NCDC Confirms 203 New COVID-19 Cases As Federal Government Places Six States On Red Alert

 

 Nigeria on Sunday recorded an increase in new Covid-19 cases after 203 infections and one death were confirmed across the country. According to data from the Nigeria Centre of Disease Control, Lagos took the lead with 186 new cases. The rest of the cases were from Edo (4), Oyo (4), Rivers (4), FCT (3), and Kwara (2).

   This brings the number of cases recorded in the country to 169,532 – although 164,699 have been discharged – and a death toll of 2,127. The surge in new cases comes as the Federal Government on Saturday placed six states on red alert amid fears of a third wave triggered by the Delta variant of the virus.

Court Halts Impeachment of Zamfara Deputy Governor

   

    Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday restrained the Zamfara State House of Assembly, the Chief Judge, and others from effecting the impeachment of the state’s Deputy Governor, Mahdi Gusau.

I only whipped my wife with belt, didn’t mean to kill her – Suspect

   

A Nigerian man identified as John Christopher, who was arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly killing his wife, said he had no intention to kill her. The waste manager during an interview with The Punch revealed why he regrets his action.

What do you do for a living?

I am a private waste manager. I am a driver. I have a truck I use for refuse collection. I am not registered with the Edo State Government but I used to work under a boss who is registered. But when the residents got to know me in the business, they decided to patronise me. I am Urhobo, from Delta State, but I was born and brought up in Edo.

What is your level of education?

Man sentenced to death for killing his former employer's wife in Oyo

   

A High Court sitting in Oyo town has sentenced a 37-year-old truck driver, Adeyemi Morenikeji, to death for the murder of Mrs. Racheal Ayanwale, his boss' wife and a staff of Federal School of Surveying Oyo. 

Controversy over Air Force jet in Kaduna

   There was controversy on Sunday over the reported crash of another Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet in Kaduna State.

The Nation gathered from a source close to the Airforce that there was no casualty in the accident as the lone pilot of the fighter plane parachuted to safety. But NAF NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said the headquarters had not received any operational report of a crash of its aircraft.