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On the 10th of June 2020, 409 new confirmed cases and 17 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours. Till date, 13,873 cases have been confirmed, 4,351 cases have been discharged and 382 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory

The Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere has in a virtual session sentenced two men to death by hanging for armed robbery and rape. Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye sentenced Williams Udoh and Ubong Isaiah for raping a married woman during a robbery incident they initiated. Delivering the judgment virtually on Wednesday, the judge found the defendants guilty as charged.  She said, “The prosecution has successfully established that a series of robberies took place on August 2, 2015 and that the robbers were armed with guns and other offensive weapons. “The failure of the state to tender the weapons does not water down the fact that the weapons were actually used.

A Magistrate Court in Lagos has acquitted a 15-year-old girl accused of killing a 51-year-old man, who tried to rape her. She was represented pro bono by the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender. Magistrate Philip Ojo struck out the murder charge filed by the police against the Senior Secondary School 3 student following an advice from the office of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution. 

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a man, who raped 40 women in one town within the span of a year. The 30-year-old serial predator, Mohammed, of Kwanar Dangora Village according to Kano Police spokesperson, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confessed that the victims were young girls, married women and old women.

Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, has said anyone caught justifying rape will be arrested and treated as suspects henceforth. Okah-Donli made the revelation while answering questions from newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. She lamented that 90 per cent of rape cases were perpetrated by uncles, fathers and relations and called for parents to be extra vigilant about, who came close to their children and wards, adding that NAPTIP would approach the Ministry of Justice to push for the establishment of special courts to try rapists.

According to reports on SaharaReporters, Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has been confirmed to have diabetes as medical personnel do all they can to save his life from Coronavirus. On Tuesday, SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that kidney failure had further complicated the treatment of the Abia governor, who was moved to Abuja for better care.  A source close to the governor on Wednesday however, told SaharaReporters that, "Abia State governor has diabetes but is in a stable condition

The Governors of Jigawa and Sokoto States yesterday, received ambulances from the BUA Foundation to boost their fight against the dreaded Covid-19 coronavirus.  

The Lagos State COVID-19 response has received 5 ambulances in addition to a cash sum of N200 million earlier received from BUA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of BUA Group, one of Africa’s leading foods and infrastructure conglomerate. The Group Chief Operating Officer, BUA Group, Chimaobi Madukwe, while presenting the COVID-19 response ambulances and cheque to the First Lady of Lagos state, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu commended the effort of the Lagos State Government in curbing the effects of the virus. Madukwe also added that BUA will continue to support various effort across Nigeria to stop the virus.

Three humanitarian workers and a soldier were abducted along Monguno/Maiduguri highway on Tuesday June 2, by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.  The incident occurred at about 11:30am on the said date. An official of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) who pleaded anonymity, told Daily Trust;  “Yes, we heard about the unfortunate incident on Tuesday between Monguno and Maiduguri.

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been released from Kuje prison. Yesterday Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered his release. Recall that in December 2019, the former Abia state governor was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of N7.1bn fraud alongside his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited, and a former Director of Finance during his tenure, Ugo Udeogu.

Turkish Super Lig leaders, Trabzonspor has been handed a one year ban by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for breaching its Financial Fair Play regulations.  The European football governing body said this on Wednesday June 3 in a statement which revealed that the  Turkish club “failed to be break-even compliant as required by a settlement agreement, which it entered into on 20 May 2016”.  The ban would be applied if the club qualifies for European soccer next season or in 2021-22, but would not be implemented after that.

On the 3rd of June 2020, 348 new confirmed cases and 1 death were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to three UN special rapporteurs urging them to use their “mandates to urgently request the Nigerian government and the leadership of the National Assembly to immediately reverse the unlawful, disproportionate and discriminatory budget cuts to education and healthcare, and to stop the authorities from spending N27bn to renovate the National Assembly complex.” The special rapporteurs are: Ms. Koumbou Boly Barry, Special Rapporteur on the right to education; Mr. Dainius Puras, Special Rapporteur on the right to health; and Mr. Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. In the revised 2020 budget approved yesterday, the Federal Government reportedly gave the National Assembly N27bn for the renovation of its complex, and cut health, Universal Basic Education budgets by over 50 percent. While the health budget is reduced from N44.4bn to N25.5bn, the UBE budget is reduced from ...

Suspected Fulani Herdsmen have invaded Tudun Doka Community under Kajuru Local Government Area, killing dozens of persons in the process.  Nine persons, mostly Women and Children were hacked to death with machetes by the attackers. Those killed include Richard Yusuf, Kefas Yusuf, Fidelis Wada, Kachia, Genesis Soja, Victoria Gyata, Rose Soja and Rahab Soja.

A circular released by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), shows that the domestic airports that will be opened include Omagwa International Airport Port Harcourt, Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, Sam Mbakwe Airport Owerri, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano. The circular also revealed that asides the five selected airports, all others are to remain closed for further assessment. Also, it stated Nigeria’s airspace remains closed to international flights. As expected, after review and assessment, other airports are will be included. Below is a full statement from the NCAA about flight restrictions.

Lagos State has taken an audacious step towards improving security in all communities across the State, with the inauguration of State Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC) and its operations arm, State Community Policing Committee (SCPC).  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, inaugurated members of the two committees at a ceremony held at the State House in Alausa, pointing out that the event marked a turning point in the Government’s deliberate effort to re-strategise and rethink the security architecture using Community Policing Initiative as proposed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Muhammed Abubakar Adamu. @ElkanaBala @PoliceNG 

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Less than a week after receiving a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari, the Senate on Tuesday approved the $5.513 billion loan request of the president. The approval followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee Local and Foreign Debts presented by its chairman, Clifford Odia (PDP, Edo). President Buhari last Thursday sent a letter to the Senate seeking its approval for another batch of external loans to enable the administration fund the revised 2020 budget and execute some critical projects. However, due to the sketchy details, the Senate withheld its approval until the lawmakers were better informed. The federal government proposed to use the loans to execute its priority projects and to support state governments in stimulating their economy, which has been adversely hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Protests against police brutality and systemic racism were underway once again in the United States on Tuesday, setting the stage for potential fresh clashes a week after nationwide rallies ignited in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis. Demonstrators marched through the streets of cities including Washington, New York, and Los Angeles. In the nation’s capital, hundreds gathered in front of a newly erected fence that prevented them from entering a park outside the White House, which federal forces cleared using tear gas a day earlier to allow President Donald Trump to have a photo op in front of a church.

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Tuesday inaugurated a panel of inquiry into the recent collapsed eight-storey building in the state to determine the major cause of the incident. Mr. Uzodinma inaugurated the panel at the executive chamber, Government House on Tuesday in Owerri, the state capital. He said during the ceremony that the panel should among other things, determine if the contractors of the building followed due process before the collapse. Mr. Uzodimma also urged the panel to recommend appropriate sanctions against owners of buildings that fell short of the standard.

The Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has confirmed that its late executive director finance and administration, Ibanga Bassey Etang, died of COVID-19. Bassey died on 28 May 2020, throwing up all sorts of rumours. “The family has authorised the Commission to announce that the late executive director tested positive to COVID-19”, Charles Obi Odili, director Corporate Affairs said. “The Rivers State Ministry of Health has written to the Commission to also confirm the cause of death resulting from complications attributable to COVID-19.

The Deputy Governor of Bauchi, Baba Tela, has tested positive to coronavirus. A statement issued by Mukhtar Gidado, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State confirmed it. The statement said Tela contracted the virus while discharging his duties. Prior to the sad announcement, Tela was the Chairman, State Task Force on COVID-19. However, the samples of all his primary contacts have now been taken by the NCDC. His primary contacts have also been advised to remain in isolation until their result is released.

The Federal Government on Monday announced that domestic flights would resume on June 21 and directed airlines to take between 50 and 70 per cent of passengers on any flight. It also stated that the aircraft of most airlines were currently being serviced in preparation for the June 21 resumption date for domestic flights. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement at Monday’s briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVD-19 in Abuja. Sirika further stated that the airfares of flights should be appropriate to the issues at hand. He said, “The modality of operations by airlines and the passenger numbers will certainly drop and the load factor will also drop. “Only 50 or 70 per cent of the passengers should be taken. These are some of the things that we have been looking at.” The minister said domestic flights, which had been suspended since March as one of the measures to control the spread of coronavirus, were getting set to resume at the nation’s airports again. He ...

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the ongoing investigations into the death of Miss Vera Uwaila Omosuwa from the Edo State Police Command to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. Omosuwa was raped and brutally killed by unknown men in a church in Edo State. The 22-year old was a first year student of the University of Benin. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, on Tuesday evening, the IGP’s directive is sequel to the preliminary report from the team of investigators and forensic experts earlier deployed to assist the Edo State Police Command in the investigations into the unfortunate incident. “The DIG in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), DIG Anthony Ogbizi Michael, fdc will henceforth provide direct supervision and ensure speedy and thorough investigation of the case.

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10819 cases have been confirmed, 3239 cases have been discharged and 314 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory. On the 2nd of June 2020, 241 new confirmed cases and 15 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

Sequel to the order by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, directing the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development to reclaim the encroached alignments of Regional Road in Lekki axis, the State Government has revoked the planning approval on sections of Elegushi Chieftaincy Family land that fall within the designated Right-of-Way (RoW) of the road. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, made the development known in a statement on Tuesday, saying the revocation was necessitated by the need to remove impediments in the way of the ongoing construction of the Regional Road. Regional Road was first conceived by the State Government in the Lagos Metropolitan Master Plan (1980-2000) and was retained in the approved Lekki Comprehensive Master Plan of 2013. The road is a precursor to the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge and upon completion, it is expected to relieve the ever-busy Lekki-Epe Expressway of traffic gridlocks.

Hundreds of Nigerians who were given letters of employment by the immediate past Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr. Babatunde Fowler, have not been allowed to resume over six months after they received the letters, The PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that some of those affected had already resigned from their previous places of work after receiving the letters of employment only to be rendered jobless afterwards. A copy of one of the letters signed on behalf of Fowler by the Director, Human Capital Management Department, Victor Ekundayo, stated that the candidates had been interviewed by the management of the agency and had been offered employment. It read in part, “Further to your recent interview with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, you have been offered appointment as Officer on Salary Level 11 Step 1 effective from the date you assume duty.

The police have released Mr Abdulmumuni Danga, Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, who assaulted and raped a lady over a Facebook post after pressure from Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The police would however, be charging Danga to court within three weeks. Danga was interrogated at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Gender Unit, Force Intelligence Bureau, FCID, Abuja. He wrote a statement after intense persuasion from the police. A source within the police confirmed to the press that Governor Bello pressured the police to ensure the commissioner does not spend the night at the police station. After about four hours at the FCID, the police released Danga, allowing him to walk freely out of the station without assurance of him returning when summoned, a source at the police FCID told the press. “After interrogation, the police allowed him to go. He was pestered to write a statement. The statement would be added to the evidence that has been collected and he would...

R.I.P to Mr. Majekodunmi Fasheke (aka Majek Fashek), the ‘Rain Maker’ and extraordinarily gifted musician. The world woke up to the news of the death of  Popular Reggae Singer,Songwriter and Actor Mr. Majekodunmi Fasheke (aka Majek Fashek). 

Following the alleged and controversial COVID-19 index case in Kogi State, Governor Yahaya Bello in a state broadcast on Monday, has ordered 14 days absolute lockdown of Kabba-Bunu LGA of the State effective from 12 midnight June 2nd.

The Federal Government has announced the relaxation of the restriction placed on places of worship as part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, announced this during the daily briefing of the panel on Monday. Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to Government of the Federation, said the ban on inter-state travel is still in place. All banks and other financial sector to open and work normal hours and also private offices can go back to normal working hours as long as the workers all reach their house before curfew.

The Federal Government says the timing for nationwide curfew is now 10pm to 4am, Vibesngists Blog reports. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, made this known on Monday.

A federal high court in Abuja has issued an interim order stopping Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, from arresting and prosecuting Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Oshiomhole is a former governor of Edo. In January, Obaseki had set up a panel to probe the construction of the Edo specialist hospital and supply of equipment for the hospital. In May, the commission led by James Oyomire had indicted Oshiomhole for breach of the state’s public procurement law while he was governor of the state. The commission recommended the arrest and prosecution of the national chairman. Oshiomhole in an ex-parte application filed through his lawyer West Idahosa prayed the court to stop his arrest and prosecution on account of the Edo state panel report. Alex Ejeiseme, counsel to the Edo state government, filed a preliminary objection challenging the reliefs sought by Oshiomhole in his ex parte application. Ejeiseme also contended that the court lacks the ju...

The Federal Government has said that schools would remain closed “for now”, Vibesngists Blog reports. The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 made this known during its daily briefing on Monday. While giving an update on the PTF announcement, the Personal Assistant on New Media to @MBuhari, Bashir Ahmad, tweeted, “For now, all the schools are to remain closed, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 announces the directive.

United and Shanghai Shenhua have reached an agreement that will keep the former Nigeria international at the English Premier League club until January 31, 2021. Shanghai Shenhua explained that Ighalo was allowed to extend his loan deal in view of the uncertainty surrounding the resumption of the Chinese Super League and uncertainty of the foreign players quota.

On the 1st of June 2020, 416 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours. Till date, 10578 cases have been confirmed, 3122 cases have been discharged and 299 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

One of the suspects linked to the rape and murder of Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa has been arrested by police officers attached to the Edo state police command. The 22-year-old 100-level student of the University of Benin, Edo State was raped and killed while reading in a church in Benin city.

UNIBEN STUDENTS PROTEST AGAINST THE RAPE OF VERA UWAILA