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Nigeria has recorded four new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,139 from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported on Wednesday night. Till date, NCDC has 62,371 confirmed cases, while 58,095 cases have been discharged. “On the 28th of October 2020, 147 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria,” the health agency wrote on its Twitter handle. The new cases are reported from 12 states- Lagos (82), FCT (20), Rivers (9), Kaduna (8), Plateau (8), Benue (5), Edo (3), Kano (3), Nasarawa (3), Taraba (3),…

Amnesty International has blamed the Nigerian Army over the Lekki shooting that left some ENDSARS protesters dead and many injured. The right group Wednesday published an investigation which it had tracked Nigerian army vehicles from their Lagos barracks at Bonny Camp to Lekki Toll Gate using photographs and videos of the soldiers’ movements culled from social media. “What happened at Lekki Toll Gate has all the traits of the Nigerian authorities’ pattern of a cover-up,” said Osai Ojigho, Amnesty’s Nigeria head. A Lagos-based soldier, who declined to be identified because they were not authorised to speak to media, told Reuters…

One week to the United States’ Election Day, more than 70 million votes have been cast in the 2020 presidential election, the votes already exceeded half the number of votes cast during the entire 2016 election. Newsweek reports that 70,032,485 early votes had been cast as of Tuesday, according to the United States Elections Project. When President Donald Trump won the election of 2016, the estimated total number of votes cast was 138,846,571. Early votes cast in the current election show Democrats with a substantial lead over Republicans in mail-in votes, while GOP voters have a modest edge in early…

The Cameroon Government has declared Saturday, October 31 a national day of mourning for victims of the Kumba School’s shooting. The national flag shall on that day be flown at half mast all day long as a sign of honor to the seven kids shot dead by unknown gunmen. Gunmen attacked Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy, a school in Cameroon’s Southwest region, on October 24 and opened fire on students in a classroom. A local education official told Reuters that all seven victims of the attack were between 12 and 14 years old. Meanwhile, Pope Francis has sought for an end…

Though Dr. Ngozi Okonj-Iweala, former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, won as Director-General, DG, World Trade Organisation, WTO, by a wide margin, the United States of America, USA, says it would not support her appointment. This is as WTO had Wednesday confirmed that the candidate with highest votes has been appointed as the Director-General for securing 104 votes from the member countries and that negotiations are ongoing. A report published on Bloomberg revealed that the Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Dennis Shea, purportedly said U.S. could not support a consensus decision to appoint Okonjo-Iweala. Shea said the U.S. disagreed with the way…

Suspected cultists have gone berserk, maimed a widow with five children and besieged the agrarian Inen Ikot Offiong community in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The widow and more than 3,000 persons said to be displaced from the community are victims of a bloody clash between the Iceland and Debam secret cults that has claimed some lives, rendered the community inaccessible, and cut off many from their means of livelihood. Meanwhile, Aniema Etuk, the widow from the community is writhing in pains on her sick bed following severe injuries she sustained in the hands of the…

A Corps Assistant with Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gwagwalada Division, Abuja has been dismissed from the service. The Media Assistant to the Commandant General NSCDC, Ekunola Gbenga, stated this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday evening. Gbenga said Commandant-General Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has approved the recommendation of the Junior Staff Disciplinary Committee for the dismissal of Ibrahim of the Gwagwalada Division for joining hoodlums in looting Covid-19 palliatives discovered in a warehouse in Gwagwalada, Abuja. The recommendation was given after the officer was charged under the public service rule which is related to…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has gone into self-quarantine after learning that a guest at a charity dinner he attended tested positive for coronavirus, his office said Wednesday. “President Cyril Ramaphosa has begun a period of self-quarantine,” acting spokesman Tyrone Seale said in a statement. “The President is showing no symptoms at this time and will, in line with COVID-19 health advice, be tested should symptoms manifest.” According to his office, Ramaphosa on Saturday attended a fundraising dinner of the Adopt-a-School Foundation. One of the guests tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, prompting Ramaphosa to go into self-quarantine on Wednesday.…

Manchester City made it two wins from two in their latest bid for Champions League glory as Kevin De Bruyne starred in a straightforward 3-0 win at Marseille on Tuesday. The English side, who have never reached the semi-finals under Pep Guardiola, sit top of the early Group C table after their opening victory at Porto last week. With De Bruyne running the show in midfield on his first start since returning from injury, City cruised past a largely ineffective Marseille. Andre-Villas Boas’s men, playing in their first Champions League campaign since 2013, are rooted to the foot of the…

Former Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged as the Director- General of World Trade Organisation (WTO). Arise News reports Tuesday afternoon that Okonjo-Iweala defeated her only challenger, South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee by a wide margin. Okonjo-Iweala polled 104 out of 164 votes from the member countries to defeat The Korea’s Trade Minister, Myung-hee. Her emergence is expected to be announced formally by the WTO later on Tuesday. Ngozi was born to a royal family on June 13, 1954. She hails from Ogwashi-Ukwu, Delta State. Her parents, Chukwuka and Kamene Okonjo were professors at the University of Ibadan. Okonjo-Iweala’s…