Nigeria records 1,664 New COVID-19 Cases, Highest Daily Infections, Says NCDC

Nigeria recorded 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 94,369. the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the daily increase was a new record and considerably higher than Tuesday’s 1,354 confirmed cases. It said that 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded the new infections with Lagos having the highest...

Olympics-Japan Postpones Torch Exhibitions Over COVID-19 Fears

Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on Thursday that upcoming exhibitions of the Tokyo Olympics torch around the Japanese capital have been postponed “to reduce the flow of people and the further spread of COVID-19.” The torch had been on display in certain municipalities at the end of last year and the exhibitions were due to restart on Thursday but as a state of emergency for Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures will begin on Friday, the government...

FG Directs Reversal of Electricity Tariff Adjustment

The Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, has directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to inform all Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to revert to tariffs that were applicable in Dec. 2020. Mr. Aaron Artimas, Senior Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Power, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the reversal to the old tariff was to promote a constructive conclusion of the dialogue with...

NCC Clears Air on Speculations of Impending Mass Disconnection of Telephone Subscribers

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has cleared the air on speculations of impending mass disconnection of telephone subscribers. The NCC said the speculations arose as a result of numerous publications in both the print and electronic media on the ongoing linkage of SIM registration records with the National Identity Number (NIN). NCC Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, made the clarification in a statement he issued late Wednesday in Abuja. “Most of these publications are...

Enugu Celebrates Football Icon, Christian Chukwu at 70

The Enugu State Government has congratulated iconic former Nigerian international football player and national coach, Christian Chukwu, on his attainment of 70 years. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Information Commissioner Nnanyelugo Aroh said that the government and the people of the state were “indeed very proud of the immeasurable contributions of their great son to the development of the game of football both nationally and internationally’’. “We recall with great delight the numerous contributions...

4 die, 52 Arrests Made After Trump Supporters Storm U.S. Capitol

Four people died and 52 were arrested after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory, Washington D.C.’s Police Chief said. In a late-night news conference, Metropolitan Police Department, Chief Robert J. Contee, said 47 of the 52 arrests to date were related to violations of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 6.00 p.m. curfew. Twenty-six of those arrests were made on the U.S. Capitol...

SMEDAN Trains Over 10,000 Young Entrepreneurs in North East in 2020

The Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) trained more than 10, 000 young entrepreneurs in the North East region in 2020 on how to manage small businesses profitably. Mr. Isa Doguwa, the Zonal Coordinator, SMEDAN North East Region, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Bauchi. Doguwa said that compared to 2019, SMEDAN recorded huge success in terms of training and empowerment in the...

Former Minister of Education and Traditional Title Holder In The Adamawa Emirate Council Is Dead

A former Minister of Education and one time presidential aspirant on the platform of defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Alhaji Dauda Birma, is dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday at his home in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. Dauda who held the traditional title of Sarkin Gabas Adamawa and Waziri of Garkida was said to have been fairly well before his death. His son, Musa Dauda Birma, in a Facebook post,...

6 Persons Arrested as pro-Trump Protesters Clash With Police in Washington

A mass demonstration in support of outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. escalated into clashes with the police, resulting in the arrest of six people, U.S. media reported on Wednesday. U.S. Congress is due to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election later in the day. Trump supporters have been flocking to Washington from all across the country since the weekend to attend the rally and demand that pro-Biden electoral votes in...

Anambra 2021: What it Means to be in an Election Year

Those profiting from electioneering and elections in Anambra state might have their best year yet, in this year’s gubernatorial election. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu As the Anambra governorship election gets closer, political considerations shape nearly every action of government and non-government actors. Politics takes preponderance over governance, as it is exalted to the front, centre, and back rows. Within the government circle, not much happens except schemes on how to get an acceptable candidate into Government House....

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