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Covid-19: Africa records highest daily cases as total hits 348,871

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African continent on Friday recorded 11,219 COVID-19 cases, the highest daily number ever since the index case was recorded in Egypt on February 14. The Mediterranean country also recorded the first COVID-19 death on the continent. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reported 11,219 new cases on the continent on Friday with 216 new deaths. This brought to 348,871 the total number of cases as of Friday; total deaths were 9,098 while recoveries were 166,684. The pandemic has spread to 54 of the 55 countries in the African…

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Why We Shut Down Embassy Building In Germany

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The Federal Government has said it shut down the building housing the Embassy of Nigeria in Berlin, Germany in order to allow thorough disinfection of the building. In a statement on Friday, the Embassy said the move was necessary to guarantee the safety of its staff and the visiting public amid the coronavirus pandemic. It dispelled reports that the building was shut down due to the non-payment of rent, stressing that the property belongs to the Government of Nigeria. It said, “It has come to the notice of the Embassy…

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Mr Price Plans To Exit Nigeria

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Mr Price Group, a South African clothing and homeware retailer, has announced plans to exit Nigeria. Mark Blair, chief executive of the clothing and homeware retailer, told analysts at the group’s full-year results presentation on Thursday that the company would now focus on its home market In 2019, Mr Price closed its stores in Australia and Poland. “Quite frankly I’m not prepared to invest any further whether it’s an investment in time or in money into a country that is volatile as it is,” Reuters quoted Blair to have said.…

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Man arrested for defiling three-month-old baby in Nasarawa

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nasarawa State Command, has arrested a 27-year-old man, Ahmadu Yaro, for allegedly defiling a three-month-old baby in Adogi village, Lafia Local Government Area of the state. The Deputy State Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Bisi Olugboyega, who paraded the suspect on behalf of the Commandant, Mr Mahmud Fari, said, “We have tracked and apprehended the 27-year-old suspected rapist, Ahmadu Yaro. “He is presently in custody for allegedly defiling a three-month-old baby in Adogi village, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.” He said…

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Fraud: Hushpuppi arrested for defrauding 1,926,400 persons, made N168bn

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In a video released on its official Twitter handle on Thursday, the Dubai Police Force, United Arab Emirates, has revealed how it arrested Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abass, aka Hushpuppi. The police said a special team had been tracking the suspect and his gang’s activities on the social media for about four months. The DPF revealed that upon the arrest of Hushpuppi and 12 other members of his crew, including Olalekan Ponle, aka Woodberry, they discovered that fraud amounting to 1.6 billion dirham (N168bn) had been perpetrated  by the gang. No fewer than 1,926,400…

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Oyo State announces partial reopening of schools

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Oyo State Government has announced a partial reopening of schools for pupils in terminal classes across the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olasunkanmi Olaleye, in a circular dated June 24, 2020, said pupils in Primary 6, JSS 3 and SSS 3 should resume classes from Monday, July 6, 2020. In preparation for the resumption, he said all public primary and secondary schoolteachers should return to duty on Monday, June 29. Olaeye insisted that there must be strict compliance with the COVID-19 protocols as discussed with the…

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Oshiomhole loyalists dares Buhari, says NEC meeting illegal

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‌ Members of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee loyal to the party’s sacked National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday, insisted that the APC National Executive Committee meeting attended by President Muhammadu Buhari, was illegal. The NWC members, who said this in a statement signed by the acting National Chairman, Hillard Eta, and the acting National Secretary, Waziri Bulama, stated that they were consulting their lawyers and other stakeholders on the dissolution of the NWC and other decisions taken at the NEC meeting on Thursday. They insisted that the NEC…

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Ogun State tops South-West drug abuse chart – Commissioner

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Dr Tomi Coker, the Commissioner for Health in Ogun state, on Thursday  raised the alarm over the increasing rate of drug abuse among youths in the state. She said the prevalence  of drug abuse in Ogun State was 17 per cent out of about 22.4 per cent in the South-West, calling for urgent intervention. Coker spoke during a press briefing in Abeokuta, to mark the United Nations Anti-Drug Day celebration. She said, “Globally, 35 million people are estimated to suffer from drug use disorders, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs…

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Nigerian Embassy in Indonesia attacked

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Some hoodlums have reportedly attacked the Nigerian Embassy in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta. This is coming barely a week after some persons vandalised a building on the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana. It was gathered that the perpetrators were citizens of Nigeria but the reason for the attack was yet unknown. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who revealed this in a two-part tweet, condemned the attack, describing it as “disgraceful”. He said the incident happened on Thursday and efforts were being made to…

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Ex-Oyo Governor, Ajimobi is dead

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Abiola Ajimobi’s, the immediate past Governor of Oyo State, has died at age 70 after battling coronavirus-related symptoms. Ajimobi, who was governor from 2011 to 2019, was named the Acting National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress last week but never resumed. The former governor was hospitalised at First Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Consultants Hospital, Lagos on June 2, 2020. He was said to have tested negative for COVID-19 but the illness had caused his health to deteriorate. Ajimobi’s wife, Florence, had earlier been hospitalised with her husband. She was, however, discharged. He was…

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