September 30, Top National News You Need To Know

Nigeria’s confirmed cases of coronavirus reached 58,647 on Tuesday night. Nigerian activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore has challenged popular Afrobeat singer, Burna Boy to join the #RevolutionNow nationwide protest planned for October 1. Below are top national trending news.

 

Manchester United are in talks over a possible deal for Edinson Cavani, according to Gianluca Di Marzio. It is believed that United boss, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, is searching for a new striker in the transfer market. Cavani is a free agent, after his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expired this summer. Another option available to Solskjaer is Real Madrid outcast, Luka Jovic, with tentative discussions also being held there.

 

Nigeria’s confirmed cases of coronavirus reached 58,647 on Tuesday night following 187 fresh infections, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in an update. Lagos recorded 74 cases, Plateau and Rivers with 25, followed by Gombe and FCT with 19 each.

 

Chelsea are out of the Carabao Cup, after losing on penalties to Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday night. Frank Lampard’s men took the lead in the first half, after Timo Werner slammed in his first goal for the club. However, the Blues failed to make their dominance count and allowed Spurs back into the game. The hosts eventually levelled late in the second half, as Erik Lamela appeared unmarked at the far post to prod the ball home.

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Nigerian activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore today, 29th September challenged popular Afrobeat singer, Burna Boy to join the #RevolutionNow nationwide protest planned for October 1, 2020. Sowore had announced the protest since 18th September.

 

A Nigerian man identified as Godwin Abah has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing a goat to celebrate his late mom’s remembrance in Benue. Godwin who was said to be a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, was reportedly planning to celebrate his mother’s one year remembrance and needed a goat for the ceremony. According to reports, he sent two boys to get him a goat but luck ran out on them, as they were nabbed by local vigilante.

Residents of Omeligboma camp in Oko community, Oshimili South Local Government Area, Delta State, lamented the drowning of four persons who were trying to escape from the area to avoid being submerged by the ravaging flood. A dependable source said the boat in which the yet to be identified victims were fleeing with from trapped settlement to higher grounds, suddenly capsized at the middle of the river.

 

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared that the 9th House is committed to overhauling policing in Nigeria. The Speaker stated that Nigerians are scared of police than criminals. Gbajabiamila stated this in his opening remarks at the resumption of the House following a two-month holiday.

 

Academics Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to sanction lecturers in Rivers State-owned universities if they resume lectures. President of ASUU, Abiodun Ogunyemi, stated this while reacting to the directive of Rivers State Government that both tertiary institutions, secondary and vocational schools will reopen on Monday, October 5.

 

Former BBNaija Lockdown housemate, Erica Nlewedim, has just been nominated for the Scream African Women Awards 2020.  The reality TV star has been nominated in two different categories namely ‘Reality TV Star’ and ‘Celebrity Sensation’. Other nominees from Nigeria in the second category are Tacha Akide (Symply Tacha), Mercy Eke, and Toke Makinwa.