Day: July 22, 2020

COVID-19: Pandemic will probably get worse — Trump

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United States President, Donald Trump, on Tuesday evening admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic “will probably get worse before it gets better’’. Speaking at a White House news briefing, Trump noted the rising cases in southern and western states of the country, especially Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia and Texas. “It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better, something I don’t like saying about things, but that’s the way it is,” he said. Until the rise in new cases, Trump had downplayed the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S., and was…

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Oyo government cancels 3rd term in schools

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Third Term for the 2019/2020 school session has been cancelled by the Oyo State Government. Promotion of students for all affected classes will now be determined by First and Second Term Continuous Assessments. Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, the state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, announced the decision after the State Executive Council meeting in Ibadan on Tuesday. He said the state government has also approved the academic calendar to guide resumption of schools and other associated educational activities for the 2020/2021 session in the state. According to the commissioner, Pry-6,…

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Covid-19: Nigeria records 576 new cases, total now 37,801 

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that Nigeria recorded 576 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday bringing total infections reported to 37,801. This was made known via its Twitter handle, noting that 15,677 patients have been discharged upon treatment and recovery from 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. It added that 805 associated fatalities have been recorded so far. The NCDC gave a state-by-state distribution of cases confirmed on Tuesday as, “Lagos – 88, Kwara – 87, FCT – 82, Plateau – 62, Ondo – 39, Enugu –…

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Man drugs, defiles five-year old girl in Bauchi

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‌Saleh Hassan, 38, has allegedly drugged and raped a five year-old-girl in Bauchi State. The Executive Director, Prison Inmate Development Initiative (PIDI-Nigeria), a human rights group, Cate Iya Rize, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. She alleged that the five year old girl was raped by the man at Unguwar Hardo area of the Bauchi State capital. Rize said, “It is now a saddening case of a (victim) who was drugged and raped by one Saleh Hassan (shoe shiner) in Paparanda Unguwan Hardo. “Saleh Hassan is 38 years old,…

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Corruption allegations: Recovered vehicles auctioned to Presidential Villa, ministries – Magu

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Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, says some of the vehicles recovered by the EFCC were auctioned to the Presidential Villa, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development as well as  the Federal Inland Revenue Services and other agencies. He further stated that some of these agencies had not paid for the vehicles but there was an arrangement that the money would be deducted from their financial allocation. Magu, in a letter addressed to the  Justice Ayo Salami-led panel titled,…

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