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The U.S. recorded more than 60,000 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, marking the first time in more than two months the daily count has passed that number. The nation is expected to reach 8 million total confirmed cases Friday as a new surge has become more apparent in recent weeks. A Johns University tracker reported approximately 63,600 cases Thursday. The last time it crossed 60,000 in one day was Aug. 14 when it reached 64,601. New cases per day are on the rise in 44 states, with many of the biggest surges in the Midwest and Great Plains, where resistance…

A total of 113 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated this in a late-night tweet on Saturday. NCDC noted that the new infections were reported from 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The latest data from the health agency reveal that Lagos has 37 more cases, the highest tally recorded in the day. Kaduna, Ogun, Plateau, Taraba, and Rivers made up the top five states after Lagos, recording 16, 11, 11, eight, and seven more cases respectively. Similarly, FCT has six, Enugu reported four, Niger has four, Edo got…

Fears are now rife as two popular Nigerian pastors had at several times prophesised about the political and economic misfortune that may befall the country. This is against the background of widespread protests over police brutality and harassment engulfing Nigeria steadily growing in momentum. In his New Year 2020 prophecies, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), declared “2020 is a year where round-the-clock prayers are needed against national restlessness plus political and economic confusion.” Olukoya who tagged 2020 as the ‘Year of Revival and New Glory,” urged Nigerians “Let me recommend to…

Ten persons have entered the frying pan of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over their alleged involvement in the advertisement and sale of completed academic projects to students online. The ICPC spokesperson, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the suspects allegedly packaged and sold plagiarised academic theses to desperate students to fulfill the requirement for the award of university degrees in the country. She confirmed that the suspects were indigenes of Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Cross River States. Ogugua, however, stated that six of the suspects had been…

A woman (name withheld) was on Saturday nabbed and detained in Vienna, Austria after she called the police and confirmed that she had killed her three children. Officers who arrived at the woman’s apartment in the morning hours found two dead children, an eight-month old boy and a three-year-old girl. The third child, a nine-year-old girl, was brought to the hospital for resuscitation, but the doctors could not save her. Police had initially said all three children were girls, but later clarified that the baby was a boy. The coroner found in an initial examination that the children likely died…

Southampton capitalised on the Chelsea’s defensive lapses to snatch late equaliser in a six-goal thriller at Stamford Bridge. Theo Walcott marked his first Southampton appearance for almost 15 years by setting up the late equaliser that secured a dramatic 3-3 draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. German stars Timo Werner and Kai Havertz scored their first Premier League goals for Chelsea, but there were familiar failings in the home team’s ranks and Frank Lampard’s men were punished. Chelsea were thrilling going forward at times, with Werner, who also had a goal disallowed, netting twice before setting up Havertz for what looked set…

All is now set for the Nigerian Army begin its annual Exercise CROCODILE SMILE V1 which is traditionally conducted in the last quarter of the year. This year’s Exercise CROCODILE SMILE V1 is scheduled to commence from Tuesday, October 20 to Thursday, December 31, 2020. The exercise is deliberately intended to be all encompassing to include cyber warfare exercises designed to identify, track and counter negative propaganda in the social media and across the cyberspace. “This is the first-ever Cyberwarfare exercise to be conducted in the history of the African Armed Forces,” the Army’s acting Director of Public Relations Colonel…

Mohamed Salah chalked up a century of Liverpool goals by scoring in the Merseyside derby- becoming the fastest to reach three figures for the Reds in over 50 years. The Egyptian attacker has been a revelation in Jürgen Klopp’s team and scored his 100th goal for the club in what was his 159th appearance. It made him the 17th player in Liverpool’s history to get to three figures, and the first to reach the landmark since Steven Gerrard achieved the feat in 2008 on his way to 186 career goals with the Merseyside giants. Only two players have reached a century of…

As the #ENDSARS protest entered Day 10, Nigerian youths across the country staged a prayer walk on Saturday pressing home their demands and seeking divine intervention on the state of the nation. Nigerians are continuing the #EndSARS protests against police brutality, human rights violations and bad governance. In Uyo, the youths gathered at Water Fountain, Nwaniba Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State for prayers. The protesters prayed for the government to listen to the yearnings of the masses. The protesters had gathered Friday at the same venue halting vehicular movement and diverting vehicles through Utuks Lane, Udo Ekpo Mkpo, Tonyleen and…

Hackers are making mincemeat of official websites in Nigeria. The hacking is claimed to be done by the Anonymous, a group of International hackers in its coordinated cyberattacks against the Nigerian government in support of #EndSARS. The official website of the Central Bank of Nigeria came under cyber attack Friday night by Anonymous, a group of foreign Internet activists protesting police brutality in the country. The group, prominent for hacking repressive government’s website, earlier announced its decision to attack federal government agencies’ websites in solidarity with the protesters clamouring for the reformation of the Nigerian police. However, CBN has denied…