Pay Us N500m, Family Demands From Gbajabiamila Over Newspaper Vendor’s Death

-Adewale Adetoyese The family of Ifeanyichukwu Okereke, a vendor who died after being shot by a security aide to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has written a letter to the Speaker, demanding N500 million. TellAfrica learnt this through a letter dated November 23, 2020, signed by the lawyer of the family, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN). Ozekhome was given the mandate to write the letter by the father of the deceased, Okorie Okereke; and the younger brother to the deceased, Destiny Okereke. The letter read in part,…

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COVID-19: 125 New Cases With No Death Recorded In Nigeria

The total number of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria rose to 57,849 after 125 new cases were recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night. There are 7,500 active cases in Nigeria while 49,098 persons have recovered and have been discharged across the 36 states and federal capital, Abuja. Till date, 1,102 COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. No death was recorded on Thursday.These were contained in an update by the country’s infectious. About 10 per cent of…

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Ooni Calls Jimoh Aliu Hero Of Yoruba Culture, Says His Death Is A Blow To Nigerian Theatre Industry

-Olafare Moses ‘Yera The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has described the death of the veteran nollywood giant, Pa Jimoh Aliu as a passage of one of Yoruba’s greatest heroes of culture and traditions, saying his death has dealt a blow to the theatre and film industry in Nigeria. Ooni Ogunwusi, the Spiritual leader of the Oodua race worldwide in a statement by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare, described the late actor, producer and entertainer as a unique…

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COVID-19: 132 Cases, 1 death Recorded In Nigeria On Monday Night

According to reports from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night, one of the lowest coronavirus infection toll in nearly six months with 132 new cases and one death, was recorded. The tally is however higher than the 79 cases reported on Sunday night. This implies that there were 53 more cases than the figure recorded on Sunday. The new cases have now taken the total number of infections in the country to 56, 388. There are still almost 11, 000 active cases while about 44, 337…

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31 Yr-Old Woman Struck A Final Pose To Death As She Falls Into A Dam

Final pose! 31-year-old woman dies after falling into dam while posing for photos. A woman slipped into a dam while posing for photos at a lovers’ picnic at Chepkiit Waterfalls in Nandi County. Our correspondent S’Teller learnt that the 31-year-old Dorcas Jepkemoi Chumba was swept away by raging waters on Sunday afternoon while her partner, Benjamin Kazungu, was using her phone to take pictures of her. Ms Chumba’s family, which hails from Kapchorwa village in Keiyo South, has been camping at the falls since Sunday with the hope of retrieving…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 216 Infections On Wednesday

Accoording to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday, Nigeria recorded 216 COVID-19 cases. The figure implies that Nigeria is yet to record more than 300 cases in a day for two weeks. The tally of about 1,822 cases last week was also the lowest in the past three months in the country. This brings the total number of infections in Nigeria to 54,463. The latest figures were announced by the NCDC on Wednesday night via their verified social media handles. The new cases were reported in the following…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 1002 Fatalities As 5 Deaths Were Reported On Sunday

A thousand people have died from COVID-19 complications in Nigeria, the Health authority have recorded. Five deaths were also recorded on Sunday, taking the total fatalities in Nigeria to 1002. Despite the toll of over a thousand deaths from COVID-19 complications, only 10 of the 36 states in Nigeria have teams of trained staff for handling COVID-19 burials, a report found. Nigeria total coronavirus cases surpassed 52,000 on Sunday after 322 new infections were reported. This was disclosed by the NCDC, the agency heading Nigeria’s national response to the COVID-19…

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COVID-19: 340 New Cases, 4 Deaths Recorded In Nigeria On Friday

340 new coronavirus infections were recorfed in Nigeria on Friday. This brings the total number of infections in the country to 51, 304. Four COVID-19 related deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 996, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. According to the NCDC, a total of 37,885 infected persons have recovered and have been discharged after treatment in the country’s 36 states and federal capital, Abuja. However, there are over 12, 000 active cases across the country.…

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COVID-19: Death Toll Nearly A Thousand Since Pandemic

The number of covid 19 related deaths thus far in Nigeria almost a thousand on Thursday after seven people were reported dead as a result of the virus in the last 24 hours. Thursdays’ death tally took the total number of fatalities in Nigeria 992. The government of Nigeria has issued a warning to citizens to take preventive measures against the coronavirus as the country’s death toll nears 1,000. “Figures show that Nigeria is sadly approaching the symbolic 1,000 number of fatalities, a grim reality that should be a wakeup…

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COVID-19 Ireland Update: Nphet May Again Recommend A Full Lockdown If Cases Increase

The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) on Monday did not recommend a full lockdown in its advice to Government. Facts have however emerged that senior sources told The Irish Times that the question of a full lockdown will resurface if the number of new cases continues to increase. “NPHET are certainly making it clear that if this [the measures announced earlier this week] doesn’t work, it’s back to lockdown,” said a source close to Government. Two further deaths and 54 additional Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Ireland yesterday. The…

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