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Nigeria has confirmed 187 fresh Coronavirus cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. This is even as the Federal Government called for more surveillance in the country to prevent a surge of the virus. In NCDC’s latest figures released on Tuesday night, the new infections were recorded in 12 states of the federation and the FCT. They are Lagos – 74, Plateau and Rivers – 25, Gombe and FCT – 19, Osun – 10, Kaduna – 5, Borno – 3, Ogun and Katsina – 2, Nasarawa, Bayelsa and Edo – 1. Following this development, the total number of…

Tottenham advanced to the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup after edging out hard-fighting Chelsea in a penalty shootout at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday. Erik Lamela scored a crucial equalizer before Mason Mount ultimately lost the game for the Blues with a miss during the penalties. Frank Lampard sent close to a first-choice squad out for Chelsea, while Jose Mourinho rotated significantly with a crucial Europa League tie against Maccabi Haifa on Thursday. Japhet Tanganga and Gedson Fernandes made their first starts of the season, and Sergio Reguilon was handed his Tottenham debut after signing from Real Madrid. It…

Owing to what Nigeria’s House of Representatives saw as wrong procedure, the controversial National Water Resources Bill has been returned for re-gazetting. The House had passed the contentious bill into law two months ago. Recall that the federal government insisted that it would not back down on enacting the proposed bill. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture on Tuesday, September 22, dismissed the suggestions that the bill was designed to cause conflict. The minister made the statement at a joint briefing with the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu in Abuja. However, during the plenary of the House…

Thursday, October 1 is declared public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary, according to Federal Government. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who announced this Tuesday congratulated Nigerians on celebration of the Diamond Jubilee. He assured Nigerians of government’s unwavering commitment to the socio-economic transformation of the country. In a statement tagged, “FG Declares Thursday, October 1, 2020, Public Holiday To Mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary” and signed by  Georgina Ehuriah, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Aregbesola said “A country of about 200 million people whose natural talent, grit and passion glitter like the precious DIAMOND that…

Following the establishment of prima facie fraud, a London Commercial Court has ordered the release of $200 million used by Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) as a deposit to the Nigerian government. The Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele who confirmed this Tuesday, said: “Due to the substantial evidence of prima facie fraud established before the court, we are pleased that the judge has agreed to release the guarantee.” Emefiele noted “We are also pleased that the Court has rejected P&ID’s application to increase the guarantee, which was clearly intended to be a diversionary tactic and entirely misconceived. “This…

A former Nigerian Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien has identified governorship succession as a major factor stalling the development of Akwa Ibom State. Essien who spoke this Monday in Inspiration FM 105.9, Uyo during a programme to mark the 33rd creation anniversary of Akwa Ibom said “The problem of Akwa Ibom State since 1999 has been succession. At the end of the first tenure, the succession to the next tenure was problematic. The outgoing became antagonistic to the incoming one. Godswill Akpabio brought Udom Emmanuel and the people supported him to emerge as a governor.…

Gabriel Efo The Federal Government would soon abolish open drug markets and relocate operators to Coordinated Wholesale Centres (CWCs) in the country. The Registrar, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Pharm. Elijah Mohammed, who stated this Monday during an advocacy workshop/seminar tagged ‘say no to illicit drugs abuse’, held at Essien Udim Local Government Council’s Secretariat, Afaha Ikot Ebak, explained that “The process would involve the closure of all open drug markets and relocation of operators of the markets to the already approved and Coordinated Wholesale Centres (CWCs). “Let me further emphasise that the Federal Government is committed to the full…

The family of an African American man killed by a US police officer is to receive $20 million in a civil settlement, their lawyer announced Monday. In one of the largest such settlements ever in the US, Prince George’s County in the state of Maryland will make the payment to the family of William Green, who was shot dead while handcuffed earlier this year. “This is a historic settlement (which) reflects the heinous nature, the brutal nature the senseless nature of what happened to Mr. Green,” said attorney William Murphy said. William H. Green was arrested on January 27 in…

Nigeria has 136 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. The new cases brought the country’s confirmed COVID-19 infections to 58,460. The NCDC made this known via its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov on Monday. “On the 28th of September 2020, 136 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “Till date, 58460 cases have been confirmed, 49895 cases have been discharged and 1111 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. “The 136 new cases are reported from 13 states- Lagos (71), Rivers (23), Plateau (12), Adamawa (6),…

Liverpool came from behind to maintain a perfect start to their Premier League title defence as goals from Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson and Diogo Jota saw off a resilient Arsenal 3-1 at Anfield. The Gunners had also won their opening two league games of the season and hit the champions on the counter-attack to take the lead through Alexandre Lacazette. While Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham and now Arsenal have all lost in the opening three weeks of the new campaign, Liverpool have taken maximum points to lay down an early marker that they remain the team to beat…