Coronavirus: NCDC announces 340 new cases, total now 51,304

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‌ The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 340 new cases of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday, adding that four deaths were also recorded. The health agency said that with this new figure, Nigeria now has 51,304 confirmed cases, 37,885 discharged and 996 deaths. It stated that the 340 new cases were reported from 19 states in the country. The NCDC noted that out of the 340 new cases Kaduna recorded the highest with 63 infections,…

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Father arrested for defiling daughter to test her virginity

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‌ Gbenga Taiwo, a 40-year-old man, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling his daughter. Taiwo, a widower, and his 15-year-old daughter live together in a rented apartment at Baruwa, Ipaja area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the father had been constantly molesting the girl since she was 13 by dipping his fingers into her private parts. Folake, having got tired of the molestation, was said to have reported his father to their landlord who warned Taiwo to desist from the act. He allegedly persisted which prompted…

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UNILAG crisis: Senate to name acting VC as FG directs Babalakin, Ogundipe to step aside

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Following the sacking of the University of Lagos Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the Federal Government has directed him and the chairman of its Governing Council, Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN), to step aside. Accordingly, the government said they should both step aside, pending the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari. The government’s position was contained in a statement issued on Friday night by the Director, Press and Public Relations, in the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong. The statement also directed the Senate…

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Gunmen attacks police station, kills corporal on duty

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It was a black Friday at the Ikolaba Police Station in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday, August 21, 2020 as unknown gunmen attacked the station, leaving a police corporal on duty dead. It was gathered that the gunmen shot sporadically into the station as they came into the premises. The reason for the attack could, however, not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Olugbenga Fadeyi also confirmed the incident. He said an investigation was ongoing to determine…

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NUPENG to begin nationwide strike over members’ sack

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THE alleged unprocedural sack of members by Chevron Nigeria Limited and its service contractors on Wednesday did not go down without controversy. Now, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has issued a seven-day nationwide strike notice in solidarity for the sacked workers. The union in a statement said that no fewer than 175 members working in YKISH Integrated Services for the offsite/onsite maintenance services with Chevron Nigeria Limited, Delog Nigeria Ltd and EUROFLOW Services, (all service contractors to Chevron Nigeria Ltd), were sacked through WhatsApp messages…

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President Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura flown abroad for treatment

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura was flown abroad for an urgent medical treatment, according to reports. “Daura, 79, was said to have been flown in a private jet to the UK on Wednesday after exhibiting respiratory difficulties with symptoms similar to coronavirus since last Friday,” the report read. Daura made the trip at a time the ban imposed on international flights as one of the ways of curtailing further spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria has not been lifted. He is believed to be one of the most powerful allies…

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Malian President, Ibrahim Keita resigns after military coup

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‌ Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday, said he was resigning to avoid “bloodshed”, hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the West African nation. The government has also been struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency that first emerged in 2012 and has claimed thousands of lives Taking advantage of the crisis in the country, rebel soldiers moved against the government, detained the president and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Tuesday afternoon and drove the pair to a military base…

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Why father, step-mother locked son for seven years ― Police

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When the news of 30-year-old Ahmed Aminu broke out on why he was locked up for seven years in a car garage by his father and step-mother. Many wonder what could have led to such inhumane behavior, as the man looked frail, dying of hunger and lack of care even when his biological father is still alive, and also involved in the torture of his son. Facts have however emerged from Kano State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa. He said the couple allegedly wanted to kill…

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PDI: Northern Communities to benefit from telehealth

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Pre Diagnosis International has commenced a programme of spreading its service base to various parts of the country in the bid to push for greater adoption of innovative telehealth among the country’s vulnerable and underserved communities. The company announced the first of such tactical moves for the North Central and North Western parts of the country in a recent disclosure that the PDI 24/7 Doctors’ Hotline and the PDI Telehealth App have been remodeled to serve the needs of the Northern people in the Hausa language. According to a media…

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Access Bank signs $93m Syndicated Loan with Dutch Bank

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Access Bank Plc has a signed a Subordinated Syndicated Loan Agreement totalling $93.8 million with the Dutch development bank (FMO), the French private sector development bank (Proparco), and leading investment firm, Symbiotics. The tier-II capital facility was structured as a “10 years non-call 5 years” subordinated debt instrument, benefitting the bank for a period of 5 years. A statement quoted the Group Managing Director, Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, to have said the facility would enable the bank to continue on its strategic path to becoming, “Africa’s gateway to the world…

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