The past 24 hours have recorded interesting events and happenings both from politics, entertainment, sports and economy. Below are top trending news.
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has reacted to the killings of IPOB members by security agencies in Enugu, which he termed Igbo Youth killings. According to him is time south east governor support what IPOB is doing. According to him when unwanted enemy come to your territory uninvited with the aim to attack or kill, you better be well prepared to defend yourself.
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has fulfilled his pledge to rid Nigeria of the indigenous wild poliovirus. On Tuesday, the World Health Organisation declared Nigeria and the rest of Africa polio-free via an online event across the continent and beyond. Speaking at the event, Buhari said he promised Nigerians that he would not hand over a Nigeria with polio to his successor, and has fulfilled that promise.
All Progressives Congress (APC) and The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have clashed over the 2016 suspension of Ojuromi of Uromi in Edo Central Senatorial District HRH Anselm Aidenojiei II. PDP Campaign Council in Edo Chief Dan Orbih accused former Governor Adams Oshiomhole of being responsible for the suspension. But chairman of the Media Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Prince John Mayaki blamed Governor Godwin Obaseki for the suspension.
Nigeria now has 52,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 252 new cases recorded on Tuesday night. According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 39,964 patients have now been discharged, with 1007 patients losing their lives to the Coronavirus. The tweet revealed that Plateau State had the highest number of infections on Tuesday with 50 cases, with Enugu State following with 35 cases, and Rivers State with 27 cases.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has rejected the newly signed Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA). Anaedoonline.ng reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had recently signed CAMA into law. Section 839 of CAMA gives a provision for religious bodies, non-governmental organisations and charity organisations to be regulated by the registrar of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and a supervising minister.
The Big Brother Nigeria show (BBNaija) is no doubt, a game of numbers and to emerge winner of the competition you need more fans and supporters to help pull votes. According to google search trends and also based on viewers’ perception so far, it has revealed that quite a number of housemates; Laycon, Dorathy, Nengi, Ozo, and Erica, have generated the most search interest online among contestants in the ongoing 5th edition of Big Brother Naija lockdown season.
The Trade Union Congress Nigeria (TUC), Women Commission, Anambra State Council, has added their voices with the rest of the world in the fight against violence on women and children recently in Awka. The protest tagged, ‘Say No to Rape’ was flagged off in the premises of the Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) as the group brandished banners and placards with inscriptions bearing ‘Say No to Rape’, ‘Stop Rape’, ‘Women are not Sex Toys’, among others while chanting Union slogans.
A Paediatric Nurse and HIV Counselor, Mrs Roseline Solarin has disclosed that no fewer than 1.9million Nigerians are living with HIV/AIDs. Citing UNAIDS and National Agency for the Control of AIDS statistics, Mrs Solarin said the surge in HIV/AIDS was common among people within the ages of 15 and 49, adding that Nigeria remained the highest HIV/AIDS endemic country in the world.
A notorious serial killer, Feyisola Dosumu, aka Spartan has been gunned down by the police. He was gunned down on Tuesday after a manhunt by a team of local vigilantes, Amotekun Corps, led by policemen attached to the Ogun State Police Command. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the development to reporters on the telephone.
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has directed all civil servants from grade levels 1-12 in the state workforce to resume work from Tuesday, September 1. Diri gave the directive yesterday during a meeting with the state COVID-19 Task Force at the Government House, Yenagoa.
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