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For the time in the history of Nigeria, Kaduna State has become a pacesetter in enacting a law to curtail the ravaging rape that has percolated the moral fabric of the country. Wednesday, September 16, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna took an audacious step by signing into law the new State Penal Code (Amendment) Law 2020. The law stipulates surgical castration and removal of Fallopian tubes for any male or female convicted of raping a child in the state. Recall that the state House of Assembly recently amended Section 258 of the Penal Code Law No. 5 of Kaduna State…

The harsh economic climate exacerbated by COVID-19 has hit many below the belt, particularly the low-income earners in Nigeria. As a stimulus, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to release N200 billion mortgage finance loan to Family Homes Fund (FHF). The fund is for the provision of 300,000 homes in the 36 states of the federation including Federal Capital Territory and creation of 1.5 million jobs in five years for the people. The CBN framework for the implementation of the Family Homes Financing Scheme released Tuesday indicates that the fund would be released to FMF on project basis, subject…

More than 52 inmates at a prison in the northeastern Congo city of Bunia have starved to death this year because of insufficient government funding, the United Nations and local authorities said. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s jails are among the world’s most overcrowded, according to the U.N., with inmates living in squalid conditions on meagre rations. The Bunia prison operates at nearly 500% of capacity, U.N. figures show. “This situation is really worrying,” said Bunia mayor Ferdinand Fimbo, blaming sporadic government support for malnutrition in the prison. Reuters reports that President Felix Tshisekdei told his cabinet this month he…

Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has assumed the epicentre of COVID-19 after recording 37, the highest in the country on Wednesday night. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that stated this via its official Twitter handle said Nigeria recorded 126 new pandemic cases. Of the new cases, Lagos recorded 27, 16 in Plateau- 16, Kaduna- 9, Abia- 7, while Gombe and Ondo states registered six cases each. Imo state recorded 5 new cases, Delta, Ekiti, Kwara recorded 2 cases each, while Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, Yobe, and Katsina had one each. Confirmed Cases by State States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No.…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to reverse the electricity tariff and the pump price of petrol or face civil unrest nationwide. The eight-hour meeting between the organised labour and the Federal Government delegation on Tuesday ended in a stalemate. The decision to proceed on strike is the outcome of the Central Working Committee meeting which held for several hours at the nation’s capital, Abuja. In a communiqué read by NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, the body said the ultimatum takes immediate effect, warning that at the end of its expiration on September 28; it…

After topping the Innoson Motors challenge on Wednesday, Ozo won an Innoson IVM Caris car worth N4.5 million in the ongoing Big Brother Naija Lockdown. The Innoson IVM Caris has an engine capacity of 2.0L and one of the company’s forays into future car designs. With captivating sleeker design, the car remains many of the housemates’ dreams. The two-time Head of House won the vehicle after emerging the last man standing in the challenge. The challenge, which had other housemates keenly contesting for it, saw Ozo, Neo, and Dorathy as the last three standing. Neo gave Ozo a run for…

Some Nigerians residing in the foreign countries have broken unparalleled records in different professional fields to improve the lots of humanity. For instance, a US-based Nigerian drone expert has become a brain box to American Armed Forces through fabricating drones for the United States Army. Dr. Osato Osemwengie the drone expert is regarded as one of the world’s most educated people with four Ph.ds and seven Master’s degrees. Investigation shows that these drones are used for surveillance to gather important information as well as locate terrorist camps. The profile of Osemwengie published by Nigerian Pioneers in the Facebook, shows that…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, rolled out Diamond Jubilee celebration by unveiling the “Nigeria at 60” logo at the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. Nigeria gained political independence on October 1 from the British and has been annually marking her independence on that day. Some ministers at the meeting include the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; and Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. “Celebrating 60 years of independence really calls for pomp and pageantry, but the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced all nations to think and act differently, has also forced…

The Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, is bereaved of his 94-year-old father. William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist, died peacefully Monday at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer’s disease, the family announced Tuesday. The Microsoft billionaire, 64, announced the death in a post published on his Facebook page on Tuesday wrote “My dad passed away peacefully at home yesterday, surrounded by his family.” “We will miss him more than we can express right now We are feeling grief but also gratitude,” he continued. “My dad’s passing was not unexpected—he was 94 years old and his health had…

Nationwide strike is imminent as an eight-hour meeting between the Federal Government, and the organised labour ended in a deadlock on Tuesday, owing to inability of the parties to reach a consensus. While Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress demanded the reversal of the hikes in the price of petrol and electricity tariffs, the Federal Government pleaded for understanding, saying it could not sustain the fuel subsidy. This was as the TUC Tuesday cancelled indefinite strike and nationwide protest billed to commence from Wednesday, September 23. The congress had issued a seven-day ultimatum to the government on Monday, threatening to embark…