The past 24 hours have recorded increasing happenings both on sports, political, entertainment and health. Below are top news.
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked the soldiers in Orlu, Imo State to vacate the area immediately. Again, the group warns the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to stop unwarranted statements that could endanger the lives of the people.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,750,266 as of Monday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. According to the continental disease control and prevention agency’s Africa COVID-19 dashboard, the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 98,480 as of Monday afternoon.
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested eight suspected traffic robbers in the Ketu area of the state. Five of the suspects were arrested on February 11 at 10:30pm by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad led by Olayinka Egbeyemi while the other three suspects were caught in the act by RRS patrol team on February 12 around 6am.
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked the soldiers in Orlu, Imo State to vacate the area immediately. Again, the group warns the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to stop unwarranted statements that could endanger the lives of the people.
The Nigerian economist becomes the first female and first African to become the head of the global trade body. The World Trade Organisation has confirmed Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new director-general. “Dr. Okonjo-Iweala makes history as the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO. Her term starts on the 1st of March 2021,” the global trade body said in a statement Monday afternoon.
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday ordered the Alajaawa of Ajaawa in Ogo-Oluwa Local Government of the state, Oba Thompson Oyetunji to vacate his stool, and stop parading himself as the monarch of the town. The court also ordered the governor of the state and the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters to withdraw the certificate and staff of office given to Oyetunji, saying that it was done in flagrant disobedience to the court order made on 11th of March, 2020.
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