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The Consumer Price Index measuring inflation rose to 13.71 per cent year-on-year in September 2020, the highest since 2018. This is 0.49 percent points higher than the rate recorded in August 2020-13.22 percent, according to CPI/Inflation report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The report stated that on a month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased by 1.48 percent in September 2020. This is 0.14 percent rate higher than the rate recorded in August 2020 (1.34) percent. Food inflation stood at 16.66 percent in Sept 2020 from 16.00 percent in Aug 2020. Core Inflation at 10.58 percent in Sept…

The founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has endorsed #EndSARS protests engulfing Nigeria. Consequently, Dorsey retweeted links for donations through his handle @Jack. He tweeted, “#EndSARS. Flag of Nigeria.” Dorsey also retweeted several articles that were favourable to the protests. The Twitter founder shared a tweet by @Feministcoalition, a feminist group fighting against police brutality through peaceful protests. The tweet read in part, “How to donate: 1) Bank transfers (Naira) 9951243245 Providus Bank Wallets. Africa-Wine and Whine Nigeria (2) You can also donate to us using a BTC Pay Server; a free, secure, and censorship-resistant platform. Visit the link below to…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has expressed worry at the controversial Water Resources Bill, 2020 and the stepping down of the bill in the House of Representatives. The PDP governors made this known in a communique issued by the forum after its meeting read by its Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Wednesday in Abuja. Calling for further consultations and public engagement in the processing of the Bill, Tambuwal said that the forum had referred the Water Resource Bill to the bodies of Attorney-Generals of PDP State governments for advice. The governors also urged President…

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has supported the Nigerian youths in “speaking up” to their rights. Pastor Adeboye in a short tweet on his verified Twitter account wrote that: “Our daughters will not be able to prophesy and young men will not see visions if we don’t keep them alive. I support the youths in this peaceful protest as they “speak up” to #EndPoliceBrutality #EndSARS #ENDSWAT.” The Nigerian youths, against the backdrop of inhumane activities of members of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), have hit the streets of major parts of Nigeria…

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAC) has appointed eight lead consultants and 234 consultants for the verification, recovery of revenues from collecting banks, agencies and companies and remittance of same to the Federal Government’s purse, finding carried out by Straightnews has shown. The appointment letter exclusively obtained by Straightnews is entitled APPOINTMENT AS A CONSULTANT TO THE REVENUE MOBILISATION ALLOCATION AND FISCAL COMMISSION (RMAF) ON THE VERIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE INFLOWS/COLLECTIONS/DEDUCTIONS AND REMITTANCES FROM THE COLLECTING BANKS/AGENCIES/COMPANIES TO THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT TREASURY. The letter signed by Lawal Musa, Director Procurement for the commission’s Chairman and dated September…

Neymar has moved past Ronaldo and into outright second on Brazil’s all-time goal-scoring list, taking his tally to 64 – behind only Pele (77). He notched this after scoring a hat-trick to lead Brazil to a hard-fought 4-2 win over Peru in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday. The forward starred in Lima as Brazil twice came from behind to make it six points from two games to begin their campaign. He first cancelled out Andre Carrillo’s opener before Richarlison made it 2-2 after Renato Tapia had restored Peru’s lead. Neymar was fouled to win a penalty for the second time…

The Special Public Works Programme expected to engage 774,000 persons for menial jobs for three months has been rescheduled from October 1 to November 1, this year to commence in the country. The programme will engage 1,000 persons from each of the 774 local government areas in the country. A statement signed by Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN in Abuja Tuesday, stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved his request. Keyamo said the approval was based principally on his memo to the President informing him that most of the proposed project sites were still water-logged…

Nigeria has confirmed 225 new Coronavirus cases from 11 states Tuesday night, bringing confirmed cases to 60,655 in the country. Announcing this in its Twitter handle, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded the highest being 165. According to NCDC, FCT trailed with 17, Rivers with 13 and Ogun- 12. Others are Niger – 8, Delta – 4, Ondo – 2, Anambra – 1, Edo – 1, Ekiti – 1, Kaduna – 1. So far, 52,006 have been discharged while the pandemic has claimed 1,116 lives in the country.

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has set up a new Police outfit to take over from the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police Force. It is known as Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team and will fill the gaps arising from the dissolution of the defunct SARS. Also, the IGP on Tuesday, 13th October, 2020, in accordance with Section 18 (10) of the Police Act 2020, ordered all personnel of the defunct SARS to report at the Force Headquarters, Abuja for debriefing, psychological and medical examination. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP…

Leceister City striker Kelechi Iheanacho has ended his three-year wait for a first Nigeria goal in Tuesday’s international friendly against Tunisia at Jacques Lemans Arena, Austria Tuesday. The forward who was handed a starter’s role against the Carthage Eagles put Gernot Rohr’s men ahead with just 21 minutes in to play. Iheanacho profited from a pass from Ahmed Musa thanks to a throw-in from Zaidu Sanusi, and he made a nice turn before firing past goalkeeper Farouk Ben Mustapha. Later, Tunisia goalkeeper Ben Mustapha fouled Ahmed inside the penalty box, but Iheanacho missed it. Not long, Drajer Mohammed equalised for…