The Lagos State Government may impose a new lockdown and return other measures if there is a recurrence of high cases of coronavirus in the state. This was contained in a press statement by the Director, Public Affairs of the Ministry of Health, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, on Tuesday. The statement was titled, ‘Lagos calls for precautions against second wave of COVID-19’. …
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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, said authorities of the nation’s correctional centres are rejecting new suspects being sent to them by the police because the action was not in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols. Aregbesola stated this during an interview with journalists after defending his Ministry’s 2021 budget proposal before the Senate Committee on Interior. He also …
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The Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged shootings of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers on October 20, 2020 at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos has declined the request by the operators of the tollgate, Lekki Concession Company, to “take back possession” of the tollgate. The Chairman of the panel, retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, in a short ruling on Tuesday, said …
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ACROSS AMERICA — Poll workers across the U.S. cleaned and disinfected polling places Tuesday as voters headed out to cast Election Day ballots, even as cases of the coronavirus are on the rise across the country. In some states, election workers are wiping down voting machines after each use. In others, officials have sent hundreds of thousands of pieces of personal …
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ACROSS AMERICA — Polls on the East Coast opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday in the final day of voting in the most consequential U.S. presidential election in a generation. Nearly 100 million votes had already made their choice between Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, choosing mail-in voting as a safety precaution against …
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LYNN, MA — A suspect was fatally shot by police and an officer was injured after being pinned by a car during a pursuit in Lynn. It happened Monday morning on Witt Street after 8 a.m. The suspect, believed to be a white man, was wanted in Revere following a robbery at Walgreens. Sources told the WBZ-TV I-Team the suspect …
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Edo State Government has adjusted the curfew time in the state to span between 10pm and 6am daily, effective from today, Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, in a statement, said “The state government has further reviewed the curfew time in the state to commence from 10pm to 6am daily, as …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday re-arraigned a former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, alongside a former Commissioner of Finance, Omodachi Okolobia, on amended charges of money laundering allegations involving about N3.1bn of the state government’s fund. The re-arraignment followed the amendment of the charges which saw the number of counts increase from nine to 11. While some …
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Nigerian youth calling for an end to police brutality and extrajudicial killings took to the streets of Abuja, painting #ENDSARS on the floor of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport entrance. The protesters also stormed the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force to draw similar graffiti while chanting solidarity songs. In the same vein, the youth vowed not to back down …
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has fixed new dates for the suspended Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) across the country. in all states and the FCT from Monday 9th November 2020. The NECO SSCE examinations were earlier postponed indefinitely on Monday 25th October 2020 due to security challenges occasioned by the ENDSARS protests which disrupted the smooth conduct of the …
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