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Former US President Barack Obama has another best-seller on his hands that charts his path to the White House up to 2011. The first volume of Obama’s presidential memoirs, A Promised Land, which hit shelves Tuesday, sold more than 887,000 copies (including pre-orders) across all formats in the U.S. and Canada on its first day of release, publisher Penguin Random House announced Wednesday. It’s on track to be the best-selling presidential memoir in modern history. In it, the 59-year-old reflects on his legacy, and the space between his presidential ambitions and the political reality of a Republican-controlled House and Senate…

A total of 57 civilians, 37 policemen, and six soldiers were killed across the country during the botched #EndSARS protest. Also, 196 policemen were injured; 164 police vehicles destroyed and 134 police stations were razed during the crisis. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing on the EndSARS protest and its aftermath. Mohammed said the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Customs Service and Nigeria Immigration Service all lost infrastructures, equipment and other valuables to attacks by hoodlums during the crisis. He said eight medium Security…

A police officer was felled by the bullets of unknown gunmen at the Toru Orua country home of the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Henry Seriake Dickson. The men of the Nigerian Police Wednesday night had repelled a midnight attack by suspected gunmen. The police team prevented the gunmen who attempted to invade the compound through the Forcados River from gaining access. But, the gunmen shot the officer shot in the head and he died in the attack. Chief Dickson and his family were not in the compound during the attack having been away in Abuja and Yenagoa for…

Mohamed Abdel Rahman scored in the second minute of extra time as hosts Sudan beat Ghana 1-0 to halt the Black Stars’ qualification party and revive their own hopes of qualifying for the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be staged in Cameroon in 2021. Ghana looked to be headed for qualification with two matches left, the point taking them to 10 points and an unassailable lead. However, Rahman on Tuesday headed home the goal that took Sudan to six points in Group C and a hope for a first qualification since 2012. Prior to the Sudan loss, Ghana…

The University of Oxford has produced Coronavirus vaccine for adults aged 56-69 and those over 70. Developed by teams in the university, ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 Coronavirus vaccine reportedly triggers a robust immune response in healthy adults. The data, published today in The Lancet, suggest that one of the groups most vulnerable to serious illness, and death from COVID-19, could build immunity. Older adults are prone to higher risk from COVID-19 and immunization is more effective vaccine for the disease. At Phase II trial of the ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 vaccine, the authors agreed that volunteers in the trial demonstrate similar neutralising antibody titres, and T…

Families of abducted six Assistant Superintendents of Police in Katsina State are facing hellish conditions in raising N100 million ransom demanded by bandits for their release. The abducted ASPs were among the nine who were just promoted to their current rank. They were attached to the Mobile Police Squadron 6, Maiduguri, Borno State. Findings on Wednesday, November 18, indicated that the ASPs were demobilised from the riot unit and eight of them were on their way to the Zamfara State Police Command on transfer when they were ambushed in the Dogondaji area of Katsina State and taken into the forest,…

A Nigerian from Yobe State has reportedly coasted home $400,000 for finishing second in a World Chemistry competition. Umar Dagona represented Nigeria in the competition and finished second, beating fellow competitors from other countries not mentioned. It was revealed in a letter of notification shared on the micro-blogging site by one Saif Rikiji that the top three best students in the competition will take home the sum of $600,000, $400,000 and $300,000 respectively. The student from Turkey came first while Dagona, the Nigerian representative came second and the Argentine student came third. It was reported that Dagona who hails from…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says 14 states recorded 236 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. In its via its Twitter, NCDC wrote “On the 18th of November 2020, 236 new confirmed cases and 1 death were recorded in Nigeria. “The 236 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos (142), Ogun (19), Kaduna (15), FCT (14), Imo (14), Rivers (14), Plateau (6), Katsina (3), Ekiti (2), Jigawa (2), Oyo (2), Cross River (1), Kano (1), Taraba (1). “Till date, 65,693 cases have been confirmed, 61,457 cases have been discharged and 1,163 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the…

The October allocations dropped as the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), Wednesday, shared N604.004 billion to the Federal, states and local governments for this year. This is about N35 billion less than the N639.9billion distributed in the preceding month of September. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed, who presided over the meeting in Abuja stated that the three tiers of government shared a total sum of N604.004 billion as federation allocation for the month of October 2020. A statement issued by the Director (Information) in the ministry, Mr. Hassan Dodo, said from…

On completion of his first term in office, Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel rolled out “Completion Agenda” that commenced from May 29, 2019. The essence of the agenda was to serve as impetus in pushing the governor to complete development projects and programmes particularly roads undertaken in the first term. However, Straightnews stumbled on a publication entitled: Annual Report of the Accountant General with Audited Financial Statements for the 2019 by Office of the state Accountant-General, Pastor Uwem S. Andrew-Essien, detailing the expenditure profile of the government. A cursory look at the publication shows that Akwa Ibom government paid various…