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Nigeria has confirmed 225 new Coronavirus cases from 11 states Tuesday night, bringing confirmed cases to 60,655 in the country. Announcing this in its Twitter handle, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded the highest being 165. According to NCDC, FCT trailed with 17, Rivers with 13 and Ogun- 12. Others are Niger – 8, Delta – 4, Ondo – 2, Anambra – 1, Edo – 1, Ekiti – 1, Kaduna – 1. So far, 52,006 have been discharged while the pandemic has claimed 1,116 lives in the country.

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has set up a new Police outfit to take over from the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police Force. It is known as Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team and will fill the gaps arising from the dissolution of the defunct SARS. Also, the IGP on Tuesday, 13th October, 2020, in accordance with Section 18 (10) of the Police Act 2020, ordered all personnel of the defunct SARS to report at the Force Headquarters, Abuja for debriefing, psychological and medical examination. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP…

Leceister City striker Kelechi Iheanacho has ended his three-year wait for a first Nigeria goal in Tuesday’s international friendly against Tunisia at Jacques Lemans Arena, Austria Tuesday. The forward who was handed a starter’s role against the Carthage Eagles put Gernot Rohr’s men ahead with just 21 minutes in to play. Iheanacho profited from a pass from Ahmed Musa thanks to a throw-in from Zaidu Sanusi, and he made a nice turn before firing past goalkeeper Farouk Ben Mustapha. Later, Tunisia goalkeeper Ben Mustapha fouled Ahmed inside the penalty box, but Iheanacho missed it. Not long, Drajer Mohammed equalised for…

At last, the Federal Government has bowed to #EndSARS protesters by granting all their five-point demand. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, agreed to meet demands tabled by the protesters. The demands are: · Immediate release of all arrested protesters. · Justice for all deceased victims of police brutality and appropriate compensation for their families.    · Setting up an independent body to oversee the investigation and prosecution of all reports of police misconduct (within 10 days). · In line with the new police act, psychological evaluation and retraining (to be confirmed by an independent body) of all disbanded SARS…

The #ENDSARS protesters in Uyo, Akwa Ibom capital chanted “Yahoo Boy!” “Yahoo Boy!” as soon the official car conveying Governor Udom Emmanuel drove and pulled up on the mouth of Government House, Uyo. The protesters numbering hundreds who had marched along major streets in Uyo causing huge traffic hold-ups later moved the boat of protest to Wellington Bassey Way End, Uyo. As soon as they reached the gate to Government House, Governor Udom who had just returned from a trip decided to stop and address the protesters. Then the protest turned awry and the protesters waving leaves swam to the…

Sympathisers were struck with grief as coffins and laminated pictures of three Reverend sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary, Nkpor in Anambra State were publicly displayed during a funeral mass for repose of their souls. The remains of Reverend Sisters- Virginia, Calasantics and Lilia- in Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese were later committed to earth Monday after the mass officiated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha Archdiocese, Most Reverend Dennis Isizo. Rev. Sister Mary Virginia Onuorah (1943-2020) who had her first and final profession in 1975 and 1982 respectively died from a brief illness on April 24, 2020, Rev. Sister Mary Calasantics…

Daring cultists have allegedly razed a police outstation in Inen Ekeffe, Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The incident alleged to have been perpetrated by some members of Iceland and Dbam confraternities occurred on Monday night, the latest in the orgy of rival clashes, killings and terrorism in the last eight months. So far, more than seven persons have been killed while hundreds of the community have relocated to neighbouring communities. It was learnt that policemen at the outpost situated at the Inen Ekeffe police outpost ran away from their duty post during the Monday night clash…

Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned Writer, Prof. John Pepper Clark is dead. The poet who was the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark died at 86. In a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and Mr. Ilaye Clark, for the children, Professor John Pepper Clark died in the early hours of Tuesday. The statement reads, “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce that Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned Writer, Prof. John Pepper Clark, has finally dropped his pen in the…

The #ENDSARS protests are continuing nationwide in Lagos, Abuja and other state capitals in Nigeria. However, the #ENDSARS protesters experienced a nightmarish experience in the hands of some security operatives as they took their grievances to National Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Tuesday. At the junction approaching National Assembly, security operatives comprising a detachment of soldiers and policemen stopped and assaulted #ENDSARS protesters who were heading to the Assembly . The protesters numbering more than 50 on sighting the security operatives knelt down and paid homage to them. One of the soldiers approached the protesters led by Aisha Yesufu,…

Following protest over the omission of two chairmanship candidates of National Rescue Movement in the October 31 local government polls in the state, the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) has cited smuggling of the candidates’ names without their running mates as the main reason for the omission. The NRM Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Chapter, Coach Chris Ben and members of the party had last week protested that names of their party’s chairmanship candidates for Esit Eket and Ukanafun local government areas were conspicuously omitted by AKISIEC. But in reaction, Mr. AniediAbasi Ikoiwak, AKISIEC Chairman, cited improper documentations and…