A Nigerian man is facing a “significant” prison sentence after he spat blood in a police officer’s eye. Temisan Oritsejafor, 41, attacked PC Napier who was arresting him after he assaulted his neighbour. Police were called to his flat in Wyken, Coventry, on April 18 after he became abusive towards neighbour Alison Osborne. During the incident, Oritsejafor suffered a bloody nose and while he was being arrested he spat in PC Napier’s face. A court heard Oritsejafor was on bail at the time for a previous assault on a police officer. Oritsejafor admitted common assault and two charges of common…
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Paris Saint-Germain are set to be named champions of France after the Ligue 1 top flight was brought to a premature end due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This comes days after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that 2019-20 seasons would not be able to finish and that professional sport would not be returning to French life until September. Speaking at a press conference, Philippe said: “The big sporting affairs cannot occur before September. The 2019/20 football season cannot return.” The announcement left a question on how the Ligue 1 season was going to be resolved with…
THE Jigawa State has confirmed the death of one person who tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total confirmed cases in the state to nine. This was disclosed by the Chairman COVID-19 state task force Dr. Abba Zakari while briefing newsmen on Thursday, “out of 11 samples sent to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital five confirmed positive,” he said. Dr Zakari Umar explained that ” the confirmed cases are two in Dutse the state capital, one in Auyo Gwaram and Miga local government areas in the state “. According to him “the state so far has nine cases including the first…
Yobe has confirmed its index case of coronavirus. The Chairman of the Committee on Prevention and Control of COVID 19 in the State, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, who is also the Deputy Governor, announced the case is a 29-year- old who is unmarried and he lives with his parents. The patient is a staff with a new generation bank in Damaturu. The announcement of the case is coming after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) reported the case. The patient is said not to have any history of travel to any of the COVID -19 high burden state, raising fear…
Humanitarian minister, Sadiya Farouq and the National Agency for Food and Drugs Admininstration Control (NAFDAC) have both issued differing statements on how some states in the country received expired rice as Coronavirus palliatives. Recall that the expired bags of rice some states received from the federal government has led to a heated contention both offline and online in the last few days. Ms Farouq who commented on dispute the expired bags of rice ignited before now, had said that the food items were “handed over by the Nigerian Customs Service after being assessed by NAFDAC“. She said; “As you may…
President Buhari has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and the Head of Service, Folashade Mejabi Yemi-Esan, to begin the restructuring and rationalization of federal government parastatals, commissions and agencies. This directive comes after he approved the adoption of the Steve Oransaye Committee report. The Oronsaye committee was constituted during the Goodluck Jonathan administration to seek ways of cutting cost of governance in the country. After several deliberations, the committee came up with an 800-paged report, recommending the abolishment and merging of 102 government agencies and parastatals. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab…
Beyond Kaduna State, northern Nigeria, where the supposed ‘crime’ was committed, there has been an outrage over the arrest of Mubarak Bala, a man who allegedly blasphemed against Islam. Bala, the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was arrested by the police on Wednesday afternoon at his residence in Kaduna State. His arrest, many believe, was in connection to his recent outburst against Islamic Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in a Facebook post. Spokesman to Kaduna State police Mohammed Jalige in a phone conversation with our correspondent said he “can confirm to you that he has been arrested and he is…
The lungs handle the air that goes into the body through the nostrils. This is the air that is loaded with all sorts of bacteria, viruses, various types of particles, pollutants etc. To prevent diseases in the lungs and the rest of the airways, no effort should be spared in keeping them free of diseases. In cleansing and detoxifying of the lungs, water should be our first consideration when it comes to fluids and food that can help cleanse the lungs. Water is a known anti-histamine and when the body is sufficiently hydrated, histamine does not have to be released.…
Reprieve has come the way of 24 states whose financial records have been adjudged by the World Bank as transparent. Accordingly, they are sharing a $120.6 million grant (about N43.416 billion) provided by the global lender under its the Assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability Programme-for-Results. The transparency fund is not a loan, therefore, it is not to be repaid by the beneficiaries. Unfortunately, Lagos and four states in the South-South, namely Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Rivers and Bayelsa missed the mark, as it was believed they were found wanting in their fiscal transparency. Also, missing out were Ebonyi,…
In a desperate effort to offload and sell stranded barges of oil, the Federal Government, yesterday, offered oil traders huge discounts on Nigerian crude oil grades below the $10 mark, as glut and energy imbalance triggered by the coronavirus hit the oil industry. Latest prices for most of the government’s crude oil grades for sale in May, showed prices as low as $1.51 while two of Nigeria’s banner grades – Qua Iboe, and Bonny Light will sell at discounts of $3.92 and $3.95 respectively to Dated Brent next month. Without refining capacity, Nigeria lacks the space to store unwanted supplies…