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Cristiano Ronaldo finally tests negative for Coronavirus
Juventus striker, Cristiano Ronaldo has finally tested negative for Coronavirus after three positive tests. Recall the Portuguese international, 35, first tested positive while on international duty with Portugal on October 13. He returned another positive result last week and was made to take another test earlier this week, which also returned positive. On Friday, the Serie A side announced that Ronaldo has now tested negative in a statement on their official website. “Cristiano Ronaldo carried out a check with a diagnostic test (swab) for Covid-19,” the statement read. “The exam provided a negative result. The player has, therefore, recovered after…
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‘Donald Trump is 91% certain to win US election’ – Pollster who has correctly predicted elections since 1996
One of the most accurate pollsters in US political history has stated that incumbent US president Donald Trump has a 91% chance of holding on to the White House even though most polls put his rival, Joe Biden ahead. Pollster Helmut Norpoth correctly predicted Donald Trump’s shock election win back in 2016 and four years later his poll model predicts the Trump will win again. Norpoth, a professor of political science at New York’s Stony Brook University, created his prediction model in 1996 by analysing data from every US election going back to 1912. The model is based around each…
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We are ready to show Lekki shootings footage – LCC
The Management of the Lekki Concession Company has disclosed that it is ready to show the footage of Lekki toll gate shooting. The agency’s Head of Legal Department, Mr Gbolahan Agboluwaje said this when he appeared before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS and related abuses and Other Matters on Friday October 30. He disclosed that there are hours of recordings on the CCTV footage but no investigative report or document is available. He said; “LCC is prepared to air the footage before the panel but no investigative report or document is available.…
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EndSARS: “We are all already cursed in Nigeria” – Aisha Yesufu says as fellow Muslims curse her
Human Rights activist and Co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign BBOG, Aisha Yesufu has lamented that fellow Muslims rain curses on her in the mosque. In a tweet shared via her twitter handle she said these resentments are due to her involvement in the widespread End SARS protests. According to her, she didn’t receive such ill treatments when she made same demands during the era of former president Goodluck Jonathan. She further concluded that Nigerians are all cursed. “Heard I am being cursed in mosques! People finish praying and take time out to curse me in their prayers.…
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“I felt I was going to die” – British-Nigerian who witnessed the Lekki toll gate shootings narrates experience
Ephraim, a British-Nigerian activist, who said he was at the Lekki toll gate during the shootings on 20-10-2020, has narrated his experience. Ephraim who grew up in London and returned to Nigeria to start a business took part in the End SARS protests and was at the Lekki toll gate when the military opened fire on peaceful protesters on the 20th of October, 2020. Speaking to BBC he said “After seeing bodies being throwing into the truck, I felt I was going to die there.” According to him children were also shot at the Lekki toll gate. He alleged that…
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Worst Policeman better than the best Criminal – Kwara Governor, Abdulrazaq
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq says the worst policeman is better than the best criminal, he said this calling for the support of security operatives while receiving the three Senators representing Kwara state at the National Assembly who paid him a visit over the destruction of properties in the state, channels TV reports. Abdulrazaq who stressed that the majority of the officers are patriots who are equally committed to a greater Nigeria, insisted that the events of the past few weeks especially the #EndSARS protest should not be framed in a way that might leave officers and men of the…
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Edo prisoner kills neighbour who testified against him in court hours after jailbreak
One of the inmates who escaped from prisons Oko and Benin prisons in Edo state has killed his neighbour who had testified against him assured in court but has been rearrested. This was disclosed by the Edo state Commissioner, who revealed that the inmates who escaped, immediately returned to crime and were re-arrested by the police. “We have commenced actions against the criminal elements. It will interest you to know that 10 of the criminal elements who escaped from Oko Correctional Centre on Airport Road, Benin and the Correctional Centre on Sapele Road, Benin were also arrested,” he said “One…
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Miyetti Allah to Igbos: we will continue to promote peace in our host Communities
Members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in the Southeast have restated its resolve to always promote peace with their hosts. Their Chairman in the region Alhaji Gidado Siddiki speaking on Thursday in Awka, the Anambra State capital as part of his message to the Igbos in celebration of the Eid-el-Maulud (the birth of Prophet Mohammed), said members remain committed to delivering on their promise of peace and unity. According to him, “under my watch in the South east, Miyetti Allah will continue to promote the peace among the herders and their host communities”. “We remain…
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Ikpeazu gives automatic employment to two NYSC members
Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Thursday gave automatic employment to two out of five 2019 Batch ‘B’ and ‘C’ corps members, who distinguished themselves during the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme. The corps members: Nyah Patrick S, Ogunlere Oluwetobi Mathew, Adeola Oluwagbemileke Samuel, Sebe Godspower Oghenemaroh and Babatunde Dolapo received state honours award and cash prizes for their outstanding performance and execution of some life touching personal community development projects. Governor Ikpeazu who presented the awards to the corps members, congratulated them for achieving the feat despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that they exhibited the…
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Lootings: Most Nigerian Youths on Social media are high on drugs – Lawmaker, Alli Macaulay
Lagos state Lawmaker, Mojisola Alli Macaulay has said most Nigerian youths on Social media are high on drugs all the time. Speaking during a plenary at the Lagos State House of Assembly on the looting and pandemonium, in the wake of the End SARS protest that was hijacked by hoodlums, Mojisola warned that the National Orientation Agency (NOA) needs to help change the attitude of the youths adding that unemployment is not an excuse for looting. “The National Orientation Agency needs to get to work. We need to begin to orientate our young people. They need people who can talk…
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WTO: Trump wrong for rejecting Okonjo-Iweala – Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has condemned the move by the United States President, Donald Trump to oppose the appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO). Recall that Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday won the popular vote by a wide margin, with the expectation of an announcement after a World Trade Organization meeting in Geneva. She was reported to have won the support of 104 of all 164 member countries of the WTO, many of which were from Africa and Europe, but was opposed by the United states. Reacting in a post on his Twitter page,…
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Looters not necessarily hungry, just greed and criminality – Femi Adesina
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says the looting of warehouses and shops by hoodlums were not necessarily caused by hunger or poverty but an act of greed and criminality. Adesina disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. He expressed disagreement with the idea that the pandemonium which accompanied the #EndSARS protests is a true reflection of the people’s hunger and anger, according to him there is no excuse for robbery. “I wouldn’t agree completely with that (that the looters are hungry) because criminality is criminality, would you justify…
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