Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Thursday 21st May 2020
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COVID-19: Chinese community in Ogun donates to the Nigeria Police
The Chinese Community in Ogun State has donated supplies to the Nigeria Police Force, Shagamu division in order to cushion the effect of COVID-19. While presenting the items, the representative of the Chinese Community in Ogun State, Lin Wanmei said ” the relationship between China and Nigeria has produced tangible benefits, Since the outbreak of …
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Ekiti resolves monarch’s rift with 30 estranged chiefs
Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State Government has resolved the rift between the Alare of Are Ekiti, Oba Boluwade Adebiyi and thirty traditional chiefs who had boycotted the palace for three months in protest against the monarch’s leadership style. The chiefs agreed to sheathe their swords after two peace meetings presided over by the Deputy Governor, …
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Court sentences man to 2 weeks community service for theft
A Grade 1 Area Court, Kubwa in Abuja on Thursday sentenced one Nura Usman, to two weeks community service for stealing one iron pipe and escaping from lawful custody. Usman was convicted and sentenced for criminal trespass, theft and escape from lawful custody. The judge, Muhammad Adamu, sentenced Usman to one week community service with an …
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Reopening of worship centres: Council warns residents against flouting COVID-19 directives
The Chairman, Keffi Local Government Council of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Abdulrahman Maigoro, has advised Muslim and Christian faithfuls to adhere strictly to all safety measures against COVID-19 while performing their spiritual functions. This he said, would go a long in curtailing the spread of the virus in the state and the country at large. He …
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NMA reverses sit-at-home order to members in Lagos
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State, has reversed the indefinite sit-at-home directive to its members, telling them to resume work from 6 p.m today. The Association gave the directive in a joint statement on Thursday in Lagos, by its Chairman and Secretary, Dr Saliu Oseni and Dr Ramon Moronkola, respectively. The News Agency of …
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COVID-19: Group calls for quick passage of PIB
An NGO, Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has called for the quick passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)amid threat of COVID-19 to the oil sector Executive Director of the Group Ms Faith Nwadishi made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. She said that the passage of the PIB should be done without …
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Igbo group gives 21 days ultimatum to almajarai to leave S/E
Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri An Igbo social cultural pressure group, Igbo National Council (INC) has given a twenty-day ultimatum to almajirai that have in the past few weeks moved into the southeast zone from their various abodes in the north. According to a press statement by the National president, Chilos Godsent made available to newsmen in …
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Africa’s COVID-19 cases hit 95,000 – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa as at May 21, had risen to over 95, 000. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO. “There are over 95,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 34,000 …
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Residents lauds Nsukka LG boss for people oriented governance
Felix Ikem, Nsukka Some residents of Nsukka town has applauded Chief Patrick Omeje, the Executive Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area for his people oriented governance and grading of rural roads in the twenty political wards of the council area, targeting farm settlements. Omeje had embarked on massive opening and grading of rural roads in …
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Useni’s Plateau PDP faction kick against tenure elongation
Gyang Bere, Jos The Plateau State PDP Governorship Candidate in 2019 General Election, Retired Gen. Jeremiah Useni’s factional Caretaker Committee Chairman, Hon. Nandom Pyennap Exodus has rejected tenure elongation of the State party Executives led by Hon. Yakubu Gwott Chocho. He said it is illegal for the party’s officials whose tenure has expired to mischievously …
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Ese’s abductor, Dahiru, sentenced to 26 years imprisonment.
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Thursday sentenced Yinusa Dahiru to 26 years imprisonment over the abduction, rape and impregnating of Ese Oruru. Ese was 13 years old when the incident happened in 2015. They were both staying at Opolo in Yenagoa before the incidence. Ese Oriru was taken away to Kano by Yunusa Dahiru but was later rescued in the palace of the Emir of Kano. The presiding Judge, Justice Jane Inyang acquitted Dahiru on the 1st count 1, but gave him five years on the 2nd…
40 AKTH doctors, health workers discharged from isolation
The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano has discharged 40 out of 50 doctors and health workers that were infected by Covid-19. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Professor Abdurrahman Abba Sheshe announced this while receiving donation of some hospital consumables and food items from Orange Drugs Limited, one of the suppliers of drugs to the hospital on Wednesday. Professor Sheshe said: “It is really a thing of joy to share with you that the review of the test of those workers who were infected by Covid-19 some weeks ago…
Plateau: Police to deploy 2,089 personnel, ban tricycles for weekend
Plateau State Police Command has said it would deploy over 2,089 personnel to checkmate criminal elements during the Sallah festivities. The Spokesman for the command, ASP Obah Ogaba, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Jos. He said the command has drawn out elaborate security strategies to ensure peaceful and hitch free celebrations throughout the state. “Members of the public are enjoined to be security conscious, give useful and timely information to the Police and other security agencies in order to curtail the pre-Sallah illegal activities of Sara-Suka and…
NDLEA denies trending viral video of drugs, arms’ seizure in Edo
Operatives of the Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Thursday described as unfounded the claim of large supplies of arms, ammunition, and cannabis seized by youths in Benin, the state capital. It will be recalled that youths in the Muslim-dominated community of Aduwawa in Benin were seen on Wednesday alongside officials of the NDLEA in a video trending in the social media offloading large amount of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp and large number of arms in hundreds of cartons laden in 24-foot truck…
NMA reverses sit-at-home order to members in Lagos
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State, has reversed the indefinite sit-at-home directive to its members, telling them to resume work from 6 p.m today. The Association gave the directive in a joint statement on Thursday in Lagos, by its Chairman and Secretary, Dr Saliu Oseni and Dr Ramon Moronkola, respectively. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the association on May 20 directed all doctors in the state to immediately proceed on an indefinite sit-at-home strike starting from 6.00p.m of the same day. The NMA leaders said their…
JUST IN: Multiple accident leaves one dead near Otedola Bridge
A multiple accident in the early hours of Thursday near the Otedola Bridge, Lagos has claimed one life. Although the reports are still sketchy, New Telegraph learnt that the incident, which happened on the side of the highway leaving Lagos, involved a number of vehicles including a bus and two articulated trucks. The lone casualty is said to be a woman, while a number of other people sustained various degree of injuries. More details later…
Premier League to resume June 20, Arsenal star reveals
Arsenal midfielder Dani Ceballos has claimed that the Premier League will officially return on June 20. England’s top flight has been halted since March 9 and all 20 clubs have been involved in extensive negotiations to discuss how the season can be completed safely. Germany’s Bundesliga was the first major league in Europe to return last weekend, while Spain’s La Liga is targeting June 12 for its comeback, reports metro.co.uk. And Ceballos has revealed that Arsenal, who were due to play away to Manchester City on March 11 before…
We’ll support any nation, group that fights Israel – Iran’s Supreme Leader
Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, ahead of this week’s annual observance of Quds (Jerusalem) Day to express support for Palestinians. “We will support and assist any nation or any group anywhere who opposes and fights the Zionist regime, and we do not hesitate to say this,” Khamenei said in a post on his official English-language Twitter account. Iran, Israel’s arch-enemy in the Middle East, has been a key supporter, along with Russia, of President Bashar al-Assad during…
Pompeo calls China virus response ‘paltry’ compared to damage done
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronavirus on Wednesday, calling the $2 billion that Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic “paltry” compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of damage. Pompeo rejected Chinese President Xi Jinping’s claim that Beijing had acted with transparency after the outbreak in China, and said if Xi wanted to show that, he should hold a news conference and allow reporters to ask him anything they liked, reports Reuters. “President Xi…
*-game-gone-wrong/ 82-year-old charged with killing lover in violent s** game gone wrong
An 82-year-old married man has been charged in Texas with killing his secret male lover during a sadomasochistic s** game gone terribly wrong, according to court documents. Alan Bischof was busted for felony aggravated assault over the death of lover Craig LaMell, 65, who died almost a month after claiming he had been jumped by several strangers near his home in Houston, reports The New York Post. The octogenarian’s brutal bedroom beatdown was only discovered four months later when he retired — and his manager found a confession on his work…
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