The number of COVID-19 cases in Lagos State now stands at 16,920, according to the data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday. The NCDC announced the figure in its COVID-19 Situation Report for Aug. 18. It said that Lagos accounted for 210 new COVID-19 infections out of the 410 cases reported from 16 states on Aug 18. “That brings the state’s total number of infections to 16,920,” NCDC said. According to NCDC, Lagos have tested a total of 90,730 samples for COVID-19 as at Aug. 18. It said that out of the 363,331 COVID-19 sample…
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The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero has commiserated with the people and Government of Katsina state over the passing of Malam Wada Maida, former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Maida, a serving Chairman of the NAN Board of Directors, died on Monday in Abuja. Bayero stated this when he paid a condolence visit to Gov. Aminu Masari, in Katsina on Wednesday. He described the late Maida as the elder statesman not only in Katsina State but the country at large. The Emir noted that Wada distinguished himself in journalism profession and created a bench mark…
A 57-year-old prophet, Ebenezer Ogunmefun, who sexually abused a 15-year-old girl, on Wednesday appeared in Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta. The police charged Ogunmefun, whose address was not provided with one count of sexual abuse. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Moshood Hammed, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at No 1, Prof. Ajibo Toluca Pioneer St. in Olomore area Abeokuta. Moshood alleged that the defendant sexual abused the 15 years old. He alleged that the defendant, who claims to be a prophet, told the victim’s mother that the 15-year-old girl was possessed by evil spirits and needed ”cleansing,”.…
Mr Mike Sangster, Managing Director, Total E&P Nigeria Limited, on Wednesday said the International Oil Company (IOC) contributed $3.2 million (₦1.2 billion) in support of the Federal Government’s battle against COVID-19.Sangster made the disclosure while speaking at the virtual August Technical Presentation of Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE).The managing director, who was represented by Mr Olatunji Akinwunmi, General Manager, GSR (Deepwater), Total E&P, said Nigeria was crucial to the Total Group, accounting for around 10 per cent of its equity production. ” We are all aware of the raging COVID-19 pandemic which has held the world hostage for several…
Management and other officials of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will undergo coronavirus tests at the federation’s secretariat in Abuja on Thursday, an official said on Wednesday. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed in a statement that the federation’s General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, announced this on Wednesday. According to Olajire, Sanusi said the test would take place at the federation’s Sunday Dankaro House secretariat, located within the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Complex in Abuja. “Sanusi, while addressing management officials and other staff on Wednesday informed them that the test had become necessary after a positive test by a member of…
FMDQ Securities Exchange has posted 13.66 per cent turnover growth in the Fixed Income and Currency (FIC) for the month of July. FMDQ in a monthly FIC report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday said a turnover of N18.72 trillion was recorded in July. This, according to the report, was against a turnover of N16.47 trillion achieved in June. Breakdown of the report indicates that open market operations (OMO), money market transactions and unsecured placements remained the highest contributors to the FIC markets in the month under review. Specifically, it accounted for 60.16 per cent of…
The Police in Delta have confirmed the arrest of a 30-year-old man identified as Jomaph who allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl in Sapele town, Sapele LGA of Delta. Spokesperson of the Delta Police Command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, told newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba that the suspect was arrested after he was captured on a CCTV camera sneaking into the toilet to meet the victim. “The young man was arrest after he was captured on a nearby CCTV sneaking into the toilet with the little girl. “The suspect has been arrested and the case is currently under investigation. “After preliminary investigation,…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), says it has begun moves to establish a Hajj Training Institute in Nigeria. The NAHCON Chairman, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, announced this when he led a delegation of the commission on an advisory visit to the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) in Kaduna on Wednesday. Hassan said that their visit to NBTE was to seek their assistance to facilitate the establishment of the training institute. “We wish to establish an institute where we intend to formalise the training for those involved in Hajj management and potential pilgrims. “We have submitted the application and…
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith is expected on Wednesday to plead guilty in a Federal Court to falsifying a document as part of the bureau’s early-stage probe. This was to falsify whether President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with the Russian government. Clinesmith was the first person criminally charged in an investigation by John Durham, a federal prosecutor tapped to probe mistakes the FBI made when it sought a warrant to conduct surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. He will appear for a virtual hearing at 1 p.m. ET (1700 GMT) in the U.S. District Court in Washington.…
Central China’s Hunan Province on Wednesday opened a cocoa trading centre to connect Africa, the world’s leading cocoa producer, to China’s fast-growing appetite for chocolate. The African Cocoa Marketing Centre, established in Changsha, provincial capital of Hunan, will start by selling cocoa mainly from Ghana before bringing in products from more African countries. The centre has been hailed as the first for African cocoa in China, a rising market for the continent’s products from coffee to tea. “I am confident that every tasty chocolate enjoyed in China has some quantity of Ghana’s premium cocoa as part of its ingredients,” said…