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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…

Nigeria Tuesday reported five new deaths as a result of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,088, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said. In a late-night tweet, NCDC also confirmed the country recorded 90 new cases of the novel Coronavirus. The new figures put the country’s total caseload at 56,478, with 44,430 cases discharged. According to the NCDC, the 90 new cases were reported from eight states, with Lagos (33) leading the pack. Other states with new cases are Plateau (27), Kaduna (17), Ogun (6), FCT (4), Anambra (1), Ekiti (1), and…

Two prominent Nigerians and members of Peoples Democratic Party, Tuesday, dissected Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress over his comments on the forthcoming Edo governorship election. Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State, had in a televised broadcast said, “He (Obaseki) does not deserve any democratic ballot paper. Don’t vote for him, I appeal to all of you.” Firing the first salvo, the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has asked voters to cast their votes for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Godwin Obaseki, in the Saturday’s Governorship election in Edo State. He tweeted a few hours…

The Anambra police have rescued a 15-year-old pregnant girl and eight children suspected to have been stolen from different Nigerian states. The police have arrested a five-member gang of a child stealing/trafficking syndicate operating in the state. In a statement released Tuesday, September 15, Haruna Mohammed, the spokesperson of Anambra police command, said on Sunday, September 13, police detectives attached to Onitsha Area Command received an intelligence report on the illicit activities of members of the syndicate. “In collaboration with the Command’s State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), the police detectives arrested five members of the syndicate,” he said. The suspects are…