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Covid-19: 437 new cases confirmed, total infection now 46,577

Aug 10, 2020 topnews

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 437 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 46,577. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. The health agency stated that the number of those successfully treated and discharged from various treatment centres across the country also jumped to 33,186, representing an increase of 142 persons. According to the NCDC, while more people have recovered from the disease, the country reported three new fatalities, raising the number of those who have…

Prophet arrested for impregnating two siblings

Aug 10, 2020 topnews

Prophet Ebenezer Ajigbotoluwa, founder and General Overseer of the Church of the Lord, Olomore, Abeokuta, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating two underage female siblings in his church. The suspect was reported to have procured abortions for the victims (aged 16 and 13) who followed their mother to the church over a spiritual attack. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. Oyeyemi noted that the suspect was arrested after…

Heritage Bank, CBN drive improved investment outcomes, job creation

Aug 10, 2020 topnews

Heritage bank Plc in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing in Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has continued to drive improved investment outcomes and job creation. Through this partnership, Heritage Bank is not relenting in its efforts at boosting the agriculture base of the nation to make farming profitable to stakeholders and attractive to the youth. Recently, the apex bank approved the disbursement of about N75billion as loan to farmers in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the Nigerian Incentive-Based…

Protests in Kaduna, Lagos, Abuja over Southern Kaduna killings

Aug 9, 2020 topnews

There were protests on the streets of Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja on Saturday morning over what the protesters described as “genocide” taking place in the southern part of Kaduna State and the government’s inability to stop the killings. The protest took place about 48 hours after suspected Fulani militiamen unleashed fresh attacks on Apiashyim, Kibori, Atakmawei, Apyiako, and Magamiya villages in Southern Kaduna. In the wake of the attacks, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union said 33 people were killed. But the police gave the casualty figure as 21. The National…

Home teacher allegedly defiles six-year-old girl in Lagos

Aug 9, 2020 topnews

Uzor Anthony, a 50-year-old old teacher, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl he was teaching at her parents’ home in the Olodi Apapa area of Lagos. Anthony reportedly committed the crime while he was teaching the girl when her parents were not around. It was learnt that the victim narrated what happened to her mother when she returned home and the case was reported at the Tolu Police Station. A police source revealed that the suspect denied having sex with the girl who consistently…

Senator Buruji Kashamu dies of COVID-19

Aug 8, 2020 topnews

Senator Buruji Kashamu, a former lawmaker, is dead. Kashamu, who represented Ogun-East senatorial district between 2015 and 2019, died at First Cardiology Consultants, Lagos, according to his friend, Ben Murray-Bruce, in a tweet. The hospital is the same facility where a former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi; and the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, died. It was learnt that Kashamu, who had diabetes and high blood pressure, was admitted at the hospital for over a week before passing away. Confirming his death, a former lawmaker, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce,…

Man found dead after sex romp with prostitute in Lagos brothel

Aug 8, 2020 topnews

Bassey Asuquo, a 40-year-old Pharmacist, was found dead in one of the rooms of a brothel along Akesan road, Egan area of Lagos, Friday. The deceased was said to have slumped after having sex with one of the commercial sex workers. Late Bassey as gathered, visited the brothel at about 10pm the previous night, after a drink at the bar session. Policemen from Igando division who were alerted by the management of the brothel, stormed the scene, where a crowd had gathered to have a glimpse of Bassey’s lifeless body. A…

Covid-19 restrictions: Naira Marley convicted

Aug 8, 2020 topnews

Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, has been convicted and fined by a magistrate court in Abuja for violating COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Naira Marley was arraigned for a four-count charge by Magistrate Idayat Akanni. The charges include violating Presidential ban on interstate travelling, not wearing of face mask contrary to the Presidential Order imposing compulsory wearing of face mask by all persons within Abuja the Federal Capital Territory, violating social distance order as well as violating dusk to dawn curfew in the territory. He pleaded guilty to all charges…

FG raises hate speech fine to N5m

Aug 8, 2020 topnews

The Federal Government has increased the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million in the amended National Broadcasting Code. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the explanation on Friday when he featured on a live programme. He explained that the increment was to deter people deliberately violating the provision “to destabilise the country”. “What motivated the amendment was that when the fine was N500,000, we saw the provision being violated at will because the amount was very easy to pay,” he said. Mohammed while unveiling…

MFM explains why Lagos, Ogun churches will not reopen yet

Aug 8, 2020 topnews

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has explained why it will not reopen its churches in Lagos and Ogun states, despite the federal and state governments allowing for worship centres to reopen. The ministry, in a statement by the Chairman, MFM Media Committee, Pastor Oladele Bank-Olemoh, on Friday, noted that the church would not reopen in the two states until the tentative date of September 13, 2020. Bank-Olemoh said, “The leadership of this ministry is aware that the governments of Lagos and Ogun states had announced that churches could…