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“Your country is drifting, it is collapsing. And if you don’t do anything, it will set its revenge on you,” Peter Obi,  the former vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, has alerted. Obi who said this on Friday in Awka, the Anambra State capital during a PDP Southeast Summit ahead of the 2023 general elections stated that Nigeria will have 110 million poor people by the end of 2020. “The World Bank released a report, go and read that report. This year alone, 11 million Nigerians will fall into poverty. “The 11…

The telecoms operators (Telcos) have assured to obey the directive of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as ordered by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami. NCC had on Wednesday directed all telecoms operators to immediately suspend further sale and activation of SIM cards. They, however, appealed to telecoms subscribers to bear the inconveniences that the exercise might cause them. The Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, who announced the suspension in a statement issued by the Commission, said the action became necessary in line with the federal government desire to consolidate the achievement of…

In what appears as a new wave of COVID-19, Nigeria’s infections have surged to 796, the highest single infections since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. Of the number, Federal Capital Territory recorded 258 while Lagos and Kaduna States got 248 and 117 cases respectively. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said “On the 11th of December 2020, 796 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria “The 796 new cases are reported from 16 states- FCT (258), Lagos (248), Kaduna (117), Katsina (52), Ogun (27), Kwara (23), Gombe (22), Adamawa (17), Plateau (15), Kano (6), Rivers (2), Ondo…

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, is worried over the sorry state of education, which is the decline in the standard of education in the country. Adamu, who spoke in Yola, Adamawa State capital, during the official commissioning of completed projects in the college, said a number of graduates can neither read nor write in a tolerable manner. The minister who was represented by the Director of Tertiary Education in the Federal Ministry of Education, Hajia Rakiya Gambo Iliyasu said the situation was a cause for concern, adding that students and teachers need to sit up and face their tasks…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported six deaths and 675 confirmed new COVID-19 cases in the country. Of the new cases, Federal Capital Territory recorded 183 cases, Lagos, 128 and Kaduna, 85 on Thursday.  NCDC tweeted “On the 10th of December 2020, 675 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths was recorded in Nigeria. The 675 new cases are reported from 16 states- FCT (183), Lagos (128), Kaduna (85), Kwara (57), Katsina (50), Plateau (42), Rivers (39), Kano (33), Ondo (21), Ogun (17), Bauchi (10), Sokoto (5), Edo (2), Ekiti (1), Bayelsa (1), and Delta(1). According to the health agency…

Like yams, two women were roasted to their bones by angry mob over allegation of their involvement in child kidnapping in Iwo, Osun State on Thursday, December 10. It was gathered that three persons- one male and two females – were alleged to have kidnapped a four-year-old child at Oja-Oba market Square. While the man escaped, the two women were caught, beaten to a pulp, hung with tyres and set ablaze by the mob. Eyewitness reported that “During the interrogations before they are set ablaze by an angry Iwo citizens, one of them said they are from Ogbomoso, Oyo State.…

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wednesday, pledged to commit additional $250 million for e research, development and equitable delivery of life-saving tools in the global effort against COVID-19. The funds will, among others, help Nigeria and other low and middle-income countries in their quest to gain access to vaccines, following fears that wealthier countries may be buying up most of the supplies. This brings to $1.75 billion the total commitments of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the global COVID-19 response. It stated this in a statement wherein it called for global commitments to making these innovations available in…

The Nigerian House of Representatives said the invitation extended to President Muhammadu Buhari was not aimed at ridiculing him over security matters. Rep. Benjamin Kalu, spokesperson for the House, said this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, that the President was rather invited for engagement with the house on ways to address security challenges in the country. This was as Buhari , Thursday, failed to honour the invitation by the House of Representatives. It would be recalled that the President had expressed his willingness to appear before the House while responding to the invitation to him last week…

A black woman was at the forefront of creating the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Anthony Fauci has said. The US leading infectious disease expert spoke Tuesday, December 8 at an event hosted by the National Urban League and, while discussing racism in medical research and how it’s created mistrust. Fauci put a spotlight on the contributions of Black scientists in the historic development of COVID vaccines, most notably Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett. He stressed that the Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective, adding that African American scientists have been involved in their development. “The very vaccine that’s one of the two that…

Anthony Joshua reportedly is expected to collect £10 million pay defence to defend his heavyweight world title against Kubrat Pulev. Gate receipts at Wembley’s SSE Arena has been limited to just 1,000 due to the Coronavirus restrictions as part of the new regional tier system, but it won’t stop Joshua from earning the large sum in what will be his first fight in a year. The Telegraph reports that Kubrat Pulev will earn £3 million from the fight, £7m less than Anthony Joshua. According to organisers, there are no set purses for the fight, and both men could exceed those…