The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Command, on Tuesday confirmed the electrocution of a woman and her daughter at their shop along Nnewi-Nnobi road in Nnewi North Local Government Area. Mr Andrew Kumapayi, Anambra State Commander of FRSC, confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka. Kumapayi said that the incident occurred on Monday evening. “It was reported that a high tension wire opposite St. Peters Clavers, along Nnewi-Nnobi road cut and fell on the roof of a shop, electrocuting two female victims. “The deceased were identified as Mrs Patience Ugbana, 55, and her 10 year-old…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed five more positive cases of COVID-19 in Kwara. The NCDC on its verified website on Tuesday stated that this brings the total number of confirmed cases to 63, with 15 patients discharged and one death recorded in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the update table showed that there were 47 active cases, while 15 had so far been discharged and one death recorded.
The Enugu State Government has announced three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, bringing the total to 15. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, disclosed this in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday. Obi said that two previously active COVID-19 cases in Enugu had now tested negative, adding that the three confirmed cases had travel history. “The Enugu State Ministry of Health wishes to announce that two cases out of the previously active COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment in Enugu state have tested negative and are being assessed for discharge. “However, the state has unfortunately received three new…
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the entire world – the future of everything and the world of work, but perhaps the most visible effect of this disruption is most felt in the financial services sector, the markets and the global economy. In this regard, the banking sector is one of the most gravely impacted. It would be useful to reflect a little on the extent to which this is so in Nigeria and the meaning of the multi-dimensional implications, and hopefully, someday, someone will take on the task of analyzing in greater detail, bank-customer relations and the role of the…
Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, it has conducted at least 500 off circle and bye-elections cutting across Governorship, parliamentary position at National Assembly seats, at the Senate and House of Representatives as well as the State Assembly level. More worrisome is that, a higher number of these cases are related to issues of impunity, electoral fraud, violence during polls which were later decided in court while a few of them were due to natural occurrences; death. It is also very disturbing and alarming that, the level of electoral fraud and irregularities that are perpetrated at the lowest but very…
IBADAN – Nigeria has recorded 216 new cases of Covid-19 with Lagos, Katsina and Oyo states on top of the list. The new cases which spread across 14 states and FCT, bring the total confirmed cases in Nigeria to 6,175 cases. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, tweeting @NCDCgov states: “216 new cases of #COVID19; 74-Lagos33-Katsina19-Oyo17-Kano13-Edo10-Zamfara8-Ogun8-Gombe8-Borno7-Bauchi7-Kwara4-FCT3-Kaduna3-Enugu2-Rivers “6175 cases of #COVID19 in NigeriaDischarged: 1644, Deaths: 191”.
The Nigeria Football Federation has received notice from the Enugu State Football Association that Hon. Chidi Ofo Okenwa, a Member of the NFF Executive Committee who died on 5th May, will be buried on 10th June 2020. The Enugu FA letter signed by the secretary, Francis Ugwu, read, inter alia: “We humbly wish to inform all the zonal chairmen that the family of Late Hon. Chidi Ofo Okenwa has scheduled the burial to hold on 10th June 2020 at his family compound. The family assured that the burial will be in accordance with the National/State conditions and directives for burial…
Nigeria has always been an interesting case. It’s the richly endowed country that is also home to some of the world’s poorest. It is where sprawling mansions exist in close proximity to slums. For some unexplainable reason, we have struggled to transform the mineral and human endowment into a better quality of life for all Nigerians. Inequality has been a permanent feature of our nation, the rich-poor divide being one of the most dispiriting. Right from independence in 1960, when we seemed to replace one group of ‘lords’ with another, democratic politics and prebendal politics have been, what Richard Joseph, famously…
By Tony Obiechina, AbujaOffice of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) has refutted reports by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) that under the IPPIS, salaries and allowances of lecturers were being over deducted by the government.A statement by the OAGF Director of Information, Press & Public Relations, Mr. Henshaw Ogubike in Abuja on Monday, said ASUU also alleged that the deductions were such that “their take home is now only 50% or less of what they earn”.The statement explained that”The Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Tax is a statutory tax deductions paid by all salary earners. IPPIS applied…
By Amosu Adeboye Lille forward Victor Osimhen has backed the decision to cancel the 2019/2020 French Ligue 1 season. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced the cancellation of the Ligue 1 season last month because of the coronavirus pandemic. Paris Saint- Germain were later declared Ligue 1 champion by France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel. PSG was 12 points above second-placed Marseille at the top of the table when the season was suspended on March 13 . “I think the championship will resume in September or August but I don’t know exactly. For the rest, the end of the season has…