The past 24 hours has been filled with interesting happenings both local, national and international. below are top trending news.
Top Trending News
The Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB), in a Press Release, has angrily reacted to the demand by Miyetti Allah to establish a vigilantee service in South Eastern part of Nigeria. Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB in a swift reaction has taken South Eastern Governors and Miyetti Allah to the Cleaners, Vowing never to allow their plans to come to fruition in South East.
Nigeria has now recorded a total of 42,208 COVID-19 cases with Lagos still topping the list for the day. In the latest information disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Twitter, the new cases of the virus in the country are now 404.
Gordon Brown, A former British Prime Minister, has endorsed former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as its Director-General. The government of Nigeria had on June 9, 2020, nominated Okonjo-Iweala for the post of WTO Director-General following the announcement of the current Director-General, Mr. Roberto Azevêdo, that he would step down on 31 August 2020.
It’s starting to look like Real Madrid are going all in with their attempts to rely on youth in the upcoming years, as they appear to have added more talented players to their youth team. The first is Deha Sariahmet who’s a young winger that plays for Basaksehir. He’s not managed to force his way into the senior set up yet, but the 17 year old has been a regular and youth level for club and country and looks promising.
The traditional ruler of Ukwulu Ancient Kingdom in Dunukofia local council area, Igwe Peter Uyanwa who was suspended from office yesterday by Governor Willie Obiano has said that since his people made him king and certificate of recognition is secondary he will remain king till he dies. Igwe Uyanwa spoke yesterday in his palace during a carnival-like ceremony that looked like his annual Ofala festival attended by some traditional rulers, Prince Arthur Eze and other prominent people from the state.
The Nigeria Football Federation has described the purported reelection of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah as the Anambra State FA chairman on Monday as “an act of brigandage.” Reports say 22 members of the Anambra FA flouted the state government’s order and unanimously voted in Ubah to run the association’s affairs for another four years.
Owing to the recent media report, the Chairman of the Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, HRH Eze Samuel Ohiri, has come out to declare the reports on the dissolution of the council as false and grossly misleading, insisting that he is still in charge as Governor Hope Uzodimma has not sacked him and his team. In a recent chat with newsmen on Wednesday, Ohiri, who is the traditional ruler of Obi Orodo community in Mbaitoli council area, disclosed that at a recent counsel between Uzodimma and monarchs in the state, the former never made any pronouncement dissolving the council.
The Commissioner of Information, Chief John Okeiyi Kalu, has announced the first case of COVID-19 death in Abia state, a 25-year-old man, who died in the isolation center. The Government of Abia State has said that it will continue to protect the identity of individuals that have contracted the dreaded coronavirus in line with internationally accepted protocols, emphasizing that calls by the people to make names of persons who had contracted the disease public, was against global practice.
TWO High Courts sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State have sentenced five persons, including a house help, to death by hanging for the death of a woman and a National Youth Service Corps member, Mrs Helen Ibiba Bobmanuel and Sampson Worlu. While Justice Silverline Iragonima convicted and sentenced one Telema Amaso, a house help, and his accomplice Ndubuisi Chukwuemeka for the death of Mrs. Bobmanuel in 2013, Justice Chinwendu Nworgu sentenced Chiwendu Alozie, Wilfred Jumbo and Gift Amadi for kidnapping and killing 28-year-old Worlu, a law graduate and corps member.
The Football Association announced on Wednesday that the Community Shield, the traditional curtain raiser for the new English season, would take place at Wembley on August 29. The match between Premier League champions Liverpool and the winners of Saturday’s FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea will be played two weeks before the start of the top-flight season.
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