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COVID-19: Patient who escaped from Imo isolation centre arrested in Ondo selling ‘okrika’

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A coronavirus patient who was said to have escaped from an isolation centre in Imo State and ran to Ondo has been arrested by the COVID-19 team of the Ondo State Government in Oja Oba Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital on Sunday. Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, made this known in Akure on Sunday. According to the commissioner, the female patient was “originally diagnosed for the virus in far away Imo State but escaped to Ondo state without receiving treatment.” He explained that, after the…

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Coronavirus: Israel shut schools as pupils, teachers contract COVID-19 after reopening

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‌ Amid a rise in coronavirus cases among pupils and teachers three weeks after Israel reopened the doors to all of its schools, more and more are closing again. With 347 pupils and teachers testing positive for the virus, 127 schools did not reopen on Sunday, the beginning of the workweek in Israel, according to an Education Ministry statement. The number of pupils and staff in home quarantine grew from slightly more than 16,000 to almost 17,500 in little more than 12 hours. Most of the new cases are from…

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Corruption allegation: Lagos Speaker explains how N80m was spent on lawmakers’ wives Dubai trip

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‌ Mr Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, on Saturday appeared before the House panel of enquiry on the corruption allegations levelled against him by an online medium. Obasa told the panel that the allegations were untrue and that they were the handiwork of his enemies. The Speaker appeared before the nine-man fact-finding panel of the House headed by Mr Victor Akande (Ojo Constituency I) at the House chamber. An online medium had reported on May 23 that at least 64 bank accounts had been…

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Former Lagos commissioner emerges new Oniru of Iruland

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Former commissioner of Agriculture in Lagos State, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, has emerged as the Oniru-elect of Iruland. Lawal is also a former aide-de-camp to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. A statement by Mr Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday stated that Lawal’s appointment was approved during the State Executive Council meeting where final ratification was made on his nomination. The statement added that the appointment takes immediate effect from Friday afternoon. The new monarch will succeed the former…

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12-year-old gang-raped by four masked men in Lagos

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A 12-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by four masked men at her residence in Abijo area of Ajah, Lagos State. She was said to have been raped while playing alone in the compound around 2pm on Thursday. It was learnt that the victim, a secondary school pupil, was left bleeding from injuries she sustained in her private parts. The victim’s mother, identified simply as Anthonia, explained that she was not in the house when the perpetrators raped her daughter. “I went to the office and was called (on the phone) and…

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Access Bank throws weight behind e-Learning culture in Nigeria

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Africa’s Most Sustainable Institution, Access Bank PLC has rolled out Access 9ijaKids, a 12-week eLearning programmme aimed at improving the intelligence quotients, financial literacy and civic knowledge of primary school children. The programmme which employs the use of gamified technology is being executed in partnership with 9ija Kids, a Nigerian EduTech company with a storied history of using games to engage, educate and reward Nigerian children. Speaking on the need for the initiative, Access Bank’s Head of Sustainability, Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan said, “As countries continue to grapple with the massive disruption…

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9 persons killed as robbers invade bank in Kogi

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Suspected armed robbers who invaded a Bank in Kogi State, reportedly killed nine persons on Thursday. The victims were identified as eight policemen and one civilian. Among those killed were the Divisional Police Officer in the town, five other policemen and two policewomen. While the DPO, two policewomen, and four policemen were killed at the Police Station, one policeman was killed at the bank’s premises. The other victim died after he was hit by a stray bullet. The armed robbers were said to have invaded the Police Station about 1.00…

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37 pupils stabbed at Chinese primary school by security guard

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‌ At a primary school in southern China on Thursday, a knife-wielding attacker wounded 37 students and two adults, officials said, with local media identifying a security guard as the perpetrator. All the victims, including teaching staff, were sent to hospital but were not in a life-threatening condition, authorities in Cangwu County, Guangxi region, said. The incident at the Wangfu Central Primary School happened at 8:30 am when children would normally arrive for class. The attacker, reportedly aged around 50, was “under control”, the government said. “37 students suffered mild…

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Punishment for rapists not harsh enough– MSSN

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Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria in Lagos State has recommended stiffer punishment for rapists in the country. The Amirah (female leader) of the MSSN in Lagos State, Basheeroh Majekodunmi, made this known in a press statement to condemn the rape and killing of undergraduates in Nigeria. Majekodunmi said this a few hours after members of the House of Representatives rejected castration as a punishment for rapists in Nigeria on Thursday. She lamented the rape and murder of 18-year-old Barakat Bello, a student of the Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Federal…

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Edo information commissioner resigns

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‌ Mr Paul Ohonbamu, Edo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, has resigned his appointment from the cabinet of Governor Godwin Obaseki. This was contained in a letter of resignation addressed to Obaseki on Thursday in Benin. “I hereby tender my letter of resignation as a commissioner in Edo to His Excellency, Mr Godwin Obaseki this June 4, 2020. “Without setting a precedent, I have decided to step aside as cabinet member and operate outside for the general good of Edo and pursuit of happiness for the citizens,” he said.…

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