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A Kaduna Magistrate Court 1 has charged the prime suspect of the death of Nigeria’s first female helicopter fighter for culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy. The court charged Nehemiah Adejor, who drove the car that killed Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, to Kaduna State High Court for culpable homicide not punishable with death on September 3, 2020. Meanwhile, the court has set free two suspected killers of the Nigeria Air Force Officer and its first female helicopter fighter. The Police at the end of their investigation said there is no premeditation to nail the suspects in the death of the Flying…

Nigeria has crossed the 50,000 mark of confirmed cases of COVID-19 with the discovery of 593 more cases. This was as Akwa Ibom has added 10 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total reported cases in the state to 260. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), an agency saddled with the responsibility of compiling figures reported, puts the confirmed number at 50,488. New cases were reported in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Of the states, Plateau took the lead with 186 more infections and is trailed by Lagos and the FCT, where 172 and 62 new…

In a blistering rebuke of President Donald Trump in Wednesday’s Democratic Party convention, Barack Obama declared “Democracy was never meant to be transactional – you give me your vote; I make everything better. Obama, who spoke live Wednesday night from Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution, said “So I am also asking you to believe in your own ability – to embrace your own responsibility as citizens – to make sure that the basic tenets of our democracy endure. Because that’s what at stake right now. Our democracy.” He accused his successor of unleashing America’s “worst impulses” and treating the…

Hard-fighting Bayern Munich continued their winning streak after pipping Lyon 3-0 to reach the Champions League final. Munich’s players celebrated their third goal during the UEFA Champions League semi-final football match with Lyon at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon on August 19. Serge Gnabry scored twice and Robert Lewandowski netted his 55th goal of the season as treble-chasing Bayern Munich defeated Lyon 3-0 in Lisbon in the last four of the Champions League on Wednesday to set up a final against Paris Saint-Germain. Lyon squandered two golden opportunities to go ahead early on at the Estadio Jose Alvalade, through…

Some Nigerians have hailed Governor Godwin Obaseki over the establishment of Edo Modular and Refinery Company Limited and AIPCC Energy to provide jobs for his people. The legacy project is on the verge of completing the 5500bpd Edo Modular Refinery to recalibrate the state’s industrial base, birthed through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, tweeted “With a modular refinery at 80% completion, Osiomo Power Plant and many life-changing projects in just 4 yrs,  is truly a man worth his salt.” Soji Tade tweeted “So Edo State will soon get its own oil refinery.…

Malian military which overthrew the democratcially elected President and Prime Minister now in dilemma has hurreidly pledged to form a transitional government. The military junta reportedly led by a 25-year-old  Sadio Camara and Malick Diaw promised to conduct the country’s elections amidst AU, EU and UN condemnations. “Today, certain parts of the military have decided that intervention was necessary. Do I really have a choice? Because I do not wish blood to be shed,” Mr Keita said in a brief statement as quoted by Al Jazeera. The political unrest reached a climax on Tuesday when President Keita and the Prime…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 410 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The 410 new cases brought the nation’s confirmed COVID-19 infection cases to 49,895. The agency made this known via its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov on Tuesday. A breakdown of 410 new cases of #Nigeria COVID19 shows that Lagos has 210 and FCT-45. Others are Ondo-30 Plateau-21 Edo-19 Ogun-16 Oyo-13 Nasarawa-12 Bauchi-11 Enugu-10 Kwara-7 Kaduna-6 Anambra-4 Ebonyi-3 Abia-2 Rivers- 1. The agency reported that 49,895 were confirmed and 37,051 discharged while 981 deaths were recorded.  

Paris Saint-Germain outclassed RB Leipzig 3-0 in a one-sided semi-final in Lisbon on Tuesday  to reach the final of the Champions League for the first time. PSG beat Atalanta 2-1 to reach Champions League last 4 while Leipzig beat Atletico. It was 2-0 at half-time, with the first two goals set up by Neymar, the Brazilian again outstanding at the Estadio da Luz, just as he had been in last week’s quarter-final against Atalanta. Bernat’s goal came in the 55th minute and snuffed out any hopes Leipzig had of a comeback. They could not handle the world’s most expensive player,…

By: Israel Umoh The Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom has cleared 70 persons for chairmanship and 684 for councillorship positions giving the prospective helmsmen another political rope to untie in heading to the October 31 local government poll. Before now, 142 chairmanship aspirants jostled for nomination to fill 31 chairmanship positions, while 789 aspirants gunned for councillorship positions in 368 electoral wards in the state, an authoritative source in PDP told Straightnews. Of the number, 70 got the initial chairmanship clearance leaving behind 72 and  684 got councillorship qualification leaving 105 aspirants in the cold. Each chairmanship candidate is…

After three months, Akwa Ibom Government has reopened livestock markets in the state for commercial activities. The government shut down the markets on May 11 following allegations that some livestock dealers were bringing strange people into the state and placed a ban on cattle, goats and rams from being moved into the state to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, the Secretary to State Government (SSG) who made the announcement in a statement in Uyo on Tuesday, said the reopening took effect from 6 a.m. on Tuesday. Ekuwem, who is also the Chairperson of the state’s COVID-19 Management…