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Nigeria has recorded 561 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,694.The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the disclosure on Tuesday through its official Twitter handle.NCDC said that the 561 new confirmed cases were from 19 states, with 17 deaths as at Tuesday.The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.The NCDC said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 200 new cases and Edo was second with 119 new infections.Others were Kaduna-52, FCT-52, Niger-32, Ogun-19, Ondo-16, Imo-14, Plateau-11, Abia-8, Oyo-8, Bayelsa-7,…

COAS, Lt.-Gen. Tukur BurataiThe Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged the combined troops of the Armed Forces in Zamfara to go deep into the bushes where bandits are hiding to deal with them.Buratai gave the charge when he paid an operational visit to the troops deployed at Sector 2 Forward Operation Base, Zurmi in Zamfara State on Tuesday.He said that the asymmetric nature of the ongoing war against banditry in the region required painstaking effort towards identifying the hideout of the criminals.Buratai also urged the troops to remain focused in the discharge of their constitutional responsibilities, adding…

The Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja has fixed 21st July, 2020 to give final judgement on Ogun PDP matter before the court having heard all adoption of processes and arguments by counsels to all parties in the matter today, 30th June, 2020.

Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has confirmed that he tested positive to COVID-19,The governor revealed this in a twitter handle saying: “Earlier today, I got confirmation of a positive result for Covid-19. I am asymptomatic and not displaying any symptoms. I am currently self-isolating and supervised home management will be administered by the wonderful team at our Infectious Disease Hospital. I ask that we all stay safe and be well.”– Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu

FC Barcelona midfielder Arthur MeloFC Barcelona have reached an agreement to sell Brazil midfielder Arthur Melo to Juventus for a fee of 72 million euros (80.98 million dollars).The La Liga title-holders said in a statement on Monday they have however gone on to sign Bosnian Miralem Pjanic from the Italian champions for 60 million euros.The 23-year-old Melo, generally known simply as Arthur, will remain at the Camp Nou until the end of the 2019/2020 season before moving to Turin.This has however been extended until August because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Pjanic, 30, will also move to the Camp Nou at…

Hon. (Dr) Oladipupo Adebutu, member of the 8th National Assembly has extended condolences to the families of late Mr. Joseph Adimula, the Ward Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Ifonyintedo ward in Ipokia Local Government whose sudden death occured on Sunday, 28th June, 2020.Hon. Adebutu described Adimula’s sudden demise as tragic and a monumental loss to his community, the PDP & indeed the entire political class in Ogun State.He prayed for the repose of the soul of the party chief and that Almighty God grants the family, friends and the PDP the fortitude to bear his demise.He also assured the family…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a certificate forgery case filed against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State.The plaintiffs accused Obaseki of certificate forgery in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/553/2020.Also named as plaintiffs in the suit are Edobor Williams, Ugbesia Abudu Godwin and Amedu Dauda Anakhu.The plaintiffs said the Governor forged his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) certificate in Classical Studies from the University of Ibadan, UI.His accusers argued that the alleged act by the Governor goes against section 182(1)(i) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

The Federal Government is expected to announce the next phase of eased lockdown in the country tomorrow.Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made this known on today.He disclosed this after the task force met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa.Bashir Ahmad, Personal Assistant on New Media to Buhari, tweeted, “Today is the last day of Nigeria’s phase II of the eased lockdown, members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefed and submitted their recommendations to the President for approval, the next lines of…

The Presidential Candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 Presidential election has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to protect Farmer’s lives and properties especially those in the northern part of Nigeria.The call was made through his Facebook Page “Atiku Abubakar””Farming is not just an occupation for the majority of the people of Nigeria, but also, the lifeblood of the North. Northern Nigeria is synonymous to agriculture”. “However, the insecurity the region is battling with at the moment is hampering any meaningful farming activities. As someone engaged in agriculture myself and whose company is dependent on products from…

Due to thousands of complaints from customers of Access Bank for exhorbitant stamp duty deductions, the bank has ever see it’s decision.Access Bank Made it know in a pictorial tweet, thebtweet read thus:”Earlier this week, we informed all our customers that we had inadvertently not chargeds stampduty on some accounts from February to April 2020 as mandated by the FederalG Government”Stamp Duty Charge collection is in compliance with the mandate of the ‘Finance Act, 2019 (Stamp Duty Act, Cap S8). We are required by law to apply this charge as applicable and remit all funds collected to the Federal Government.”However,…