date, 63,036 cases have been confirmed, 59,328 cases have been discharged and 1,147 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. “A…

Igbo National Council, INC, Monday, gave Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, 72 hours to withdraw soldiers from the Oyigbo Local Government Area over the alleged ongoing killings by suspected soldiers. Failure to do that, INC said, they would drag Wike to the International Criminal Court, ICC. Recalled Wike had said that the destruction of government and private institutions during the EndSARs protests in the area were ordered and carried out by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and that they were colonizing the area and using it as a base to lunch attacks in other places. But…

Super Eagles defender, Ola Aina scored a dramatic goal as Fulham beat West Brom 2-0 in a Premier League clash on Monday. Try stopping that one! ?#FULWBA pic.twitter.com/bzsyhbX1jE — Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) November 2, 2020 Scott Parker’s side avoided their worst start to a season since 1951 thanks to first half goals from Decordova-Reid and Aina at Craven Cottage. Fulham deservedly ended a run of six games without a win — a dismal stretch including five defeats — since their promotion from the Championship last term. The Cottagers had lost all three of their previous home games this season,…