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COVID-19 UPDATES IN  NIGERIA NCDC releases Highlights on COVID 19 COVID-19 NIGERIA Friday 7:55 am 19 Jun 2020 Samples Tested On the 18th of June 2020, 745 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours. Till date, 18480 cases have been confirmed, 6307 cases have been discharged and 475 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory The 745 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos(280), Oyo(103), Ebonyi(72), FCT(60), Imo(46), Edo(34), Delta(33), Rivers(25), Kaduna(23), Ondo(16), Katsina(12), Kano(10), Bauchi(8), Borno(7), Kwara(5), Gombe(4), Sokoto(2), Enugu(2), Yobe(1), Osun(1), Nasarawa(1) Click here to read more NCDC ✔ @NCDCgov 745 new cases of # COVID19Nigeria ; Lagos-280 Oyo-103 Ebonyi-72 FCT-60 Imo-46 Edo-34 Delta-33 Rivers-25 Kaduna-23 Ondo-16 Katsina-12 Kano-10 Bauchi-8 Borno-7 Kwara-5 Gombe-4 Sokoto-2 Enugu-2 Yobe-1 Osun-1 Nasarawa-1 18,480 confirmed 6,307 discharged 475 d

The former Governor of Oyo State,Abiora Ajimobi Has joined his ancestorial home, after a brief complication relating to COVID 19. According to the report we got ,the said former Governor of Oyo State died at the age of 70years. The Oyo State former Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, is said to have died on Thursday at a First Cardiology Consultants in Lagos after a brief illness. Ajimobi who was appointed as the new Acting National Chairman of All progressive Congres(APC) some days  ago by the National Working Committee of the party has been confirmed died of Coronavirus complications. Before his death ,He was a  former lawmaker and Oyo State Former Governor who ruled the state for 8years felled ill after testing positive to Coronavirus and was reported to be in a critical condition before the time of his death. The deceased, who worked as ex-deputy national chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), was said to have slipped into unconsciousness over 10 days ago and that

In my almost 60 years of law practice in Nigeria, I have witnessed different types of leaders of the Nigerian Bar Association (‘NBA’). I have also been privileged to watch our profession rise and unfortunately, I have also seen its decline. However, I have always kept hope alive that a time will come, possibly in my lifetime, when the institutional shortcomings that culminated in our present situation would be redressed by the right kind of leadership at the NBA. *The emergence of Olumide Akpata as a frontline candidate for the NBA presidency suddenly brings that hope to bear*. In Olumide Akpata, I see the hope for the required reforms. In him, I see the chance for a compassionate and competent NBA leadership. In Olumide Akpata, I believe hope for redemption of our profession is not far-fetched. I have decided to pitch my tent where the future lies, and I dare say that the advent of that future is now! *To this end, I encourage all lawyers regardless of your posturing (inne

Senator shehu Sani, the former member of the Senate House, who represented Kaduna central in the Seventh Senate, a human right activist and a panafricanist has criticized the gruesome killing of people in his state and insecurity in the entire region. The information reaching us from the tweeter handle of the freedom fighter, has it that there are fress killings in kajuru Local Government Area of the State,which the one time senator representing Kaduna state, has come boldly to criticize the act and ulge the Federal and State Government for a speed action in that regard. He therefore advice the Government on this, by suggesting that to end the Banditry & Herdsmen violence,President Buhari should delegate a committee of prominent pure fulani leaders such as Prof Jubril Aminu,Bukar Abba Ibrahim,ex Gov Sule Lamido,Prof Iya Abubakar,Dr Mahmud Tukur & others;they should engage all stakeholders & end the attacks. The fresh killings in Kajuru Lg Kaduna State reflects the

Nigeria government has watched off her hands from fuel subsidy. The presidency has give market operators to decide on the he price to sell it's product,as the right to do so is no longer in the hands of the Government, following the removal of the subsidy. An in formation reaching us from the the tweeter handle the former vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubaka. According to his post on his tweeter handle,he said thus; FG finally withdraws from the fuel subsidy and price-fixing bazaar that had been rife with corruption and stalling investments. This is something patriots have been calling for and for which I was demonised. https://twitter.com/atiku/status/1268969853056098305?s=09

 A 7years old girl was allegedly defiled by their neighbours, who is also from the Same local Government with the girl's mother.   The information reaching us,have it that the  39-year-old man, identified as Charles Okoro, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl who lives in the same compound with her single mum, Benita Ibe in Aba, Abia state. While speaking with LIB, the mother of the victim stated that she returned home and noticed that her daughter was not walking well. Her  daughter later opened up on how Charles defiled her in his house and threatened to kill her if she tells anyone. ”The suspect is my neighbor. My daughter normally stays at home with her sister. If I am not around, they stay together. On May 19, I noticed that my daughter wasn’t walking well. I asked her and she said nothing. I observed that something was wrong because she started having discharge. I told her someone must have touched her for such to happen. She then told me that she cannot

Gov. Ugwuanyi’s unprecedented interventions in the State Judiciary According to a Facebook writer,who trows praises on the Governor for the silent construction of courts on going in Enugu Magistrate complex. According to okonkwo Samuel in his Facebook post said that the two complexes of eight Court Halls, each with one Open Registry for Enugu East, Enugu North and Enugu South Magisterial Districts (pictures below), all located at Enugu North Local Government Area, are presently at the stage of landscaping and furnishing. Similar complexes of eight Magisterial Court Halls and two High Court Halls with one Open Registry are nearing completion at Nsukka Judicial Division. Other Court Buildings located at Agbani, Awgu, Obollo Afor, Udi, Enugu-Ezike, Oji-River, Ikem, etc, including the first ever Enugu State Customary Court of Appeal Headquarters complex, also being constructed by the Ugwuanyi administration, are equally nearing completion. Enugu State is