November 2020

Covid-19: Uk Government Used Wrong Data

Covid-19: Uk Government Used Wrong Data

November 6, 2020 10:44 am

The UK Government has revised down the Covid-19 death toll predictions it used to impose the second lockdown, reports say. According to news published by  Mail Online and Telegraph the Government dropped its daily death toll forecasts from 1,500 to just over 1,000 by December 8 after being rapped by the statistics watchdog. Experts said Boris Johnson used out-of-date figures, which happens to be too high, about four times when he announced the restrictions last Saturday.

Read More: New UK Lockdown Would Be Disaster – Boris Johnson

According to the report, slides that were displayed at the Downing Street press …

Trump We’re Getting Horror Stories About Election Hoaxing

Trump: We’re Getting Horror Stories About Election Hoaxing

November 6, 2020 6:49 am

 U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday night again questioned the integrity of Tuesday’s presidential election and doubled down on his allegation of fraud against Democrats.

Read Also: Trump, Biden Eye Electoral College In 12 Battleground States

In an address to the nation, Trump said he was hearing “horror stories” about how Democrats were manipulating the exercise, especially mail-in ballots. 

I have been talking about this for many months. I have said very strongly that mail-in ballots are going to end up being a disaster. Small elections were a disaster, this is a large-scale version and it’s getting worse everyday. We …

Transport Company Acquires 50 Buses, Opens Kaduna-Lagos Route

Transport Company Acquires 50 Buses, Opens Kaduna-Lagos Route

November 6, 2020 5:48 am

Kaduna-based transport company, Kaduna Line, has deployed 50 buses to ease transportation problems for commuters from Kaduna to other parts of the country.

Read Also: Kaduna State Records 84 Fire Outbreaks In January

Mr Augustine Ogar, the company’s Managing Director, made the disclosure on Thursday at the inauguration of the Kaduna-Lagos route.

He said that the target was to reopen old and new routes to meet the increasing demand for transportation services, saying, “We started with Kogi then, Kano and now Lagos. The Lagos route would open up additional windows to the West including; Kaduna-Ilesha, Ekiti, Akure, Ibadan and Offa”.…

Bagudu Pledges Extra Dividends Of Democracy To The People

Bagudu Pledges Extra Dividends Of Democracy To The People

November 6, 2020 5:33 am
Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has pledged his administration support to sustain the provision of the basic needs and dividends of democracy to the people of the state.
The Governor said that, the APC- led administration in the state has a social contract with the electorates, which are still well on course.
Bagudu disclosed this in Birnin Kebbi, at the 2021 Town Hall meeting  on the 2020 Budget Performance, as well as how to ensure a robust 2021 budget implementation. He lamented that  the
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Hoodlums Invade Benin City - Residents Lament

Hoodlums Invade Benin City – Residents Lament

November 6, 2020 3:45 am

Violent crimes and robbery have assumed frightening dimension in Benin City, the Edo State capital, since hoodlums in the guise of #EndSARS protest broke into the two correctional centres in the city and set free over 1,900 inmates, including 120 condemned criminals.

Read Also: Arise, AIT, Channels Escalated Violence – Buhari Group Claims

It has become complaint galore day and night as individuals, hotels, guesthouses and business centres have become targets, with the latest robbery incident at a guesthouse less than 500 metres from the entrance gate of Edo State Government House.

No fewer than 13 occupants and staff of …

Buhari Seeks Succor of Rulers in Addressing Calls Of Nigerian Youths

Buhari Seeks Succor of Rulers in Addressing Calls Of Nigerian Youths

November 5, 2020 5:37 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has canvassed for the support of traditional rulers in his administration’s determination to address the demands of the youths in the country.

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The president stated this Thursday at a meeting in the State House with a delegation of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement issued Thursday said the president told the royal fathers that …

INEC Meets Stakeholders, Fixes Bye-Elections Date Next Week

INEC Meets Stakeholders, Fixes Bye-Elections Date Next Week

November 5, 2020 4:41 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that it will by next week fix the date for the legislative bye-elections after consultation meeting various stakeholders.

Read Also: Breaking: Buhari Reappoints INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu

INEC, in a statement issued by National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, lamented that it suffered extensive damage and vandalization of its local government offices and facilities, including the areas where the bye-elections are scheduled to hold.

The public will recall that the Commission met on October 22, 2020 with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to deliberate on the 15 outstanding …

We Apologise To Ekiti Over Deferral In Release Of 2020 Results - WAEC

We Apologise To Ekiti Over Deferral In Release Of 2020 Results – WAEC

November 5, 2020 11:39 am

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday  said the delay in the release of the 2020 results of candidates of Ekiti State was due to a technical hitch.

Read Also: WAEC Withholds SSCE Results Of 215,149 Candidates
The Council also clarified that the two-day delay in the release of the results was not because the state government was indebted to it as was being insinuated in some quarters.

In the letter dated  Nov. 5 and signed by WAEC’s Branch Controller in the state, Alhaji Olajide Hakeem, for the Head of National Office, the  Council maintained that the Ekiti Government …

600 Test Negative After Contact With Hungarian FM For Covid-19

600 Test Negative After Contact With Hungarian FM For Covid-19

November 5, 2020 10:32 am

About 600 people who came in contact with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Peter Szijjarto on his recent visit Cambodia, have tested negative for the COVID-19.

Read Also: COVID-19: UAE Prime Minister Injected With Trial Vaccine

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Thursday.

Szijjarto, who visited Cambodia on Tuesday, reportedly tested positive for the COVID-19 on the same day after arriving in Thailand from Cambodia on his Asian tour, the MoH said in a press statement.

“As of 23:00 on Nov. 4, a total of 628 people, who came into contact with him, had been tested …

Don’t Dictate To Us, South Mid' Belt Leaders Tell Northern Governors

Don’t Dictate To Us, South / Mid’ Belt Leaders Tell Northern Governors

November 5, 2020 9:45 am
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) on Wednesday reacted to the recent meeting of Northern governors with their emirs and Arewa leaders, declaring that the core North cannot dictate to them.

Read Also: IPOB: Northerners Endangered In Rivers – ACF Cries To Buhari

The Southern and Middle Belt leaders also insisted that Nigeria must be restructured before the 2023 presidential election.

The resolutions were contained in communiqué issued after an emergency meeting in Abuja on Wednesday.

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Pique States Barca In Decline But Is Hopeful About Future

Pique States Barca In Decline But Is Hopeful About Future

November 5, 2020 8:11 am

Barcelona Gerard Pique has said the club had been declining for some time and welcomed the resignation of president Josep Maria Bartomeu, predicting a brighter future under new leadership and with plenty of young blood in the squad.

Read Also: Messi Among Barca Players To Undergo Tests For COVID-19

Bartomeu and his board of directors quit the club last week after six years at the helm in order to avoid a vote of no confidence from members, leaving a legacy of plenty of trophies but a steady decline in results and a dire financial situation.

‘It was obvious the club …

Nigeria’s Q2 2020 GDP Outlook Better Than Envisaged

Nigeria’s Q2 2020 GDP Outlook Better Than Envisaged

November 5, 2020 7:13 am

The Presidency on Wednesday said the figures of the Nigerian Gross Domestic Product (GDP), recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), depict better performance result of the economy in the first half of the year 2020.

Read Also: Tanzania: People Do Not Eat GDP – Lumumba To Mining Forum

Reacting to negative interpretations which followed the -6.10% GDP figure released by the NBS, the Presidency explained that though the numbers were in the negative, they were comparatively positive improvement on previous year’s experience and better than projected by analysts.

In a statement issued by the special adviser …

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