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By Seun Bisuga So one renegade reporter began spewing some lies about the Vice President last week but what Nigerians know about the impeccable integrity and unquestionable character of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is not a new subject of public discourse. On July 3, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari said some flattering words about his deputy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. It is not the first time he has showered praises on Prof. Osinbajo or lauded him for his integrity on the job. The latest offering of commendation came following the declaration of Nigeria as polio-free by the World Health Organisation. “This is…

Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the first ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria Air Force has died aged 23. Arotile died on 14 July 2020 as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base Kaduna, northern Nigeria. Her death came barely a year after she was winged as a combat helicopter pilot in the Air Force following the completion of her course in South Africa. Confirming the accident, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said until her death, ‪Flying Officer Arotile, who was commissioned into the…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that in spite of the despair that came with the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant consequences, Nigeria has decided to seize the opportunity to reset the economy amidst worldwide economic challenges. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at a webinar organised by the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, CWEIC, with its focus on Nigeria. According to the Vice President, “it seemed the sun was beginning to shine quite brightly after the years of recession and its immediate aftermath. Then came COVID-19 possibly the worst economic crisis the world has seen. “For us…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 463 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Tuesday. The 463 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 33616. The NCDC also announced the discharge of 121 patients from isolation centers across the country with 10 new deaths reported. Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 128 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 12583. Nigeria announces 595 new coronavirus cases Kwara state recorded 92…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has fired 850 workers, many of them from refineries, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, an oil union said on Tuesday. The workers are both skilled and unskilled contractors, including technicians who helped maintain Nigeria’s oil refineries, said Lumumba Okugbawa, general secretary of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), speaking on the phone. The NNPC did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Layoffs in Nigeria’s oil sector are a tense issue, with frequent stand-offs between the NNPC and unions. NNPC reshuffles top management Nigeria is dependent on crude sales to…

The limbless, headless torso of the chief executive of Gokada, Fahim Saleh, was found inside his Manhattan condo Tuesday afternoon — an electric saw lying next to the remains, police said. Police made the diabolic discovery in a building on E. Houston St. at Suffolk St. on the Lower East side about 3:30 p.m. Police found contractor bags near the torso, sources said, but didn’t immediately open them to see if the body parts were inside. An NYPD official said investigators believe the victim is tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, 33, a millionaire tech entrepreneur who bought the condo for $2.25…

Actress Naya Rivera died of accidental drowning, officials in California have said after a post-mortem examination. “The cause of death is drowning, and the manner of death is accident,” the Ventura County’s Medical Examiner said. The 33-year-old, best known for playing cheerleader Santana Lopez in Glee, went missing during last Wednesday’s boat trip with her son at Lake Piru. After a long search, divers found her body on Monday, prompting an outpouring of love and sympathy from her co-stars. Rivera was first reported missing last Wednesday, after she had rented a pontoon boat with her four-year-old son at Lake Piru, north-west…

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and ex-girlfriend of the late US convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been denied bail in a high-profile sex case. At a hearing via video link, a New York judge said she would remain in custody while awaiting trial on charges of trafficking minors for Epstein. Ms Maxwell, who pleaded not guilty, will go on trial in July 2021. Her lawyers had said she was at risk of contracting coronavirus in prison. Epstein died in prison on 10 August 2019 as he awaited his trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was determined to be…

US President Donald Trump’s government has dropped its plans to deport international students whose courses move fully online because of the coronavirus pandemic. The U-turn comes just one week after the policy announcement. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University sued the government over the plan. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Massachusetts says the parties have come to a settlement. The agreement reinstates a policy implemented in March, amid the virus outbreak, which allows international students to attend their classes virtually if necessary and remain legally in the country on student visas, according to the New York Times.…

·11 others receiving medical attention ·IGP dispatches medical team to Kaduna, orders immediate payment of burial expenses and benefits The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu has condoled the families of the seven police officers attached to the Special Forces Unit of the Nigeria Police Force who died in a ghastly motor accident on 12 July, 2020 on their way to Katsina State. The unfortunate incident, which involved an 18-seater Toyota Hummer Bus conveying eighteen personnel of the Unit, occurred at Jaji town along Kaduna-Zaria Road. The deceased were part of an additional deployment made recently by the Force to…