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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday said 138 members of the National Youth Service Corps have tested positive for COVID-19 across the country. NCDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this on Monday during the briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Ihekweazu said those, who tested positive, were either managed at home or in a treatment centre depending on if they had symptoms and what state they were in. The NCDC boss added that the next challenge would be how to work with education stakeholders to ensure safe reopening of universities. He said, “A total of 34,785 corps members and members of the camp communities have been tested so far in the last weeks of which only 138 was found positive, which is 0.4 per cent prevalence and 1 in 200 people. “Universities have proven to be slightly risky; it has its unique challenges but we are confident that we can address this as we have done in other sectors like aviation.” Education News AddThi...

A high court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has issued an arrest warrant for Prof Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo, who is accused of election fraud during the 2019 general elections.  The Independent National Electoral Commission disclosed this in a statement on Monday. INEC said Prof Uduk should have been arraigned on November 17 alongside another professor but failed to appear in court. The statement reads, “Issuing the bench warrant for the arrest of Prof Uduk upon the application of the counsel to INEC, Kpoobari Sigalo, the presiding judge, Justice A.E Archibong, frowned upon the refusal of the professor to obey the order of the court. “Prof Ignatius Uduk declared election results collated not by him but by undisclosed individuals who only handed them to him to announce. “He admitted to this fact in his own handwritten (not typed) statement that he earlier signed, even though he refused to come back to the commission’s office for further debriefing to ascertain who...

Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, has said that additional funds are not needed to complete the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line. Nigerians had expressed outrage after Amaechi during his ministry’s budget defence said he requested an additional  $650m for additional works on the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Warri standard gauge. Backtracking on his initial position, he said there was no need for extra money as the $650m had already been previously approved. He said, “I was merely reporting to the senators that the entire Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge was at the cost of $1.6bn and that we have had to request for another $650m for additional works at both the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Warri standard gauge. “The approval had since been obtained and the funds released long ago and we have since used it for the same purpose. We do not need any extra funds to complete this project and we are saying to Nigerians that we do not need any fresh money to com...

The United Kingdom parliament is currently debating sanctions to hand out on Nigerian Government officials  involved in the killing of peaceful protesters in Lekki on October 20 and other parts of the country. Members of parliament are looking to impose direct sanctions on government officials, who played a role in violating human rights during the protest instead of a general economic sanction that may affect ordinary citizens. skynews   #EndSARS News AddThis :  Featured Image :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2UUnhpX via EDUPEDIA

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Mohammed Sabo Nanono. Some gunmen on Monday kidnapped Babawuro Tofai Nanono, younger brother of Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono. The gunmen were said to have stormed the minister’s home in Tofai Village under Gabasawa Local Government Area in Kano around 1:00am and whisked the man to an unknown destination after firing warning shots. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Mohammed Sabo Nanono. Spokesperson for the Kano State Police Command, Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the incident. Haruna said the police authorities are investigating the matter.   CRIME Insecurity News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/39bHzDY via EDUPEDIA

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded the staff quarters of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, kidnapping a lecturer identified as Dr Bako. Bako was abducted along with his wife and daughter. The incident took place on Monday around 12:50am at Sardauna Crescent, Area BZ, ABU Main Campus, Samaria, Zaria. The institution’s spokesperson, Malam Auwalu Umar, confirmed the incident in a statement. The incident comes barely a week after three persons were kidnapped at the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic also in  Zaria. See Also CRIME Bandits Release Kidnapped Nigerian University Students After N9m Ransom, Cartons of Milk 0 Comments 1 Day Ago CRIME Education Insecurity Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/33sjO6X via EDUPEDIA

Adekola Olawoye Facts have emerged on the real reason Ondo governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, sacked Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Mr Adekola Olawoye. The sack of the commissioner was announced on Monday through a statement by the Chief Press Secretary of the governor, Segun Ajiboye. Adekola Olawoye Charles Titiloye, a human rights lawyer, has since been announced as Olawoye’s replacement. Despite being from the same town of Owo, SaharaReporters gathered that things began to fall apart between the two men after Olawoye started rejecting some obscene demands from the state governor. A top government source, who confirmed this to SaharaReporters, disclosed that the duo had been at loggerheads for over six months over legal issues. Sahara Reporters Governor Akeredolu Sacks Ondo Attorney-General 0 Comments 3 Hours Ago The recent suspension of some lawmakers in the state’s House of Assembly ...

President Buhari A rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reduce the cost of governance and ensure transparency and accountability as part of measures to tackle economic recession.  The organisation disclosed this in a letter dated November 21, 2020 and signed by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare. President Buhari The statement said transparency and accountability measures would save money, address projected adverse human rights impacts of the recession and fast-track the economic recovery process.   See Also Economy UPDATE: Again, Nigeria’s Economy Slips Into Recession Under Buhari-led Administration 0 Comments 2 Days Ago The statement reads, “This economic crisis provides an opportunity to prioritise access of poor and vulnerable Nigerians to basic socio-economic rights, and to genuinely recommit to the fight against corruption. The country cannot afford getting back to ...

The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Nurudeen Olaleye as the new Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic. This was contained in a statement by the Office of the Special Adviser on Education, Lagos State, on Monday. According to the statement, Governor Sanwo-Olu disclosed that the appointment of Olaleye was for a period of five years, effective from December 1, 2020 at the expiration of the tenure of the Acting Rector, Olumide Olusola Metilelu. The statement reads, “Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, the Executive governor of Lagos State has approved the appointment of Dr Oluremi Nurudeen Olaleye as the 11th Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic. “The appointment was sequel to an interview conducted by the Institution’s Governing Council and its subsequent recommendation, is for five years single term and takes effect from 1st December, 2020 at the expiration of the tenure of the Acting Rector, Mr Olumide Olusola Metilelu. “Dr Oluremi Nurudeen Olaleye prior ...

Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped a yet-to-be identified Roman Catholic priest in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The priest was kidnapped around Yangoji community in Kwali area council.                                                    Miriam Yusuf, spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, confirmed the incident. Yusuf urged residents of the nation’s capital to be calm and report any suspicious movements they observed to the police. She said, “The Commissioner of Police FCT, Bala Ciroma, has launched a manhunt to trail and apprehend the suspects. “While urging residents to be security conscious and promptly report all suspicious movements, the command wishes to reiterate its unflinching commitment to the protection of lives and...

Ahmed closely resembles his father, late Colonel Taiwo. Late Colonel Taiwo Brigadier General Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo SaharaReporters  has uncovered links between Brigadier General Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo, Commander of 81 Division of the Nigeria Army, the unit of the army that sent troops to Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on the evening of October 20, 2020 to disperse peaceful protesters, and late Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo, a former military governor of Kwara State, who ordered the killing of hundreds of civilians during the Nigeria-Biafra war and also participated in the plotting and execution of at least two coup d’etats. The incident at Lekki Toll Gate led to the shooting and killing of at least 12 protesters, according to Amnesty International and other prominent rights groups. Ahmed closely resembles his father, late Colonel Taiwo. Brigadier General Taiwo, who has been explaining the role the army played in that incident at the sitting of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the...