September 5, 2020

COVID-19: Nigerians Shouldn’t Relax Yet – Ooni Of Ife

September 5, 2020 8:42 am

Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has warned Nigerians against relaxing in the observation of necessary protocols as COVID-19 cases continue to drop.

Ogunwusi told State House correspondents after a courtesy visit to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday.

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The monarch said he was hopeful that COVID-19 pandemic will soon end and people will return to normal lives and activities.

“No, we cannot relax; it is not possible; COVID-19 is real; we have to keep protecting ourselves.

“ We have to

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 156 New Cases, 1,051 Total Deaths

September 5, 2020 4:48 am

A total of one hundred and fifty-six, 156, new cases of COVID-19 infections have been recorded in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Friday night in a tweet via its official Twitter handle.

NCDC said Lagos State recorded 36 cases, while FCT followed with 35 cases.

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Nigeria now has a total of 54,743 confirmed cases and 1,051 deaths.

“The tweet reads: 156 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-36
FCT-35
Oyo-29
Kaduna-10
Abia-9
Osun-5
Ogun-5
Enugu-5
Rivers-4
Nasarawa-3
Ekiti-3
Imo-3
Edo-2
Kwara-2
Katsina-2
Plateau-2

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IGP, Usman Baba Withdraws Senior Police Officers From EFCC

Choice Of EFCC Chairman Divides Aso Rock

September 5, 2020 4:47 am

Indications at the Presidency may have sealed any hope of recalling the suspended acting chairman of the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, a Commissioner of Police (CP). He was suspended on July 7, 2020 on allegations of official corruption.

In order to justify his suspension, Malami instituted a probe panel headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami. Magu is being accused of sharp practices while he held sway at EFCC. But Magu is accusing his accusers of exercising
vendetta, on him claiming innocence.

Saturday INDEPENDENT discrete investigations authoritatively revealed that the Director of Operations Deputy …

Diezani’s Partner Kola Aluko To Lose $25m Los Angeles Mansion

September 5, 2020 3:57 am

The United States Department of Justice has begun proceedings to seize a $25m mansion in Los Angeles belonging to Kola Aluko, an ally of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Minister of Petroleum Resources in Nigeria.

Aluko and Olajide Omokore, had in 2011 to 2015 allegedly conspired with others to bribe Alison-Madueke in order to win oil production contracts worth $1.5bn, according to a civil forfeiture complaint.

According to Africa Intelligence, the US government told a US District Court in Southern District of Texas that the mansion was bought to “launder ill-gotten gains” from Nigeria.

Aluko, an ally of Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s …