The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa says there are over 43,000 COVID-19 deaths on the African continent. The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account @WHOAFRO. Newsmen report that the number of deaths increased to 43,000 as at Nov. 3 against 41,000 as at Oct. 26. Also, the numbers of recoveries have increased from 1.3 million in Oct. 26 to 1.4 million as at Nov. 3, according to the figures on the WHO dashboard. The dashboard shows that the number of confirmed cases still remains over 1.7 million. Meanwhile, in a statement…
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The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said he never ordered the military to kill Igbos in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state, describing the allegation as balderdash and politically motivated. The governor stated that the curfew imposed on Oyigbo was to restore calm in the area after members of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, killed 6 soldiers, 4 policemen and destroyed all police stations and court buildings in the area. Wike gave the explanation on a live television programme in Port Harcourt on Monday. The governor said the narrative that Igbos were being killed by the military…
IN an effort to end the on-going strike in government universities across the country, the Federal Government will again meet with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) tomorrow. The Wednesday meeting is in continuation of negotiation between the Federal Government and ASUU to find amicable resolution to the contentious issue of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The Deputy Director (Press), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, told Nigerian Tribune that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige will be hosting a meeting with ASUU, adding that the meeting was scheduled for…
THE management of the Okitipupa Oil Palm in Ondo state, has lamented the loss of over N300m property to hoodlums and arsonists who invaded the company during the last week #EndSARS protest hijacked by hoodlums in the state. The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr.Taiwo Adewole, who disclosed this in a statement said the company discovered the loss after a tour of the company’s burnt and vandalised facilities, described the action of the hoodlums as barbaric, brutal and horrendous. Adewole who said the damage would cause a great set back for the company that is just undergoing reorganisation after…
Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara was reelected to a contested third term, electoral authorities said Tuesday, after a vote marred by deadly unrest and a boycott by the opposition who promised to set up a rival “transitional” government. The standoff pitches francophone West Africa’s top economy deeper into a crisis that erupted in August when Ouattara said he would run for a third term, angering the opposition who accused him of carrying out an “electoral coup”. “The President Alassane Ouattara has been elected,” election commission president Ibrahime Coulibaly-Kuibiert said in an early morning broadcast. He said Ouattara won 94 percent…
The results of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted between August 17 and September 12 show that only 65.24 per cent of the candidates who sat for the examination have Credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) announced this on Monday at a media briefing on the release of the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE). The examination was earlier scheduled to start on April 6 but could not because of the outbreak of Coronavirus. WAEC’s Head of the…
Governors Malam Nasir El-Rufa’I (Kaduna), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Bello Matawale (Zamfara), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Abdulrahman Abdulrazak (Kwara), Governor Sani-Bello (Niger), Governor Yahaya (Gombe), Deputy Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Nasiru Gawuna and Deputy Governor of Katsina state, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu. Chief of Staff to the President Ibrahim Gambari, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Deputy Speaker House of Reps Ahmed Wase, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Minister of Information Lai Mohammed and FCT Minister Mohammed Bello. Traditional rulers Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmed Bamalli, Etsu…
A group of traditional religion adherents, Association of Ajo Esin Abalaye Adulawo of Nigeria, on Sunday, said it would deploy spiritual powers to secure Yorubaland should the police and other security agents continue to ignore distress calls by the people. The group, in a statement signed by the Executive President of the group, Dr Olalekan Atanda, and obtained by our correspondent in Osogbo, said centuries before the advent of the police and other security agencies, Yoruba people had secured their space using spiritual powers. Atanda also said if called upon, members of the group would assist security agents in providing…
The 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Suspended by the National Examinations Council (NECO) will resume next Monday, the examination body said on Monday. NECO announced the suspension of the examinations in the wake of the #EndSARS protests by youths seeking an end to police brutality. The protests disrupted the movement of examination materials nationwide. NECO’s Head of Information and Public Relations Division Azeez Sani announced the plan to restart the examinations in Abuja. A statement by Sani reads: “The National Examinations Council (NECO) wishes to inform candidates, schools and other stakeholders of the resumption of the 2020 Senior School…
The United States Presidential election is gearing up to be a close race as current President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden fight for the country’s most coveted post today. The much-anticipated showdown is today and the candidates have been flat-out trying to win battleground states. In 2016, Republican President Donald Trump secured an outright victory in the presidential election by flipping the staunchly Democratic “blue wall” states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania; states the Democrats thought they could count on. In doing so, Trump won the Electoral College despite losing the national popular vote. The US “winner takes…