WHO gives update on COVID-19 death records

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 is declining, following the spike in China after it country lifted restrictions. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, at the 15th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, said it was very pleasing to see that the downward…

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British singer Ed Sheeran wins US copyright trial

British pop phenom Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” when composing his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud,” a US jury ruled Thursday. Sheeran stood up and hugged his team after jurors ruled that he “independently” created his song, according to an AFP reporter inside the Manhattan federal courtroom. The lawsuit…

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Army rescues two more Chibok girls in Borno

The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it had rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their abduction by Boko Haram in 2014. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, made this known while briefing newsmen at the…

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Two arrested over attempted murder in Osun

The operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps has arrested two men, Nafiu Biodun, 21 and Tijani Wakili Dada, 30, for attempted murder of one Lateef Sikiru, in Apomu area of Osun State. The duo were arrested on Wednesday after a complaint was lodged at Amotekun Isokan Command and the operatives swung into action immediately and apprehended…

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FG disconnects discos from national grid over debt

Millions of electricity consumers may be plunged into darkness in the coming weeks as the Federal Government via the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Market Operator have begun a massive disconnection of debtor electricity distribution companies from the national grid. PUNCH findings showed the development followed notices of disconnection from the grid served on…

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