August 24, Top National News You Need To Know

The past 24 hours have been interesting both on sports, business, entertainment and politics. Below are top trending news.

As the Edo state governorship election draws near, The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that some people were scheming ways to get it postponed. PDP insisted that voters will not be deterred by claims of insecurity aimed at scaring them. The ruling stated that Edo people were ready for the September 19 poll.

 

Barely five months after he was given a marching order as the Emir of Kano state, Muhammadu Sanusi II on Sunday, August 23, returned to the north. The former emir arrived Kaduna state amid fanfare as a crowd of supporters joined his motorcade in euphoria as he headed to the Kaduna state government house.

 

Yakubu Dogara, former speaker of the House of Representatives, has finally addressed the growing speculations surrounding his defection and the politics of 2023 presidency. The lawmaker, in a statement by his media aide Turaki Hassan on Sunday, August 23, said his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not about his political ambition.

 

According to a tweet by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, released on Sunday night, 322 new cases were recorded across the country. NCDC revealed that 1,002 persons have died of Coronavirus in Nigeria. So far, Nigeria has 52,227 confirmed cases with 38,945 persons discharged.

 

Reports just coming in suggest that several persons are feared dead following a bloody clash at Emene, Enugu involving members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and security agents. A witness said trouble started at about 7.00 am when some police personnel stormed an IPOB gathering at Community Secondary School Emene and attempted to disperse the group and make arrests.

 

Femi Falana, SAN set to take legal actions against President Muhammadu Buhari serving as Legal Counsel to Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, if he fails to repeal the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAMA, 2020 within 14 days.

 

Football fans worldwide will be thrilled today as the UEFA Champions League final will be played between two favourites in the competition and current champions in their domestic leagues Lyon and Bayern. Former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker, Michael Owen, has predicted that Bayern Munich will win this year’s Champions League.

 

The prime suspect in the series of ritual killings at the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, Sunday Shodipe, who escaped while in custody has been rearrested by the police. Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed this to reporters on Sunday. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had dispatched additional investigative aids to Oyo State, including crack detectives to track down the fleeing serial killer.

 

Obi Ajuonuma, aka Dj Obi, has lashed out at BBNaija 2020 organisers. He was the DJ, who performed in the House Saturday night and was condemned by the audience. He was accused of making the party boring, compared to his colleagues that thrilled the people at previous weekends. On Sunday, DJ Obi put the blame on the organisers. The entertainer explained why things went wrong during his outing.