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COVID-19: FG Won’t Reintroduce Total Lockdown Again – SGF

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The Federal Government has explained why it may not re-introduce a total lockdown of the country over the COVID-19 rising cases. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 42nd joint national briefing of the taskforce. “As we had indicated in my first address on this subject that we will study the situation, look at it and see how we are going and if there is need for a review, that…

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June 12: Governor Akeredolu Grants Amnesty To 28 Inmates

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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has granted amnesty to 28 inmates of the Nigeria Correctional Custodial Centres in the state. Olusegun Ajiboye, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, in a statement in Akure on Thursday, said the gesture was in commemoration of the 2020 Democracy Day celebrated on June 12. Mr Ajiboye said this was in exercise of the powers conferred on the governor by Paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended. “Governor Akeredolu ordered that…

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Ambrose Nwaogwugwu Sues DSS, demands N50m Compensation.

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Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, who was arrested by the Department of State Services following posts shared on his Facebook page on Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State , has sued the security agency and demanded a N50m compensation. Nwaogwugwu in a suit filed at the Federal High Court, Owerri Division, by his team of lawyers led by Chief Mike Ahamba (SAN), is also seeking among other prayers a declaration that his continued detention from May 28, 2020 till date is unlawful, wrongful, unconstitutional and a flagrant breach of his fundamental rights as…

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Serial rapist arrested in Kano

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‌ 32-year-old Muhammad Alfa has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly raping over 40 women in Kano. This is contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna on Wednesday. “Police on Tuesday arrested Mohammed in Kwanar Dangora, an outskirt of Kano. “During interrogation, the man confessed to have raped more than 40 female in a year, including girls, married women, as well as an 80-year-old,” he said. According to him, the suspect was apprehended after he attempted to rape a married…

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Boko Haram Insurgents pretended to be preachers, killed 81 people, survivor tells Zulum

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‌ According to the survivor of Boko Haram’s Tuesday attack on Fanduma Koloram, in the Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State, the insurgents pretended to be Islamic religious crusaders, collected arms from herders and killed 81 persons. The survivor, who narrated his ordeal to the State Governor, Babagana Zulum, said he called for help from neighbouring village to bury 31 of the 81 victims of the attack in a mass grave. He said “apart from the 81 persons left dead, 13 were injured, while seven others were abducted” .…

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Protesters tear down Christopher Columbus statue in USA

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As calls to remove sculptures commemorating colonizers and slavers sweep America on the back of anti-racism protests, a statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston has been demolished, police said Wednesday. A Columbus statue was also vandalized in downtown Miami, and another was dragged into a lake earlier in the week in Richmond, Virginia, according to local reports. The incidents come as pressure builds in the United States to rid the country of monuments associated with racism following massive demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer…

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Oniru Family rejects Gbolahan Lawal as King

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Omowumi Abisogun Oniru, one of the ruling houses in Iruland, Victoria Island, Lagos has rejected the installation of Oba Abdulwasiu Gbolahan Lawal, as the new Oniru of Iruland. The ruling family is calling on the federal government to prevail on the Lagos State Government to reverse the installation of Lawal and chose one of them as the king of Iruland. Abisogun Oniru Ruling Family made the appeal during a protest at Igbosere High Court of Lagos. The newly installed king, Lawal, a former Commissioner of Agriculture in Lagos State was…

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Edo Governor reacts as UI confirms certificate

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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reacted to the confirmation by the University of Ibadan that he graduated from the institution. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, had expressed doubt over the authenticity of the first-degree certificate presented by the governor. While inaugurating the APC’s screening and appeal committees for its members contesting the governorship primary in Edo, Oshiomhole said, “Someone should approach the UI and end this matter once and for all. If the certificate Obaseki parades is that of the UI, find…

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Asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 very rare – WHO

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An official of the World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday declared that it is rare for asymptomatic patients to transmit the COVID-19 disease. The WHO, however, added that, “Much is still unknown about the COVID-19 pandemic.” Its comments by one of its scientists that transmission of coronavirus from persons who never showed symptoms was “very rare,” drew criticisms from physicians and others experts on social media. That admission sent shock waves throughout the world, much of which has been locked down for months for fear of spreading the virus by persons…

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Protesters burn Buhari, Masari’s billboard in Katsina

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In protest against constant banditry and insecurity, some protesters in Yantumaki town, Damusa Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Tuesday burnt down a campaign billboard of the All Progressives Congress with the pictures of the President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Masari. The burnt billboard is along the highway leading to the town. The protesters bemoaned the level of insecurity in Yantumaki town and neighbouring communities, making reference to the kidnap of a health worker, Alhaji Mansir Yusuf, and his daughter by bandits around 1am on Tuesday. Also, on…

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