July 3, 2020

Nigeria Surpasses 27,000 With 626 New COVID-19 Cases

Nigeria Surpasses 27,000 With 626 New COVID-19 Cases

July 3, 2020 10:05 am

Nigeria’s COVID-19 (Coronavirus) cases have surpassed 27,000 mark after the nation recorded 626 fresh cases of the virus on Monday.

According to figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Nigeria now has 27,110 confirmed cases.

In Thursday’s figures released by the NCDC, Lagos topped with 193 new infections, with FCT ramping up 85 new cases and Oyo followed with 41 fresh infections.

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Others are Edo-38 Kwara-34 Abia-31 Ogun-29 Ondo-28 Rivers-26 Osun-21 Akwa Ibom-18 Delta-18 Enugu-15 Kaduna-13 Plateau-11 Borno-8 Bauchi-7 Adamawa-5 Gombe-4 Sokoto-1.

676 people were discharged …

Barcelona President Messi's Father And Manager To Meet Barcelona President

Messi Unwilling To Renew Contract With Barcelona

July 3, 2020 10:05 am

FC Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has called off negotiations over renewing his contract with the club, according to a report by Spanish radio station Cadena Ser on Friday.

The report added that the Argentina captain was even ready to leave the Catalans when his current deal expires in 2021.

It said Messi and his father Jorge had begun discussing renewing his last deal with the club, which was signed in 2017. “But he no longer wishes to stay at the Camp Nou.’’

The report added that Messi was angry about leaked media reports which appeared to make him seem responsible …

Fulani - Christians Must Not Allow Islam To Humiliate Them – IPOB

Fulani: Christians Must Not Allow Islam To Humiliate Them – IPOB

July 3, 2020 10:03 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday urged Christians to stand up against Jihadist soldiers plotting to Islamise Nigeria.

IPOB made the call while condemning the attacks on some Southeast indigents by Fulani herdsmen.

The group urged politicians in the Southeast to rise up and defend their land.

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A statement by IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful said Fulanis are taking over the country.

According to IPOB: “We are calling on Jude-Christians in Nigeria to stand up against the upcoming jihadist soldiers scattered all over Nigeria to Islamise the

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FBI Arrests Ghislaine Maxwell, Girlfriend Of Paedophile Jeff Epstein

FBI Arrests Ghislaine Maxwell, Girlfriend Of Paedophile Jeff Epstein

July 3, 2020 7:13 am

The FBI arrested on Thursday Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late disgraced financier and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Maxwell, 58, was arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire, where she had been laying low since December, the FBI said.

She was arrested on U.S. charges of luring underage girls so that Epstein could sexually abuse them.

The FBI arrest of the British socialite is the latest twist in the mystery of Epstein, who went from a high school math teacher to high-flying lifestyle of private Caribbean islands and powerful connections that his victims say allowed him to abuse …

Why Tinubu Made 'I Don't Believe In One Nigeria' Statement

We’ve No Differences To Sort Out In APC, Says Tinubu

July 3, 2020 7:12 am
The APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday night declared that there were no differences to be sorted out in the party.

Tinubu, also said, “there is no crisis in the party, hence, no fight to reconcile.”

He made the declaration shortly after a closed-door meeting with Gov. Mai Mala Buni, Chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee and other members at his Bourdillon Residence in Ikoyi, Lagos.

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Buni, also Governor of Yobe, led other members of the APC National Caretaker Committee to the Lagos meeting with …

U.S. Posts New World Record COVID-19 Cases In Single Day

U.S. Posts New World Record COVID-19 Cases In Single Day

July 3, 2020 7:11 am

The U.S. posted another single day record smashing 57,236 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as infections rose in 37 states.

The new record was the latest proof that the coronavirus pandemic, once thought to be waning, was again spreading rapidly in the world’s biggest economy.

On Wednesday, the U.S. had posted 51,097 cases.

There are fears that it can post single day 100,000 cases.

The U.S. now has 2,837,189 cases of the virus, with the record death toll of 131,485.

More than three dozen U.S. states saw a rise in COVID-19 cases on Thursday,

Florida, among the states hardest hit by …

UNILAG: Buhari Orders VC Ogundipe, Babalakin To Step Aside

Kogi Medical Centre: Buhari Govt Orders Arrest Of Attackers

July 3, 2020 7:06 am

President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has ordered the arrest of those who attacked the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Lokoja, Kogi State.

It described the assault on the federal institution as unacceptable and an embarrassment

Secretary to the Government (SGF), Boss Mustapha, reacted angrily at a media briefing on Thursday.

Thugs stormed the hospital just before a press conference called to demand a COVID-19 screening centre in Kogi.

The speakers were also to comment on the challenges that health workers face amid the pandemic.

Mustapha announced that security agencies had commenced investigations.

Read Also: Gunmen Storm Kogi Hospital, Disrupt COVID-19 Press

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Ohanaeze Condemns New Police Promotion

2023: We Are Working On Igbo Presidency – Ohanaeze, Amaechi

July 3, 2020 3:57 am

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Alaigbo Foundation, Igbo National Congress, among others, yesterday, agreed that a president of Igbo extraction is achievable in 2023 as the Igbo are working towards its realization.

This came as an ex-Biafran soldier and prominent traditional ruler in Enugu State, Igwe Spencer Ugwuoke, expressed doubt over the realization of a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023 because ”Ndigbo lacks unity of purpose.”

Ugwuoke, who is the traditional ruler of Obimo autonomous community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, insisted that lack of unity of purpose by the Igbo and deficient …

How APC Governors Backed Obaseki's Move To PDP

How APC Governors Backed Obaseki’s Move To PDP

July 3, 2020 3:57 am

Governor Godwin Obase­ki of Edo State received the blessings of his col­league governors in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) before defecting to the Peo­ples Democratic Party (PDP).

A credible source in the party, who does not want his name in print, said even though the gover­nors never openly declared sup­port for Obaseki’s move, many of them who were sympathetic with him over the manner he was treated “encour­aged him to pitch his tent elsewhere since he has been shut out from his own house”.

Obaseki, who has been at loggerheads with his predecessor and then na­tional chairman of the …

Boko Haram Attack Adamawa Community, Kill 5 People

Boko Haram: 5-Yr-Old Killed In Damasak As Troops Repel Insurgents

July 3, 2020 3:56 am

Troops in Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State on Thursday repelled attacks by Boko Haram militants who stormed the area at about 2:30 pm.

The battle which lasted for over two hours left a five-year-old, who was hit by stray bullet dead, while a young also hit by a bullet is currently receiving treatment at the hospital in Mobbar.

Some NGO officials who spoke with DAILY POST on phone said they were supposed to have traveled to Maiduguri by air but had to postpone due to the incident as the chopper which was supposed to carry them had

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FG To Further Research Madagascar Herbal As COVID-19 Death Toll Rises

FG To Further Research Madagascar Herbal As COVID-19 Death Toll Rises

July 3, 2020 3:55 am
The Nigerian government says the Madagascar herbal remedy will be subjected to further research despite being proven to only be a cure for malaria.

The government says this would be done when the grant for the research is approved.

This was part of submissions by the Minister of Health, Dr.Osagie Ehanire at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 press event concerning the purported herbal cure.

“Further research on its efficacy would be conducted when the grant for the research is approved.”

This is as Nigeria recorded 626 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.

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