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      COVID-19 Update by the Incident Commander, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Good people of Lagos, Today, 50  # COVID19Lagos  patients; 13 females and 37 males including 26 foreign nationals were discharged from our Isolation facilities to reunite with the society. The patients; 6 from Agidingbi, 14 from Eti-Osa (LandMark) 22 from Onikan, 1 from Vidic and 7 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged after full recovery and testing negative to COVID19. Remember, it is now a criminal offence in Lagos State to go out without using a facemask. Let's continue to adhere strictly to all public advisories given by government  # ForACOVID19FreeLagos Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu July 10, 2020.

    [15:39, 10/07/2020] Samuel Eniola Crime Stopper:  July 10, 2020 The police on Thursday paraded a nurse, Mrs Ogundimu Monilola, accused of helping a 44-year-old pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ogo Oluwa parish, Olokuta, Ogun State, Oluwafemi Oyebola, to procure family planning care for his 24-year-old daughter, whom he impregnated three times. The pastor has denied some of the accusations, noting that he only procured abortion for the victim once. Oyebola made the disclosure on Thursday while being paraded among the 103 suspected criminals by the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, at the Command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta. He attributed his action to “the devil’s arrow” targeted at him, lamenting that he could not fathom why he engaged in sexual intercourse with his daughter. Mouthpiece NGR gathered that the cleric who was paraded alongside with the nurse alleged to have carried out three abortions for the daughter, said t...

       As a parent and investor in the education sector, I wish to register the fact that the Nigerian government’s policy of unilaterally cancelling the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, held annually by the West African Examinations Council, is not in Nigeria’s best interest. At a time of the global COVID19 pandemic, it is understandable that an abundance of caution be put in place to save lives. However, caution, wi thout consultation, and thoughtful action, may be counter productive. 1.5 million Nigerian youths write the West African Senior School Certificate Examination annually. To abruptly cancel this examination is to set back our nation’s youth, and place them behind their contemporaries in other West African nations. This is perilous, because Foreign Direct Investments and other economic indicators, are tied to the educational indexes of nations. Already, Nigeria lags behind other African nations in crucial indices, like school enr...

       By July 10, 2020 Dr Peter Idoko, the President of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) Nasarawa State chapter, has tested positive for COVID-19. Idoko confirmed this via phone to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lafia. According to him, his sample was taken and the result came out positive and is currently receiving treatment at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH) in Lafia. However, Idoko said that he is stable at the moment and needed to receive treatment because of the status of his result. When contacted, Dr Peter Umaru, Nasarawa State Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), who also tested positive to the virus and is in isolation at DASH, said currently 68 healthcare workers across the state have contracted the virus. He explained that out of 236 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, 68 are healthcare workers including nine doctors. The NMA chairman said that 54 of the affected healthcare workers were from public ...

      The Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), Dr. (Mrs.) Monsurat Adeleke, has urged Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) in the State, to embrace HIV and Universal prevention practices in the delivery of their Ante-Natal and Obstetric services while abiding by COVID-19 infection prevention control. Dr. Adeleke stated this at the closing ceremony of the last batch of the s ensitisation workshop for 100 registered TBAs on HIV prevention and the Prevention of Mother-To-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, noting that the Agency has sensitised over 1500 registered TBAs in the past, making a total of 1600 TBAs sensitised across the State. She opined that the collaboration with TBAs will enable the Agency to attain its goal of achieving HIV free generation and the UNAIDS 90-90-90 initiative, aimed at achieving the elimination of new HIV infections by the year 2030, through the reduction of the vertical transmission of HIV from mother to c...

       The Honourable Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Olanrewaju Elegushi, has assured intending Christian pilgrims to the holy lands of Israel and Rome that the Year 2020 pilgrimage exercise will proceed as soon as the curve of the Coronavirus pandemic is flattened and the borders are reopened. The Commissioner, who gave the assurance during a stakeholders’ forum/sensitisation of intending pilgrims to Jerusalem on Thursday at the Adeyemi-Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja, noted that the pandemic has greatly affected the 2020 pilgrimage exercise, especially the April/May Easter pilgrimage which had to be cancelled due to the temporary closure of the borders of Israel and Rome. He, however, allayed the fears of intending pilgrims that the 2020 November/December general pilgrimage exercise will not hold, stating that the Ministry has been in constant touch with the Ministry of Interior in the holy lands with an assurance that the borders will be open as ...

           A group of Igbo men have come together to save a Nigerian man who was seen in a viral video being tortured by a dreaded Pakistani gang after his "brother" named Andrew used him as a collateral and absconded without paying the gang back.... The Nigerian man explained that he will be killed on July 10 if Andrew does not pay back what he owes the gang. He then begged his uncle to sell everything they have and pay a man named "Nuruz". A group of wealthy Igbo men have now come to his aid and are willing to pay to get him his freedom. In a video shared online, the Igbo men, one of them a US-based man, explained that they've spoken with Nuruz - the head of the gang - and reasoned with him and he promised to be fair to the Nigerian man and preserve his life. They added that among themselves, they will raise Nuruz's money and get the Igbo man back home. "Relax your mind, we'll raise the money, the men promised. In the video recorde...

      Justice L.N. Oweibo of Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, July 9, 2020 convicted and sentenced Captain Peter Okomi to three years imprisonment. Also convicted and sentenced was his company, Moyitok Nigeria Ltd and a vessel, M.V. Agbeke, for illegal dealing in petroleum products. The convicts were prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on three-count charges to which they pl eaded guilty, following their arrest by officers of the Nigerian Navy and subsequent hand over to the EFCC for investigation and prosecution. One of the charges read: “M.V. Agbeke, Moyitok Nigeria Limited, and Peter Okomi, on the 21st day of January, 2020, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, without appropriate license, dealt in 100 metric tonnes of Automative Gas Oil (AGO) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 3 (6) of the Miscellaneous Offence Act, Cap. M17, Laws of the Federation of Ni...

      Justice I.M Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, July 9, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Gloria Monday to two years imprisonment for dealing in petroleum products without a licence. Monday was arraigned on Thursday by the Port Harcourt Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and pleaded “guilty” to one count charge of dealing in petroleum products without a licence preferred against him. The offence is contrary to Section 4(1) of the Petroleum Act CAP P10 of the Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007 and punishable under Section 4(6) of the same Act. In view of the plea, prosecution counsel, D.N.Nkwap called a witness to review the facts of the case before the Court. The witness, Kayode Adesanoye, an Operative with the EFCC, told the court that the defendant and a vehicle ( loaded with 200 litres of petroleum product stored in polythene bags) was handed over t...

      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt's Zonal office, on Friday, July 10, 2020 took over a vessel, christened MT Morris alongside nine crew members. The suspects are: Felix Eboh; Ovie Idisi; Bob Davies; Ojo Sunday; Oluwale Olaitan; Orok Oyo; Godwin Okpaje, Francis Chinbo and Olanioyi Goodness. Representative of Sector Three of the Joint Military Task Force, Operation Delta safe , Colonel N.C.E Ejike, who led the handing over, said the suspects and the vessel were arrested by officers of 29 Battalion, Nigeria Army, deployed for anti-bunkering operations at Bile in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. They were nabbed while siphoning petroleum products suspected to be crude oil from a pipeline. Receiving the suspects and exhibits, the representative of the Head of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the EFCC and Head Extractive Industry Fraud Section, Ani Davis Stanley, thanked the officers and men of the Joint Task Force for...

     On the 9/7/2020 following actionable intelligence, police operatives attached to Ichi Division arrested one Emmanuel Nwafor 'm' aged 23 years and Chukwuebuka Obi 'm' aged 21years all of Amichi town in Nnewi South LGA of Anambra State. Suspects had on the 5/7/2020 allegedly robbed and killed one Enoch Nwosu 'm' aged about 45 years of Enugwu-Aja village Ichi who left his house since Saturday 4/7/2020 with his Lexus 330 Jeep with Reg No.ZBL 38RL. Meanwhile,Scene of crime was visited by Police detectives while the body was recovered at Amichi forest and deposited at the mortuary after it was certified dead by a medical doctor. Consequently,the robbed Lexus Jeep and other valuables were also recovered from the suspects in Asaba and registered as exhibit.Case under investigation after which the Suspects and their fleeing accomplices would be brought to book. *SP Haruna Mohammed,PPRO* Anambra State Police Command, For-Commissioner of Police Anambra Sta...

     *Suspect also buried the corpse in a shallow grave at his compound* On the 9/07/2020, at about 3:21:pm, Police operatives attached to Azia Police Station arrested one Christian Alisigwe 'm' aged 35 years of ihite Azia in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State.. Suspect allegedly used a cutlass and killed his own biological son namely Ebubechukwu Alisigwe 'm' aged 4years of the same address and buried the corpse in a shallow grave at his compound. Meanwhile,police detectives visited the Scene, exhumed the corpse and deposited same at Abam motuary for autopsy after it was certified dead by a medical doctor.Case transferred to State CID Awka for discreet investigation, please. *SP Haruna Mohammed,PPRO* Anambra State Police Command, For-Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command. One more photo below.

      Ref No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.2/ Date: 9th July, 2020 The Director of News 23 others to be prosecuted for other heinous crimes Police Operatives attached to the Special Tactical Squad have arrested a 7-man criminal gang that attacked and robbed three comm​ercial banks in the South-West States of Ondo and Ekiti between 2019 and 2020, killed innocent citizens including six (6) policemen and carted away several millions of naira. Investigation reveals that the dare-devil armed robbers - Tunbosun Ojo ‘m’ 42years, Ismaila Ojo ‘m’ 25years, Victor Oyeyemi ‘m’ 36years, Dele Ariyo ‘m’ 44years, Shola Oladimeji ‘m’ 50years, Olubodun Folayemi ‘m’ 44years and Adeniyi John ‘m’ 42 years – carried out the robbery of a commercial bank in Ile-oluji, Ondo State on 7th February, 2020 where four (4) policemen were killed. Similarly they were also involved in the robbery of a Microfinance Bank in Idanre, Ondo State in December, 2019 and a commercial bank at Oye Ekiti, Ekiti...

      Thanks for the inquiries about the reported dramatic increase in the number of Covid-19 infections in the state which some people, relying on the latest figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) consider very high. A lot of people have innocently assumed that as many as 20 persons were infected in Anambra state in one day, fearing that the situation in the state is worsening rapidly. The true situation is far from the impressions some have as a result of the figure. There is no dramatic increase in the number of COVID-19 infections in the state. The 20 cases reported by the NCDC yesterday were based on samples taken in over three weeks across the state. Some of the samples were even taken outside Anambra State, but were ascribed to our state because the people tested chose, for different reasons, to identify with the state. Only seven out of about 100 samples tested at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Awka, turned out positive. Th...

    [23:00, 09/07/2020] Temidayo Babalola TM Magazine Editor: Three suspected men, conspired and murdered the CEO of Firman Generator, Late Chief Ignatius Odunukwe, have been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate Court 3, Lagos on three count charges, Conspiracy, Murder and Kidnapp today 9/7/2020 by operatives of Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos. The Zonal Police Public Relations Officer of Zone-2 Onikan Lagos, DSP Hauwa Idris-Adamu narrated how Odunukwe, 60, was lured to Artican Beach Resort in Ajah area of Lagos on December 1, 2019 by the leader of the gang, Daniel Bob Ibeaji (42), whose aim for the dastardly act was, according to the police, to fraudulently convert the unsuspecting victim's N900m property in abuja to his own. Bob, who claimed to be a medical doctor, had overtime canvassed the victim into believing that he was interested in the property, a bait the late Odunukwe swallowed thin, line and sinker and filled with the excitement that he had succeeded...

          A yet-to-be-identified motorcycle rider was shot dead allegedly by a police officer around Banana junction in Orlu, Imo state yesterday July 9. According to reports, the policeman had stopped the motorcycle rider for not wearing a face mask. An altercation ensued between both men after the Okada man allegedly refused to give a N50 bribe. The area is currently in Chaos as residents are demanding justice for the deceased Okada rider. The spokesperson of the state police command is yet to comment on the incident.More photos below.

      A young girl is in pain after her aunt/guardian poured hot water on her body, leaving her with burns. In photos shared online, the girl is seen standing almost naked, her body covered in a white substance to ease the pain.  The assault happened today and the aunt involved is on the run. Sharing the photos, a Twitter user wrote: "This girl was poured Hot water by her aunt/guardian this morning in lokoja Kogi state. Very disheartening. Wen she hard the police were coming she ran away ".According to another source on Facebook,this incident happened yesterday in Kogi.More photos below.

      What A Great Testimony... A woman is lucky to be alive after her gateman conspired with criminals to attack her and her kids when her husband was away on business. Ifeoma Ibeneme Nwokeoma explained that she had gone out with her kids. When they got home, as she drove into the compound and got out of the car, three armed men with cutlasses attacked them, forced them into the house and started torturing her as they forced her to produce 30 million Naira. She said each time she told them she didn't have the money, they cut her with the cutlass. She added that they also asked for her PIN and tried to make transfers from her mobile bank app. At this point, her husband felt something was wrong and sent people to the house. On hearing neighbours banging on the gate, the criminals allegedly became desperate and strangled the woman with a rope until they thought she was dead. Fortunately, the woman regained consciousness after they left and she ran to check on he...

     Photos: President Buhari signs Reviewed 2020 Appropriation Bill in State House on 10th July 2020. Speech by his Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the signing into law of the Appropriation (Repeal and Amendment) Act, 2020 Presidential Villa, Abuja. Friday, 10TH July, 2019 PROTOCOLS 1. It is my pleasure and honour to sign the Appropriation (Repeal and Amendment) Act, 2020 into law today. I thank the Distinguished Senate President, the Right Honourable Speaker of the House of Representatives, and all the Distinguished and Honourable Leaders, and Members, of the National Assembly for the prompt review and passage of the amendments to the 2020 Appropriation Act. 2. You will recall that I signed the 2020 Appropriation Act into law on Tuesday, 17th December 2019. However, it became necessary to revise the Appropriation Act 2020 in response to recent developments, in particular, the COVID-19 Pandemic. Crude oil prices in t...