Day: August 29, 2020

Covid-19: NCDC announces 160 new COVID-19 cases, total now 53,477

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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 160 new cases of COVID-19, with total infections rising to 53, 477. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. The 160 new cases marked the lowest figure in the country since the last three months. On Aug. 4, Nigeria reported 288 COVID-19 cases and 290 new cases just one week later. The NCDC further reported 252 cases on Aug. 25 and 221 on Aug. 26. It said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre activated at…

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Suspects revealed how 100 level UNIBEN student was murdered inside church

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The police in Edo state on Wednesday announced a breakthrough in its investigation into the murder of a 100 Level Microbiology student of the University of Benin, Mary Uwaila Omozuwa, three months after the incident, as it paraded six persons believed to have been directly and remotely connected to the killing. The late Uwaila, who was 22 years old at the time of her death was purportedly gang-raped, beaten, inflicted head injuries on her and abandoned for dead. She died three days after the attack at the University of Benin…

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Black Panther star, Chadwick Boseman, dies of colon cancer

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‌ Chadwick Boseman, star of the ground-breaking superhero movie “Black Panther,” has died from colon cancer. This was made known via his verified Twitter handle @chadwickboseman. The tweet reads: As also reported by the AFP, Boseman, who was in his 40s, had not publicly discussed his condition — which was first diagnosed in 2016 — and continued to work on major Hollywood films. “It was the honor of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther,” said a statement posted to Boseman’s social media accounts. “He died…

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