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The NIGERIA CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL {NCDC}  on Tuesday, July 7, announced that there are 503 confirmed new cases of coronavirus in the country. A breakdown of the new cases across different states in the country is as follows: Lagos-153, Ondo-76, Edo-54, FCT-41, Enugu-37, Rivers-30, Benue-24, Osun-20, Kaduna-15, Kwara-13, Abia-9, Borno-8, Plateau-6, Taraba-5, Ogun-3, Kano-3, Kebbi-2, Nasarawa-2, Bayelsa-1,Gombe-1. There are now 29,879 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country and 669 deaths have been recorded. 12,108 patients who recovered have also been discharged.  WAEC releases guidelines for 2020 WASSCE The  West African Examination Council (WAEC)  has released guidelines for the conduct of the 2020  West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) . The Minister of State for Education,  Emeka Nwajiuba , had on Monday at a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja announced that the 2020 WASSCE would hold between August 4 and September 5, 2020.

Nigeria is set to take delivery of the ventilators promised by American President,  Donald Trump  by the middle of June. However, the delivery time could still be affected by production and shipping times,  Naija News  understands. It would be recalled that the American President had on April 28 during a phone  conversation  with his Nigerian counterpart,  Muhammadu Buhari  promised to send 250 ventilators to Nigeria to support the fight against COVID-19. However, Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed  while speaking  at the presidential task force briefing on the 28th of May, said the ventilators are yet to arrive in Nigeria. According to him, there is no specific date for the arrival of the medical items, and that the information will be made public once the ventilators are received. But the US Embassy in Nigeria on Monday confirmed that the ventilators are expected to arrive by the middle of June. The mission gave the date in response to inquiries by The PUNCH on the time

Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and philanthropist, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called for adequate protection of women against defilement and other forms of violence. Former Vice President and presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has joined the host of other concerned Nigerians to condemn sexual violations of the female gender. The Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and philanthropist called for adequate protection of women against defilement and other forms of violence. Naija News  understands that Atiku made the submission while reacting to the recent killing of a 100-level Microbiology student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, who was reportedly ganged raped and mutilated by yet to be identified faces. It could be recalled that Uwaila V     era Omozuwa  was reportedly raped while studying inside a Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, in Benin, the capital city of Edo State. Condemning the incident and other violence act on the female gend

Governor Aminu Masari has announced that his government has pulled out of the peace agreement they reached with bandits who have been killing and destroying properties owned by innocent residents of Katsina state.    Though the Katsina State Governor said the peace agreement his administration reached with bandits in 2016 yielded positive results, he however added that the gunmen betrayed it and have since been carrying out coordinated attacks with their accomplices from Zamfara, Kaduna and Niger Republic across the state.   Masari told BBC Hausa;    “The armed bandits have betrayed our trust in them, following a peace agreement earlier negotiated with them, in our quest to find a lasting peace in the state.  “We chose peace dialogue for peaceful coexistence in the state and we have done our best; yet, the attacks continue.  “As a result of the peace agreement, the government banned vigilante groups and identified cattle routes and facilitated free movements of bandits to convey their

The wife of former Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who was charged with the murder of her husband’s first wife, returned to prison on Wednesday after the court annulled her judicial review.    Maesaiah Thabane, 43, was charged back in February for her involvement in the 2017 murder of Lipolelo Thabane, the first wife of Thomas Thabane. She spent one night in jail before a High Court freed her on a 1,000 maloti ($57) bail.   Lipolelo was shot by gunmen shortly before her estranged husband's inauguration as the Prime Minister and weeks before he married Maesaiah in 2017.    The former couple were separated and had been pursuing a divorce before her death.   Last week Friday, the Lesotho Court of Appeal overturned the controversial judicial supervision measures she had enjoyed after she was granted bail in the case.    After the ruling, the police could not immediately arrest her because she was in South Africa with her husband who had travelled to the neighboring country for t

During the Task Force briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of State for Education,  Emeka Nwajiuba , said that the Federal Government is considering sectionalising classes for primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in the country ahead of the reopening of schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. He also debunked reports that schools are set to reopen on June 8. The minister said: The material that the Chairman of the PTF spoke about, which is an announcement purportedly from him that we are reopening all schools on the 8th did not emanate from us. That is not true. Until we are sure that these children can go to school, return safely and not bring home with them, this COVID material, and infect people who are more susceptible to the disease than they are, then we are running a huge risk and god forbid that in our hurry, something happens to our children, I’m not sure how anybody will be able to retrieve what would have been lost. So we are not taking that risk yet. We are

  Vera Uwaila Omozuwa , a 100-level student of the  University of Benin (UNIBEN)  was reading in a Church on wednessday ,may 27,  when she was allegedly attacked by group of men. According to  Punch , the studious student was raped and beaten, and attacked with a fire extinguisher. Nigerians have been calling for #JusticeForUwa, and now, the Edo State Governor,  Godwin Obeseki , is revealing that he too wants justice for her. He revealed on his Twitter that he’s ordered the police to investigate Uwa’s death. He wrote: I have ordered the Nigeria Police Force ( @PoliceNG ) to thoroughly investigate the circumstances that led to the death of Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100-level student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN).  #JusticeForUwa The  @PoliceNG  has been mandated to identify, arrest and prosecute anyone found culpable in her death. The Violence Against Persons (VAP) Law is in effect in our state.  #JusticeForUwa Using this law, we would ensure to investigate what exactly transpir

So much of it is heartbreaking: that the man had the temerity to do this in public; that his temerity was justified after the girl’s complaints were ignored by other passengers; the neglect of our security agencies. All of it, heartbreaking. Here’s the full story: two videos were shared in a Twitter thread by @DainelfaithArts showing a sister of his get harassed in broad daylight by a man. She reported to the people she was in the cab with, but they ignored, told her she was overreacting. After that she made a video and reported to soldiers at a checkpoint on the road. And what happened? The molester spoke Hausa to the soldiers, then told the girl to remain quiet or he’d have her detained. How can you continually harass a girl and ask her to remain quiet or you’ll have her detained? See the videos and read the story for yourself: The rough hair guy @DanielFaithArts 1. This happened to a sister of mine today in a public transport, this man molested her all the way from Abuja to Akure, s