July 8, 2020

Osafo-Marfo 4th Minister In Ghana To Contract Coronavirus

Osafo-Marfo 4th Minister In Ghana To Contract Coronavirus

July 8, 2020 7:45 am

The Senior Minister of Ghana, Yaw Osafo-Marfo, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Minister for Information Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah said.

He was the fourth minister to be affected by the virus.

This development came just three days after president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo went into self-isolation after coming into contact with a COVID-19 patient.

At the bi-weekly COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday, the information minister said his senior colleague had asked him to disclose the information to Ghanaians.

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Ghana’s Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Re-organization, and the Deputy Minister …

Abuja Homes Of Magu Searched By Security Agents

Abuja Homes Of Ibrahim Magu Searched By Security Agents

July 8, 2020 6:33 am
The two Abuja homes of the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, were tooth-combed by security agents on Tuesday.

Operatives of State Security Service and riot policemen stormed Mr. Magu’s private home in Karu and his official residence in Maitama in Abuja.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday suspended Magu, according to multiple sources familiar with the case.

Mr Magu allegedly spent Monday night in police cell at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters in Area 10, Garki, Abuja.

This followed his six-hour interrogation by a Presidential panel, chaired by a former President of …

Bring COVID-19 Patients To My Church – T.B Joshua To World Leaders

Bring COVID-19 Patients To My Church – T.B Joshua To World Leaders

July 8, 2020 6:32 am
The leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Pastor T. B. Joshua urged the government of Nigeria and other countries to connect COVID-19 patients to his church.

T.B Joshua stated this on Tuesday as he declared readiness to virtually pray for COVID-19 patients across the world.

He called on government and medical authorities to “organize those who are in isolation” and “arrange how to connect them to us”.

The cleric noted that “the blessing of Jesus is for those who knock and ask”.

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He told everyone that …

Keyamo Gives Update After FG, Labour Meeting On Tariff Hike

774,000 Jobs: FG Apologises To Lawan Over Keyamo’s Outburst

July 8, 2020 5:45 am

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has apologised to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, over the outburst of the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, regarding the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians.

Keyamo clashed with lawmakers last week, while responding to questions about the exercise.

The lawmakers accused Keyamo of hijacking the programme from the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), but he fired back insisting they were the ones trying to take over the project.

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The exercise was eventually put on hold, although Keyamo has maintained …

Impeachment - Akeredolu’s Deputy, Ajayi Breaks Silence

Impeachment: Akeredolu’s Deputy, Ajayi Breaks Silence

July 8, 2020 5:07 am

Following the notice of impeachment signed by 14 members of the Ondo State of House Assembly on Tuesday against the embattled Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, he has said that he was yet to be served with the impeachment notice.

According to Ajayi, who spoke in Akure, the Ondo State capital, he is unruffled with the political situation surrounding his office as well as the current development in the state.

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Agboola noted that with what he had so far read on social media and heard from the news so …

Bandits kill 7, injure 13 in Zamfara fresh attack

Bandits Kill 7, Injure 13 In Zamfara Fresh Attack

July 8, 2020 5:00 am

Notorious armed bandits again have unleashed fresh attack in Zamfara State, killing seven persons and kidnapping 20 women in Danfasa community, Dansadau Emirate of Maru Local Government Area of the state.

According to some villagers, many houses were set ablaze, while several animals were rustled by the bandits.

Speaking to DAILY POST, one of the villagers, Malam Adamu Danfasa, who narrowly escaped into the bush said the bandits entered the village on motorcycles at about 4 pm on Monday and shot sporadically on the residents, killing seven persons and injuring over 13 people in the operation.

Adamu stated that the

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Trump Reacts To Kanye West’s Presidential Bid

Trump Reacts To Kanye West’s Presidential Bid

July 8, 2020 4:59 am
U.S President Donald Trump has reacted to the presidential bid of American rapper cum entrepreneur, Kanye West.

Trump told reporters during his interview with RealClearPolitics at the White House, that West’s presidential bid is  “very interesting”.

When quizzed on West’s claim to run against him in the 2020 presidential election, Trump told reporters “He may”.

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He, however, stated that the declaration came a little late as it would be difficult for him to secure ballot in many states.

“If he did it, he would have to view this as

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Zamfara Police Beefs Up Security, Deploys Over 2000 Police Men

Insecurity In Zamfara, Gov. Matawalle Speaks Out

July 8, 2020 3:53 am

The Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle has lamented that when he took over the mantle of leadership from former governor, Abdulaziz Yari, he met on ground a daunting task of piecing together a fragmented society bedeviled with unprecedented security situation.

According to him, the combined forces of military, police and other security agencies were mounting on their oars to end the social problem to no avail as it became operation fire for fire between the security operatives, bandits and notorious kidnappers in the state.

The governor disclosed this during the distribution of 200 security operational vehicles to all …

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