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Death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in China hit 1,016 on Tuesday, according to figures released by the country’s health authorities. Face of Churchillchoken first edition More than 100 people died due to the virus on Monday, a sharp spike that exceeded the 97 deaths recorded the day before. China’s National Health Commission reported that 103 of the 108 new deaths occurred in the central province of Hubei where the outbreak first began. In the provincial capital Wuhan, the epicentre of the crisis, the mortality rate stands at over four percent, official statistics reported. According to NAN, within the same 24-hour period, 2,478 new infections were confirmed nationwide, bringing the total tally up to 37,626. In Hubei province alone the number of confirmed cases is said to have reached over 30,000.

Vice Chancellor of the Kogi State University, Prof Abdulkadir and the Rector of the state’s polytechnic, Prof Atureta have been suspended from office. Our correspondent gathered that the duo were suspended for non compliance to the new financial guidelines as directed by Governor Yahaya Bello. Sources informed that the governor was terribly miffed by the behaviour of the two top officials and directed that they should proceed on suspension. A source revealed that the Governor refused to be placated, insisting that their actions amounted to insubordination. Face of Churchillchoken first edition Meanwhile, there are indications that letters are already being issued to MDAs that have complied and funds are soon to be released to them. In the meantime also, the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, has called on top management of agencies under the ministry to fully comply with the new financial guidelines, warning that anyone found wanting, would n...

There were tears and cries at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) mortuary, on Monday when members of family of the late Chima Ikwunado’s identified the body of their son. Enefaa Georgewill, Chairman Civil Societies Organisation in Rivers State who was among the team that identified the late Chima’s corpse spoke to a Port Harcourt based Radio station saying that the family and Civil Society Organisations were wondering why there should be any need for autopsy as, according to him, there were marks on the deceased’s body which must have resulted from intense beating. He said although autopsy examination was being carried out at the time, he wondered why the need to carry out any autopsy after seeing the glaring signs of brutality. Twelve persons, he said, were allowed to enter the mortuary. They included the Police pathologist Musa Stephen, the family’s pathologist, the IPO, family members, some members of Ikokwu 4, lawyers and civil rights activists. “...

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Antonio Guterres during his lecture at the on-going AU Summit UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says promotion of gender equality and the “meaningful engagement of women and girls” was key to poverty eradication in Africa. Guterres stated this in his address to the 33rd African Union (AU) summit, which opened in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, on Sunday. He said although the continent had made progress in gender equality and women empowerment, but much remained to be done. Read Also::SERAP drags Buhari, Ayade to ECOWAS Court over Agba Jalingo Noting that the world was still dominated by men, the UN chief emphasised that the search for global peace and sustainable development required women’s leadership. “That is why I have made gender parity a centerpiece of UN reform, and gender equality and the advancement of women a top priority in all the UN does. “Peace, social cohesion and sustainable development require women’s contribution and leadership. “It is our...

Talented Nigerian Singer, Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, also known as Kizz Daniel, has displayed his impressive garage with newly acquired exotic cars. This is coming after the Fly Boi Inc pioneer teamed up with highlife singer and songwriter Adekunle Gold to drop his latest single dubbed ‘Jore’, which is still trending. The ”Madu” crooner who has been serving Nigerians with hit songs back to back showed his fans that his bank account is also receiving back to back inflow, and he is on top of his game. Kizz Daniel shared the new assets via his Instagram page, with the caption, “Na boyfriend be fine boy, Husband na fine material ✍🏻 Change your OT!!” KizzDaniel closed his ‘No Bad Songs’ Tour in Lagos, Nigeria at Eko Convention Centre on Boxing Day, December 26th, 2019 tagged “Kizz Daniel Live In Concert”. The ‘No Bad Songs’ thrilled his fans with some of his hot jams like Madu, Poko, F**k U, Eko & PakNGo as well as previous hits like Woju, One Ticket, Yeba, No Do, ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria and Cross River State Government to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over what it termed “the prolonged, arbitrary detention, unfair prosecution, persecution, and sham trial of journalist Agba Jalingo.” SERAP said Jalingo, who is the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was arrested on August 22 over a report alleging that Mr Ayade diverted N500 million belonging to the state. In the suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/10/2020 filed last week at the ECOWAS Court, SERAP is arguing that: “The sole objective of the government of Nigeria and the Cross River State Government of governor Ben Ayade is to perpetually keep Agba Jalingo in arbitrary detention and to silence him simply for expressing critical views and carrying out his legitimate job as journalist.” According to the suit: “This is not the first time the government of Nigeria and the Cross River state government of governor Ben Ayade have ...

Rotary District 3020 India, together with District 9110 Nigeria is organising a Free Surgical Mission in Nigeria. The Free Surgical Mission, which was initiated last Rotary year, has now been granted final approval by The Rotary Foundation, according to the District 9110 Free Surgical Mission Coordinator, Dr. Femi Akodu. The free surgeries which will be conducted on registered candidates will include: 1)  Plastic Surgeries:  Cleft lip, contractures from burns, keloids, and hypertrophic scars 2)  General Surgeries:  Hernia, Hemorrhoids, lumps, and Gall bladder stones 3)  Orthopaedic Surgeries:  Limb deformities corrective surgeries 4)  Dental:  Dental caries, dental abscess, gingivitis, retained primary teeth, teeth fracture, maligned teeth, and discoloured teeth.

The number of deaths from the new coronavirus has risen to 811 in mainland China, the country’s National Health Commission said on Sunday. The death toll thereby surpassed that of SARS, a respiratory disease which caused a global health scare in the early 2000, and which also began in China. Across China, 89 new deaths and 2,656 new confirmed cases were reported, the vast majority in the province of Hubei. According to the commission’s figures, health authorities recorded a total of 33,738 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus since the beginning of the outbreak in December. The outbreak’s epicentre is located in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province. There, the number of new cases of pneumonia caused by the virus rose by 2,147, the provincial health commission said. Also 81 new deaths were reported over the last 24 hours in Hubei, bringing the total to 780. The virus, which has spread to about two dozen countries since first being identified, has only claimed the lives of...

A soldier who went on a deadly rampage in Thailand, killing more than 20 people and injuring dozens of others, has been shot dead by security forces, police confirmed “It’s over now,” Police Chief Chakthip Chaijinda told reporters in Nakhon Ratchasima, north-east of the capital Bangkok early Sunday. The shooter was shot dead in a mall where he had holed up, police spokesman Krissana Pattanacharoen also confirmed in a statement. The shooter was identified as 32-year-old Sergeant Jakrapanth Thomma. He reportedly shot dead his commanding officer before stealing heavy weapons and a military Humvee from a military base and going on a killing frenzy. He shot and killed dozens of people in his path as he fled, including at a Buddhist temple. He then went on a rampage at a shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, north-east of the capital Bangkok. The shooter, who had posted parts of his spree on social media, reportedly had a dispute with his commanding officer over money, dpa/NAN re...

A legal luminary, Chief Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has urged the Federal Government and the National Assembly to effect a constitutional change that would allow a decentralised police force to effectively address the insecurity challenges confronting the country. According to him, the country is in dire need of an upgraded security arrangement because of the recent security breaches by bandits and disgruntled elements in some parts of the country. Fagbemi stated this while delivering a lecture at the Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Okitipupa branch, on Saturday. The theme of the Law Week was “Security as the Bedrock of a Prosperous Nation: Rejigging Nigeria’s Constitutional Federalism.” Fagbemi said that the primary responsibility of any government was to provide adequate security for its citizenry, adding that it was taken for granted that developmental endeavours would revolve around the security architecture. He expressed the concern that in spite of the pres...

A yet to be identified man in Lagos has died after an early morning sex with a woman. In a video that has gone viral, the sex worker, who identified herself as Precious from Akwa Ibom State said she alerted the hotel staff early Saturday, when she found that the man was not responding when she tried to nudge him to pay her, as she was about to leave the hotel. Use the links below ro watch video https://youtu.be/GM_sOkL7hgU https://youtu.be/GM_sOkL7hgU?t=43 Policemen who interrogated the girl in the video found some drugs in the man’s bag and it was believed the man used them before going to bed. In the video, Precious said she was introduced to the deceased by someone who told her that a man who just ‘came back’ needed a lady to spend the night with. Precious met the man and they finally lodged in a hotel. After taking their meals, they slept off. The man woke up around 5am and they had sex. Precious insisted that they must use the condom, which she brought out. Acco...

Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 50-year-old man, Kayode Oladehinde , a resident of Olope Street Ogijo for defiling his 13-year-old stepdaughter. The suspect was arrested following a report from the mother of the victim who complained at Ogijo Divisional headquarters that her daughter informed her that the suspect who is her present husband forcefully had carnal knowledge of her as a result of which she got pregnant. The mother stated further that the suspect, having realized that the victim was pregnant, gave her drug to abort the pregnancy resulting to her bleeding seriously. On the strength of the report, the DPO, Ogijo Division, CSP Suleiman Muhammad detailed his detectives to the suspect’s residence where he was promptly arrested. On interrogation, the suspect who was dumbfounded when confronted by his wife only pleaded for forgiveness from his wife and the victim who is his stepdaughter.   Investigation revealed that the mother of the victim got marri...

There is an unusual calmness in Rochas Okorocha’s camp in Imo State given the first skeletal appointments of the new governor of the State, Senator Hope Uzodinma which did not favour his (Okorocha’s) boys. The former governor who had earlier given hope to his teeming footsoldiers about his contribution towards the emergence of the new governor was taken aback at the very first appointments of the governor which included the Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff, Attorney General and Chief Press Secretary. Our correspondent in the state reports that the former governor has now resorted to political gimmicks where he massages the governor’s ego, pleading for acceptance in the full glare of the public. Worse still, his ALGON chairmen who were suspended by the immediate-past government and whose hope was rekindled by the emergence of the new governor, recently received the biggest shock of their life when the governor instructed that local government councils in the ...

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Update:: While the results for the 2019 Elections are still being released, Nigerian pop star, Davido, has come out in support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).  This comes in the wake of the 2019 Elections which held on Saturday. The Electoral body, INEC, have been announcing the results of the elections and so far incumbent party APC look to have a massive lead over the PDP.  Taking to Instagram, the pop star who is in South Africa wrote: 'we all tried, hopefully one day, real change will come'. Peep the post below: 

My Dear Nigerians,  First and foremost, I give thanks to Almighty God Who has spared our lives to witness another victory for Nigerian democracy and victory for our party APC. I thank the millions of Nigerians who voted to re-elect me as your president for the next four years. I am deeply humbled and profoundly grateful to you for judging me worthy of continuing to serve you and for your peaceful conduct. In particular, I would like to thank Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for his masterful leadership as Co-chair of the Campaign Council. I would like to also thank the Party Chairman Adams Oshiomhole, the Director General of the Campaign Council Rotimi Amaechi, all members of the Presidential Campaign Council and other various Support Groups. My grateful thanks to all those who contributed to the logistical expenses of the campaign in such a vast country like Nigeria. I also thank the millions of volunteers, self-appointed overseers, canvassers, agents, escorts and sentries who sac...

Nigerian musician, Falz has shared details of results at his polling unit in Ikoyi - The singer who shared it on his verified Twitter handles state that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won at his polling unit - He advised Nigerians to defend their votes Nigerian musician, Falz, has shared details of results from his polling unit in Ikoyi, Lagos following the presidential and national assembly elections which held on February 23. Falz revealed that in his polling unit, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the elections. He also revealed that himself and many other voters in the unit waited till their votes were counted, so they could confirm it was free and fair. Falz who has many Nigerians talking following the release of his Moral Instruction album, an album that has been described as a reenactment of Fela's music, also advised Nigerians to defend their votes and proceeded to share the detailed result on his verified Twitter page. Meanwhile, Davido asked his followers to...

Results coming from many units in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) indicate that the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are in clear lead in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Our correspondent who were stationed in some of the polling units in the metropolis, report that PDP’s Atiku Abubakar defeated President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC in the FCT cities. At various polling units in Nyanya, Kugbo, Jikwoyi and environs, PDP won the APC with wide margins. At the Polling Unit 001, Orozo Primary school Atiku clinched 1,375 votes and APC 308 votes in the presidential elections: at the polling unit 009A in Kugbo, PDP won the presidential election with 483 votes and APC 84. At the 006 polling unit also in Jikwoyi primary school, PDP led the presidential elections with 89 and APC 15, and at the 001 polling unit, PDP won with 159 and APC 6. Our correspondent reports that in all the polling units mentioned, PDP also won the Senatorial and House...

Update:: Mr Dino Melaye, a senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the highest votes in Mopamuro Local Government Area, Kogi west senatorial zone. Melaye is seeking reelection for the second term into the red chamber of the national assembly, with his toughest rival, Mr Smart Adeyemi of the APC. Mr Ibrahim Ismaila, the INEC Collation Officer of Mopamuro LGA, announced the interim results at the collation centre in INEC LG office in Mopa at about 3: 20 a.m on Sunday. According to Ismaila, the PDP senatorial candidate, Melaye won 5112 votes, while his closest rival Smart Adeyemi of APC got 3658 votes, ADC 784 and SDP 26 votes out of the 9717 valid votes cast. There were 336 rejected votes, making total votes cast to be 10055. In the House of Representatives, the PDP also beat APC with 3703 votes. The APC got 3157 votes and ADC 2 609 votes. A total of 10042 votes were cast while 9704 votes were valid while 338 votes were rejected. In the pres...

Update:: Founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian has opened up on his marriage with Serena Williams. Ohanian says the key to the success of their marriage is in showing up. The Reddit founder told Glamour’s Samantha Leach about his relationship with Williams and their daughter, Alexis Ohanian Jnr. See excerpts below: “You have to show up. You have to be supportive. These are the things that matter. I credit my parents with a lot of what I’ve learned about partnership and relationships. My father, who’s Armenian, and my mother, who came from what was then West Germany, met in Ireland and spent a whirlwind two weeks together. Even though my dad didn’t speak any German and my mom spoke only basic English, they fell in love. She followed my father to America and worked as an au pair, ultimately overstaying her visa and actually living in the U.S. undocumented for a while until they got married. My mom had to hit reset on her whole life. In Germany, she was almost credentialed to be...

Update:: In the wake of gender equality and same-sex marriage, schools in France will now be unable to refer to a child’s parents as their “mother” or “father” on documents, instead, the titles will be replaced with “parent 1” and “parent 2,” so as to accommodate gay couples.   The amendment was passed in parliament as part of the country’s Schools of Trust law and aims to reduce the discrimination faced by same-sex parents. “To prevent discrimination, school enrolment, class registers, parental authorisations and all other official forms involving children must mention only Parent 1 and Parent 2,” the amendment reads. French President Emmanuel Macron’s Republique en Marche party backed the change, with MP Valérie Petit saying this amendment of the wider law recognises “children’s family diversity in administrative forms”.   “We have families who find themselves faced with tick boxes stuck in rather old-fashioned social and family models,” Ms Petit said. “For ...

Update:: The State Security Service (SSS, also called DSS) has denied tapping the telephone lines of Nigerians. A political group had alleged that the SSS had tapped the telephone lines of Nigerians. But Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of the SSS, said in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja that the organisation was committed to its professional ideals and would not engage in unethical conduct. He said the SSS had been criticised by unpatriotic citizens who fed the public with fake news and hate speeches against it. The spokesman said that the social media had been awash with wrong information regarding the operations of the DSS that were misunderstood and misrepresented. “It is obvious that some merchants of violence are determined to use their platforms to misinform the public for their selfish and political ends,” he said. He warned mischief makers against misleading the public, adding that the law would catch up with them. “The DSS is a responsible ...

Update:: The growing increase of sexual assault rocking the movie industry has once again been brought to the fore by Nollywood actress Blessing Egbe- the creator of the series Lekki Wives. According to the dark skinned thespian in an interview, a prominent writer, producer and director (whom she didn’t name) wanted to try his luck on her by offering her a role in his movie only if she slept with him but she pulled a fast one on him. Revealing her ordeal in the hands of the filmmaker, Blessing Egbe said; “The harassment came from a prominent writer, producer, director who also wanted to try his luck. I had called to speak to him about the possibility of us working together. He gave me an appointment which I kept. “The meeting was at a hotel, not his office. I had asked him why we were meeting at the hotel and he said, it was a makeshift office… A routine he does when he needs time to write. I believed him and followed him to the makeshift office. “When inside, he gave me a ...