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      443 new cases of   # COVID19Nigeria ; Plateau-103 Lagos-70 FCT-60 Ondo-35 Edo-27 Rivers-27 Kaduna-20 Osun-19 Borno-18 Oyo-18 Kwara-11 Adamawa-9 Nasarawa-7 Gombe-6 Bayelsa-4 Imo-4 Bauchi-2 Ogun-2 Kano-1 45,687 confirmed 32,637 discharged 936 deaths. One more photo below.

      •Governor Takes Project Tour To Badagry, To Commission 105-Bed Maternity Hospital Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has beamed a special focus on Badagry, one of the five traditional divisions of the State whose mainstay is agriculture and fishing. The Governor’s pilot agriculture scheme - Lagos Food Production Park - is to take off in Badagry, prompting Sanwo-Olu’s six-hour visit to the town on Friday. The Governor took a tour of a 279-hectare Avia-Igborosun Organic Farm, which was acquired by the State Government in 2012 for commercial agricultural project. He said the Government was ready to revive the abandoned farmland for the take-off of the State’s Food Production Park project. The Governor disclosed that the State would be engaging private sector to secure an investment into the project, which, when completed, he said, would create thousands of direct jobs and improve the wellbeing of the residents. Sanwo-Olu said: “I have been fully ...

      Gallant troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralized armed bandits who infiltrated Dogon Ruwa, Ungwar Bera and Zamfarawan villages in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State on 6 August 2020. Many rustled cattle were also recovered. Details later.More photos below.

       The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has tasked newly graduated personnel of specialized sundry courses at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna to be innovative, focused and bring the skills acquired during their training to bear in the discharge of their technical duties in support of air operations. The CAS stated this today, 7 August 2020, at the graduation ceremony of 123 personnel of sundry courses at AFIT. The graduates have successfully completed intermediate courses in Aircraft Maintenance, Aerospace Ground Equipment, Automech as well as Logistics and Supply Chain Management after 6 months of intensive training. It will be recalled that the CAS was in AFIT on 7 July 2020 to graduate 82 personnel who completed the Intermediate and Advanced Communication and Information Systems specialists courses. The CAS, who is also the Chairman of the AFIT Governing Council, was represented by the Chief of Policy and Plan...

      Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin on Thursday, August 7, 2020 convicted and sentenced the duo of Akinola Opeyemi and Owolabi Olajide to three months of community service for internet fraud. They are to sweep the Physics Department of the University of Ilorin and the premises of Saint Anthony Secondary School, Ilorin for three months or pay N50,000 option of fine each. The convicts were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office on separate one-count charge of cheating and impersonation to which they pleaded guilty. An operative of the Commission, Olarewaju Lamidi, who reviewed the fact of the case disclosed that trouble started for the convicts when in March 2020, the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Commission placed some areas of the city on surveillance, following intelligence on the activities of internet fraudsters in the municipality, and arrested the defendants and others as a result. Analysis o...

      This post is in circulation on   Facebook with above caption. It really got our attention because we knew what it takes to appreciative especially when you have a ton of excuse not to. This lady here according to the story was a youth corper who probably came into relationship with a good landlady. She was motivated into this Hawking business because the landlady was apparently good to her and she thought the best way to payback is by helping her through her business. Well she thought right. Why I decided to write on this article is simply because we are in the generation of ungratefulness who would always resolve to critics. You give them money they will tell you that it is too small without considering the fact that you don't owe them neither are you obligated to their well being. I once read a story of a girl who criticized a man during the Pandemic lockdown simply because the man gave her 10k as palliative. Girls this days will throw money at you...

      TO ALL PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS WORKING IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LAGOS, AND THE LAY FAITHFUL Dear Msgri. /Frs., Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, UPDATED SAFETY GUIDELINES AS WE BEGIN PUBLIC MASSES AGAIN Since the 22nd of March, 2020, we have suspended the celebration of public Masses in our Archdiocese in line with the need to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. We as a People of God: Clergy, Religious and Lay faithful, have supported the State Government in her efforts to curb the spread of this virus. We have complied with the Covid-19 safety measures put in place by the State Government and the NCDC. The past four months have been a period of spiritual, emotional and material difficulty for us but we never doubted the presence of the Lord with us in the midst of the storm. He was by our side guiding us through the most challenging times and now we are set to resume public Masses even if with some restrictions. So, we thank the Lord and commend the People o...

      *Suspect admitted his offence and blames it on peer group influence* On the 4/8/2020 following a tip off ,Police detectives attached to B' Division Awka arrested one Obimeze Maduabuchi Augustine 'm' aged 21years of Ofianta Village Nsugbe in Anambra East LGA but resides at Ejeagwu Estate Awka. 2. Suspect allegedly had carnal knowledge against the order of nature with two Small boys of 5 and 7 years on different occasions. 3. Suspect has equally made a voluntary confessional statement to the police and blamed his act on peer group influence. 4. Meanwhile,scene of crime was visited by Police detectives and the two victims ,all boys were taken to the hospital for medical examination. 5. Consequently,the Commissioner of Police *CP John B. Abang,fdc* has ordered for immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal investigation Department(CID)for discreet investigation after which suspect would be charged to Court for prosecution,please. *SP Haruna M...

     Sequel to the announcement on the re-opening of worship centres in Lagos State by Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, the Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a Monitoring and Compliance Committee on COVID-19 Protocols for Worship Centres in Lagos State. Speaking at the Committee meeting on Thursday, the Honourable Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Olanrewaju Elegushi expressed the State Gove rnment's satisfaction with the readiness of Religious Leaders, the Ministry and the Lagos State Safety Commission to observe the criteria on protocols for the re-opening of worship centres in the State. He noted that the partial re-opening of Churches and Mosques is a pilot scheme that is predicated on the strict observance of protocols of monitoring, compliance and enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines by worship centres, adding that the monitoring of religious houses is a special project that must be approached with diligence and care to ensure compliance. ...

     OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT *Adds: “Govt cannot do it alone, public-private sector collaboration crucial As the Federal Government consolidates efforts designed to ward off a deep recession and effect significant changes in the economy, opportunities abound across different sectors in the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) for the private sector to lead the charge for Nigeria’s economic growth and development, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo made the call on Friday at the virtual edition of the Presidential Policy Dialogue of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). The Vice President said the ESP which is now being implemented by the Buhari administration is driven by the desire “to adapt to the challenges and make required changes in order to come out stronger than before”. According to him, “I take this opportunity to encourage the private sector to be proactive in leading the charge against recession and povert...

      President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja assented to the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, 2020 recently passed by the National Assembly. The President’s action on this important piece of legislation, therefore, repealed and replaced the extant Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990, introducing after 30 years, several corporate legal innovations geared toward enhancing ease of doing business in the country. Such innovations include: a. Filing fee reductions and other reforms to make it easier and cheaper for small and medium-sized enterprises to register and reform their businesses in Nigeria; b. Allowing corporate promoters of companies to establish private companies with a single member or shareholder, and creating limited liability partnerships and limited partnerships to give investors and business people alternative forms of carrying out their business in an efficient and flexible way; c. Innovating processes and procedures to ease the operation...

     President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja received the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, urging party leaders and campaign team to do all that is necessary, following legal and constitutional means, to win the election. President Buhari received the governorship candidate at the State House alongside Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni; Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, and APC Campaign Chairman for Edo State elections and Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The President charged the party leaders to avoid the pitfalls that affected the party’s victory in Rivers, Zamfara and Bayelsa States in the 2019 elections, pointing out that with the resolution of the “acute crisis’’ in the party in Edo State, he was optimistic that the party will regain its pride of place in winning elections...