Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,204 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections to 91,351. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified website. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that Nigeria recorded 1,145 cases on Dec. 18, 2020. The centre also announced seven deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll to 1,318. It stated that three of the deaths occurred in Lagos, two in Sokoto, while Kebbi and Abia recorded one fatality each. The NCDC said that the number of recovered COVID-19 patients stood at 75,699, including 655…
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Southampton defeated reigning champions and current league leaders, Liverpool 1-0 on Monday, becoming the only club to have defeated all seven champions in the season following their title in the history of Premier League. Danny Ings’s goal two minutes into the game gave the home side victory over the Reds at St Mary’s. Tonight’s victory moved Southampton sixth on the English Premier League table with 29 points in 17 games, while Liverpool remain first on the league table with 33 points in 17 games. However, Liverpool risk losing the top spot to Manchester United. Manchester United is second on the…
The Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun Corps said it arrested over 120 suspects in its ‘Operation Clean Up’ exercise. It said the Operation Clean Up was launched in response to armed robbery incidences in Akure and other parts of the state. Commander of the Ondo Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who spoke in an interview with journalists, said the suspects have been handed over to relevant agencies for further investigations and prosecution Chief Adeleye said crimes have reduced by 80 percent in the state since the launch of Operation Clean Up. According to him, “Since we started…
A staff of Shoprite in Akure, Ondo State identified as Jumoke Kehinde has reportedly committed suicide after being suspended from work. Kehinde was said to have been found dead on New Year’s eve at her apartment in the Kajola area along Oda-road, Akure. A staff of Shoprite who pleaded anonymity said late Kehinde reported late for work and was ordered suspended. According to the staff, “It is normal that anyone who comes late should wait outside before they are allowed in and be given a suspension. “She was seen arranging her table getting ready for the day’s sales as she…
Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour, says the Special Public Works Programme which will engage 774,000 unemployed Nigerians will kick off on Tuesday. Keyamo, who broke the news via Twitter, said President Muhammadu Buhari approved the date. “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the take-off of the Special Public Works Programme (engaging 774,000 unemployed itinerant Nigerians) to begin nationwide on Tuesday, January 5th, 2021,” he said. “All NDE state structures are already in top gear for the take-off ceremonies.” The programme was earlier slated to kick off on October 1, but Keyamo had said the president approved the postponement of…
About nine thousand new National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment centres are expected to commence operation this week, The Guardian has learnt. The centres are expected to provide a fillip to the enrolment of Nigerians by National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for NIN, and subsequent linking of the number with their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. The Head of Corporate Communications, NIMC, Kayode Adegoke, who confirmed the development to The Guardian, yesterday, disclosed that about 50 million Nigerians now have a national identification number each. According to Adegoke, about 200 organisations, states, and institutions licensed by the Federal Government to enroll…
The Lagos State Government has announced that all public and private schools below tertiary level in Lagos State remain closed indefinitely due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement issued by the Head of Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mr Kayode Abayomi noted that the recent directive makes it mandatory that all schools earlier scheduled to resume on 4th of January, 2021, must remain closed until a new resumption date is announced. While informing that a new date will be communicated in due course, Abayomi urged parents and students to ensure strict adherence to guidelines…
A former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2019 Presidential election, and Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and four other activists have been remanded in Kuje prison. Sowore was arrested along with his friends for leading a “crossover protest” in Abuja. He was arraigned on three count charges: namely conspiracy, unlawful assembly and incitement. Sowore denied all the charges, but a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, ordered he alongside others be remanded in Kuje prison. Recall that a human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said that Sowore asked him to sue…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday warned the public not to fall prey to fraudsters and rumour mongers. The board, who gave the advice in a weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar , said it had yet to begin the sale of the 2021 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms. ”JAMB reiterates that it has not begun sale of its 2021 UTME and Direct Entry (DE) application forms, neither has it announced a date for the exercise. ”The clarification became necessary following fake news that the board has begun the sale and was urging prospective applicants…
There have been numerous reports that APC chieftain and former Governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is being hospitalised in Paris, France, after coming down with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Tunde Rahman, his spokesperson, has debunked those reports however. While not disclosing the country Tinubu is at right now, Rahman says it is customary for the APC godfather to travel abroad at this time of the year in order to relax and re-strategise for the New Year. “This story is inaccurate. Asiwaju is healthy and does not have COVID-19,” says Rahman in a statement. “He took his annual trip…