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NEWS UPDATE
January 27, 2021

NANS endorses NDLEA’s proposed drug test for students
Buhari signs regulations to make use of face masks mandatory
Cross River Assembly to confirm Justice Akom Ikpeme as substantive Chief Judge Thursday
Nollywood actor, Ernest Asuzu is dead
FG flags-off cash grant for 4,000 rural women in Kaduna
Buhari raises committee to address 13 million out-of-school children challenge
Former Service Chiefs defeated Boko Haram in newspapers – CNPP
Again, FG to shut down Third Mainland Bridge Friday
Buhari, Ooni met over herdsmen crisis in Yorubaland, others —Aide
IGP orders probe of female cop sacked for getting pregnant
Slash on imported vehicles’ duties begins next week – Customs
Don’t expect new service chiefs to perform magic, Reps tell Nigerians
My burnt property is worth N50m, says Sunday Igboho
NNL To Hold Emergency Congress January 30
Atiku ’s Wife Jennifer Relocates As Ex - VP Takes Fourth Wife, New Son
300 female soldiers to tackle Kaduna-Abuja highway banditry
Nigeria in a state of emergency, Buhari tells new service chiefs
Court orders Adamawa suspected witches to heal three-year-old
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A Yola Magistrate’s Court on Monday ordered seven defendants to restore the health of a three- year - old girl whom they allegedly bewitched with a strange illness.
The Magistrate Umar Gangs- led Criminal Area Court I gave the defendants 24 hours to comply with the order.
According to reports , the matter involved a 60- year- old woman , Halima Jonta , of Dumne town , in the Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Also joined in the case were five kids, said to be between the ages of four and six.
The defendants were arrested and arraigned over allegations that they inflicted the victim with a life -threatening illness.
During the court sitting , Jonta said she and two other alleged witches had killed seven people in seven years since she joined the cult in Dumne town.
The defendants, who were apprehended in Dumne , confessed to have bewitched the child and accused one another and other relations as being responsible for initiating them into the cult.
They claimed that efforts by them to resolve the child ’s illness were abortive, adding that one Dudu , now at large , was the only person who could undo the spell .
The magistrate said the court would hold them responsible if the health condition of the child deteriorated.
He lamented that the affected minors had not reached the age that they could be sent to a remand home , let alone a custodial centre, and wondered how the children were initiated into the cult.
COVID-19: CBN supports economy with ₦8.8tr
2020 SSCE commences Feb 8 – NECO
Man buys car in Lagos with fake bank alert, escapes to Akwa Ibom
COVID-19: Spend less on vaccinations, invest more in healthcare facilities – Bill Gates tells Nigeria
Atiku takes second dose of Covid-19 vaccine
Alleged Cyber Fraud: Court admits CD as evidence in trial of “Naira Marley”
Bill Gates To Nigeria: Wait For GAVI COVID-19 Vaccines
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American Philanthropist, Bill Gates, has advised the Nigerian government against diverting its limited health fund into trying to pay a high price for COVID-19 vaccines.
Gates gave the advice on Tuesday night during a virtual press conference ahead of the launch of the 2021 Bill and Melinda Gates Annual Letters.
He said waiting for the GAVI vaccines would be the best thing for Nigeria, and investing proposed vaccine funds into other health-related areas would assist to deepen vaccine coverage and save lives.
Gavi is a global Vaccine Alliance that brings together public and private sectors, creating equal access to new and underused vaccines for children living in the world’s poorest countries.
Gavi is co-leading COVAX, the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. This involves coordinating the COVAX Facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of eventual COVID-19 vaccines.
Mr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, had said Nigeria aimed to vaccinate 70 per cent of its population to stop transmission of COVID-19.
Shuaib said about 40 per cent of the population would be vaccinated against COVID-19 in 2021, the remaining 30 per cent before the end of 2022.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, had said the Federal Government needed about N400 billion to vaccinate 70 per cent of Nigeria’s 211 million population.
“The key is that Nigeria is still eligible (for GAVI Vaccinee), and so, for a lot of those vaccines, they will come through the GAVI facility that we’ve raised money for,” Gates said................
FOREIGN NEWS...................
Wuhan residents say China silencing them as WHO visits
New Covid variants transmit more easily than previous variants ― WHO
COVID-19 has cost $28trn; time to prepare for next epidemic — Bill Gates
It’s Unknown If Vaccinated People Can Spread COVID-19 – Medicine Agency
Mali Officially Disbands Military Junta
Egypt Leads Africa In Foreign Direct Investment In 2020
Capitol riot: YouTube suspends Trump indefinitely
Biden to Ban New Fracking Leases on Federal Lands (Despite Promise Not To)
BIDEN KILLS 5K CONSTRUCTION JOBS BY CANCELING BORDER WALL, SAYS FMR CBP COMMISH
ISRAELI ARMY CHIEF: IRAN COULD BE ‘WEEKS AWAY’ FROM ATOMIC BOMB
IRAN APPROVES RUSSIAN ‘VACCINE’ AFTER CLAIMING U.S. VACCINES ARE POISON
Joe Biden Kills Office Protecting Job Rights of U.S. Graduates
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The Biden administration is eliminating an office that was recently created to protect many millions of American graduates — including Biden’s young voters — from government-fueled corporate discrimination in hiring, pay, and workplace rights.
The worker-rights office was announced January 13 by President Donald Trump’s deputies and canceled January 26 by Biden’s deputies.
Experts: Chinese Farmers Injecting Pigs with ‘Illicit Vaccines’ Fueling African Swine Fever
U.S. Treasury: Al-Qaeda ‘Gaining Strength in Afghanistan Under Taliban’s Protection
Report: China Pressuring Jack Ma to Surrender Alibaba’s Huge Trove of Consumer Data
U.S. COVID-19 cases decline, but deaths again spike to over 4,000
Biden to reopen ‘Obamacare’ markets for COVID-19 relief
Boeing posts $8.4B loss on weak demand for planes
Google Stops Donating to Republicans that Objected to 2020 Elections...............
SPORTS..................
Arsenal sign Odegaard from Real Madrid
Chelsea appoint Thomas Tuchel as coach
Lampard ‘Disappointed’ With Chelsea Exit

Enyimba beat Adamawa to go third
‘It’s Hard To See This Dream End’: Ighalo Confirms Man United Exit
Coppa Italia: Lukaku Scores As Ibrahimovic Sees Red In Milan Derby
EPL: Man City Go Top, Arsenal Gain Revenge On Southampton................
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NEWS
26th January, 2021
COVID-19: FG orders 10 million doses of vaccines, extends eased lockdown by 1 month
Nigeria records four cases of UK Covid variant
South-West govs agree to ban open grazing, says Makinde
Herders’ registration begins, NGF, Miyetti Allah back Akeredolu’s order
Disco disconnects Ex-President Shagari’s home over N6m debt
N40bn allowance: Some VCs, bursars hindering disbursement – ASUU
COVID-19 vaccine to be rolled out from March – FG................
FOREIGN NEWS.......................
Antifa Rioters Hit Tacoma In Revenge After Police SUV Careens Through Crowd on Sunday.
TRUMP ESTABLISHES ‘OFFICE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT’ IN FLORIDA
SCOTUS DISMISSES EMOLUMENTS CASES AGAINST TRUMP
President Joe Biden has issued more executive orders in his first week in office — not yet complete, as of this writing — than any of his 45 predecessors.

As of January 25, 2021, Biden has “issued 33 executive orders, actions, proclamations, memoranda and agency directives,” according to CNN. Twenty-one of these, according to the White House website, are executive orders.

President Donald Trump signed four in his first week in 2017; President Barack Obama signed five in 2009; President George W. Bush signed none in his first week in 2001; and President Bill Clinton signed one in 1993.
HOUSE SUBMITS TRUMP IMPEACHMENT ARTICLE TO SENATE; TRIAL TO BEGIN IN 2 WEEKS
Breaking ‘Unity’ Pledge, Joe Biden Backs Trump Impeachment Trial
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President Joe Biden threw aside his inaugural pledge to seek “unity,” declaring Monday evening that the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump “has to happen.”

Biden had previously been ambivalent about a trial, hinting that he opposed it, but saying he would let Congress decide.

President Joe Biden on Monday offered his most extensive comments since taking office on former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, telling CNN, “I think it has to happen.”
Joe Biden Issues Travel Ban on South Africa; Reinstates Europe, Brazil Bans
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President Joe Biden has issued a travel ban on South Africa, stopping most immigration to the United States from the country, and reinstated bans on Europe and Brazil to slow the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.

Biden, who once referred to President Trump’s travel ban on China as “hysterical xenophobic,” has issued a travel ban on South Africa as variants of the coronavirus spread in the country. Likewise, Biden has reinstated travel bans on Europe and Brazil, which Trump had ended after lobbying from the U.S. airline industry.
Joe Biden: ‘America Is Safer’ When Transgender Americans Can Serve Openly.......................
SPORTS.......................
EPL: ‘Madness’ – Michael Owen reacts to sack of Lampard as Chelsea manager
Jose: Lampard sacking shows brutality of football
FA CUP: Wycombe 1 - 4 Tottenham ..............
1,430 new cases of ;
Lagos-744
Plateau-100
Oyo-77
FCT-75
Nasarawa-74
Katsina-48
Edo-42
Kano-41
Enugu-37
Rivers-34
Ogun-33
Kwara-32
Niger-28
Ebonyi-27
Kaduna-26
Borno-12
Yobe-10
Ekiti-5
Gombe-1
112,996 confirmed
98,359 discharged
1,507 deaths...................
January 26;
National Green Juice Day
National Peanut Brittle Day
National Spouses Day
Plan for Vacation Day
International Customs Day

NEWS UPDATE
With
Utenghe Emmanuel
Date: 25th January, 2021
N40 billion earned allowances released to ASUU - Ngige,
promises to invite the leaders of SSANU, NASU and technologists for dialogue to arrest their strike.
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President Muhammadu Buhari waived the ‘no work, no pay’ Trade Act for striking university lecturers to allow peace to reign, Minister of Labour and Employment Dr. Chris Ngige, said at the weekend.

The government has released N40billion for the payment of earned academic allowances for varsity lecturers and earned allowances for non-academic staff.

Also, the government may release N30 billion revitalisation funds to varsities by the end of this month.

Of the N40 billion, about N10 billion was voted for the payment of earned allowances of members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SANU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and technologists.

Although the non-academic staff have threatened strike over the sharing formula by the National Universities Commission (NUC), the government said when a similar payment was made in 2019, they got N8 billion.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who gave the update in an exclusive chat with our correspondent, said the Federal Government has so far kept faith with the agreement between it and ASUU.
Ngige said the Federal Government has started paying the outstanding salaries of the lecturers in a “staggered system” because every 31st December of each year, all outstanding recurrent budget (including personnel salaries) is mopped up into the Treasury.

“We paid ASUU members from January to June 2020. The salary arrears outstanding were from July to December and because of mop up into the Treasury, we decided to stagger the payment.

“So far, we have paid July and August salary arrears in December, we will pay September and October with their January salaries as one tranche in January; and November/ December in February alongside their monthly salaries since they have resumed in their offices and research centres.”

The Minister also confirmed that about “N40billion has been paid as earned allowances to academic and non-academic staff in the universities.

“The non-academic staff said they disagreed with the way the National Universities Commission (NUC) shared and transmitted the earned allowances by giving 75% to academic staff (lecturers) and 25% to them.

“The NUC came up with that sharing formula based on the past threshold. This administration has even improved the benchmark for the non-academic staff because the last time we had a similar challenge, it was based on 80% for academic staff and 20% for non-academic staff.

“In 2019, the non-academic staff got N8billion as earned allowances but this time around, the government released N10billion for their allowances.”
Regarding the N30billion revitalisation funds demanded by ASUU, Ngige said: “by the end of January, the government will pay.”
Okorocha: I’ve no plans to dump APC
Alleged $85.8m debt: Access Bank asks Supreme Court to re-freeze petroleum firm’s assets, accounts
Igangan/Fulani crisis: Town presents evidence, alleges herders collected N50m ransoms, r***d 15 women
Ondo eviction begins today as S’West govs, Miyetti Allah meet
Akeredolu: Presidency reaction widens ethnic division, says Falana
Vacation order: Akeredolu, South-West govs meet Miyetti Allah Monday
DPR begins probe as Rivers gas explosion kills one
Residents lament armed robberies’ upsurge in Warri
Mob set two motorbike thieves ablaze in Makurdi
Buhari has not done anything for us other than creating enemies for herdsmen — Miyetti Allah
Cows shouldn't be roaming about in 21st century - Adamu Garba, APC chieftain
Abia: Ikpeazu recalls suspended Chief of Staff (caught spraying money on Pastor Odumeje), dissolves State Executive Council
Woman strikes husband to death with shoe heel in Delta
Ondo varsity shuts down indefinitely over students’ death caused by Dangote truck........................
FOREIGN NEWS..........................
JOE BIDEN TO MEXICO: WE’LL CUT MIGRATION BY RAISING MIGRATION
EXPERT: BIDEN ENERGY CRACKDOWN COULD Put A MILLION Out of Work
TRUMP: Growing Number of GOP Senators Oppose Impeachment Trial
Arizona GOP Censures Leaders at Odds with Trump
New Mexico Regrets Oil, Gas Suspension After Voting Biden

And It’s Only Week 1!
Biden Suspends Trump Executive Order to Lower Insulin, Epinephrine Prices
France: Third Lockdown If 6 PM Curfew Fails
Russia Accuses US Of Meddling After Arrest Of 3,500 Protesters
US COVID-19 Cases Exceed 25 Million
Alleged Drug Lord Dubbed ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ Arrested In Amsterdam
New Zealand Detects First Community COVID-19 Case In Two Months......................
SPORTS.......................
Bayern’s Neuer Sets New Bundesliga Record For Most Clean Sheets
FA Cup: Kepa under attack after Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Luton Town
Moses Simon recovers from thigh injury, returns to training
Barca secure fifth straight win; Bayern seven clear
'I'm a Gunner for life' - Ozil completes Fenerbahce move
FAC Man Utd 3 - 2 Liverpool
FAC Everton 3 - 0 Sheff Wed
FAC Brentford 1 - 3 Leicester ...............................
964 new cases of ;
Lagos-360
FCT-88
Ogun-73
Imo-72
Kaduna-67
Plateau-57
Abia-41
Osun-41
Rivers-32
Kano-26
Niger-24
Benue-23
Edo-20
Cross River-20
Akwa Ibom-8
Nasarawa-6
Zamfara-6
Ekiti-6
Jigawa-4
121,566 confirmed
97,228 discharged
1,504 deaths
discharges today includes 774 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.........................
January 25:
National Irish Coffee Day
National Opposite Day
National Bubble Wrap Day..........................
What a rush!!!

NEWS UPDATE!!!
January 22, 2021
Again, child sexual abuse rocks another Akwa Ibom school
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While the public outcry over the alleged sexual abuse of an 11-year-old boy at Deeper Life High School, Uyo , is yet to fizzle out, another Akwa Ibom school is enmeshed in a child sexual abuse case.
The latest case involves a three-year-old girl whose mum discovered, last week, her underwear was soaked with blood when she returned from school – Awin International Schools – in Ikono, about 32 kilometre from Uyo, the state capital.
The victim is in the nursery section of the school which also has sections for primary and secondary schools.
“My daughter went to school on Wednesday, 13 January, in the morning, nothing happened to her. When my daughter came back from school, I put water (in a bucket) and wanted to bathe her immediately they dropped her at my shop. I removed her knicker, I saw blood. I removed the pant, I saw blood. The pant was torn. I shouted and asked her, ‘mummy, what happened to you?’ She said it was aunty that chucked her,” the victim’s mother, Dorathy Alphonsus, told PREMIUM TIMES, Thursday afternoon, at her lawyer’s office in Uyo.
“I checked her private part, a big wound is there,” she said.
Mrs Alphonsus and her husband, Iniobong, were at the lawyer’s office to seek legal aid over their daughter’s case. They looked frightened and helpless, when a PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter met with them.
Their daughter appeared restless. She cried intermittently.
A police medical form filled by a doctor at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital confirmed the girl has been sexually abused.
From the doctor’s report, the girl told her mum that a pen was forcefully inserted into her va**na by her class teacher.
The police in Uyo arrested some of the school officials and a man, said to be the landlord to the Alphonsus, who drove the victim from school and handed her over to the mum, before it was discovered that she was sexually abused, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.
Some of the arrested persons were, however, said to have been released by the police.
The Alphonsus said they are under pressure to withdraw the case from the police.
Chris Ekpo, a civil rights lawyer Uyo, is offering free legal services to the victim and her parents.
Mr Ekpo said there was a threat to evict the family from the community where they are living in Ikono, for reporting the case to the police.
The principal of Awin International Schools declined to comment on the case when PREMIUM TIMES contacted him on phone.
“Please I am not in the position to speak (on the case), you can get to the police station and find out (what happened),” he said.
The principal later called back our reporter to say, “The head teacher is a better person for you to speak with because it happened in the nursery section, not in the secondary section.”
The police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom, Odiko MacDon, said he was not aware of the case.
It’s North-Central’s turn to produce President – Niger Assembly
2023: Kogi lawmakers solicit support for Gov Bello’s presidential ambition from Niger lawmakers
Nigeria’s telephone subscribers now 208 million – NCC
Buhari increases NPA Board tenure to 5yrs
Wike under fire over donation of N500 million for rebuilding of Sokoto mosque
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Pensioners in Rivers State are gnashing their teeth over Governor Nyesom Wike’s N500million largesse to the Sokoto State Government to douse the pain on the state and traders affected by the inferno at Sokoto Central Market.
The pensioners, who lampooned the governor, said N500million would have to a high extent met some of the demands of retired civil servants in the State.
Some retirees who spoke to newsmen at the Rivers State Secretariat Complex lamented that since the Governor assumed office in 2015, Pensioners are yet to receive their gratuities and pension arrears.
One of the retirees, Bariza Kpaen said, “How can our governor give out such an amount of money when there are so many unresolved financial issues? We want the governor to immediately settle the issues surrounding the gratuity and Pension arrears now that it is obvious that he has so much to spend.”
Afe Babalola University records scientific breakthrough on COVID-19
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The Chemo-Genomics Research Institute of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, CRIA, in collaboration with the ABUAD Multi-system Hospital, AMSH, have gained new understanding about the reasons humans are more vulnerable to infections by the new variant of COVID-19, popularly known as N501Y SARS-CoV-2 mutant.
One of the reasons provided by the bio-medical scientists and researchers, led by Dr. Olaposi Omotuyi, is that the new variant is 80 times more effective at binding to human cells and is characterized by faster human-to-human transmission, more rapid progression of symptoms and death.
Since the country is not on total lockdown, the scientists and researchers advised that people should adhere to the laid down non-pharmacologic preventive procedures.
Oil rises to $56 on US stimulus prospects...........................
FOREIGN NEWS.......................................
Biden Kills Off an Estimated 52,100 Jobs in First Day as President — During a Pandemic!
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It starts with the ending of the Keystone Pipeline.
The pipeline provides 11,000 direct construction jobs that will now be laid off, not to mention a total of 42,100 jobs throughout the US pertaining to the project.
These 11,000 construction jobs are high paying positions.
Biden also ordered the halt of the border wall construction and the 10,000 jobs associated with it. That makes 52,100 jobs in less than eight hours. And with his pledge to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, you can expect many many more.
They have to realize that there are just some jobs that aren’t worth that much money, and companies will replace them with machines when it makes more fiscal sense.
Republican congresswoman files articles of impeachment on President Joe Biden,
says "we'll see how it goes".
Twitter Being Sued for Telling Child Po*******hy Victim That Images of Him at 13 Years Old Didn’t Violate Their Terms of Service
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A 17-year-old boy asked Twitter to remove images of him when he was 13 and being exploited by predators who blackmailed him. The predator pretended to be a girl in his class and got him to send pictures of himself. Then those pictures were used to blackmail him.
He notified Twitter who refuses to remove them.
The boy is now suing Twitter, which will have to defend their right to post child po*******hy or settle out of court. If they settle, it could set off a whole slew of similar lawsuits.
RAPPER LIL WAYNE THANKS TRUMP FOR PARDON AND ‘RECOGNIZING THAT I HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO GIVE’
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Rapper Lil Wayne on Thursday thanked former President Trump for including him on the list of 100-plus pardons issued in the final hours of Trump’s presidency, thanking him for “recognizing that I have so much more to give to my family, my art, and my community.”
“I want to thank President Trump for recognizing that I have so much more to give to my family, my art, and my community. I also want to thank
for working so diligently to secure another chance for me. Love!” the five-time Grammy Award winner said in a message to his nearly 35 million Twitter followers, signing the message with his full name, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.
NETANYAHU CONGRATULATES BIDEN BUT ASKS HIM TO CONTINUE TRUMP POLICIES
U.S. Chamber to Joe: You Can Help Americans by Importing Foreign Workers
Tiffany Trump announces engagement to Nigerian-bred fiancé Michael Boulo
E.U. WILL ‘RECOGNIZE’ VACCINE PASSPORTS
DR. FAUCI: U.S. WILL REMAIN IN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION UNDER BIDEN......................
SPORTS.....................
Ligue 1: Villas-Boas under pressure after Marseille defeat
Follow Cavani’s example, Solskjaer urges Man Utd strikers
Portugal’s Paulo Sousa named new Poland coach
Aguero contracts COVID-19, goes into self-isolation
Nigeria’s Akpejiori volunteers to help Tyson Fury beat Anthony Joshua
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Nigerian heavyweight contender, Raphael Akpejiori, has told Tyson Fury to use him as his sparring partner in his (Fury) preparation for the world title fight against Anthony Joshua.
Akpejiori said his “devastating” power would make him an ideal sparring partner for Fury.
The Nigerian Akpejiori, who is set to fight Joshua Tuani in Miami on Saturday, has before now knocked out all eight of his opponents.
Fury is currently in Florida resort, where he is preparing for the fight against Anthony Joshua and Akpejiori who also trains at the resort believes he and gym-mate Christian Thun can help Fury prepare for Joshua’s concussive punches.
Josef Bican scored 821 goals not 759 – Czech football federation rejects Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal record
PREM Liverpool 0 - 1 Burnley
LIGA Eibar 1 - 2 A. Madrid...............................
1964 new cases of # COVID19Nigeria ;
Lagos-824
FCT-246
Plateau-166
Kaduna-128
Ogun-76
Nasarawa-74
Anambra-69
Edo-50
Rivers-45
Ondo-44
Niger-40
Oyo-38
Adamawa-35
Kano-31
AKWA IBOM-27
Gombe-19
Kwara-13
Ekiti-12
Delta-6
Kebbi-6
Bauchi-5
Ebonyi-4
Osun-3
Zamfara-1
116,655 confirmed
93,646 discharged
1,485 deaths
discharges today include 798 community recoveries in Lagos State and 191 community recoveries in Ondo State managed in line with guidelines................................
January 22.
National Blonde Brownie Day
Celebration of Life Day
National Sanctity of Life Day

NEWS UPDATE
January 21, 2021
FEC approves new retirement age for teachers
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The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday approved a bill extending the retirement age for teachers in Nigeria from 60 years to 65 years.
The retirement age of teachers will move from 60 years to 65 while the years of service will also move from 35 to 40 if the bill is approved by the National Assembly.
Adamu said the bill would give legal backing to new measures by the current administration to enhance the teaching profession in the country.
Maina bail request to evade arrest, flee to US – EFCC
Cooking gas price rises by 29% in two months

We look forward to working with President Biden, VP Kamala Harris — Buhar
21 million subscribers still without NINs, say telcos........................
FOREIGN NEWS
South Africa records lowest inflation in 16 years
Biden takes oath as 46th President of U.S.....................
Antifa Blocks Streets, Sets Fire in Seattle Inauguration Day Protest
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Antifa and Black Lives Matter protesters joined forces in Seattle to block traffic in the downtown area. A video shows the protesters setting a large fire in close proximity to several commuter buses.
A group of BLM and Antifa posters shut down traffic in downtown Seattle on Wednesday night following the inauguration of President Joe Biden. The KOMO video tweeted by shows multiple cars and buses stopped by the protesters as they set a large banner ablaze.
Independent journalist Brendon Gutenschwager tweeted a closer view of the group setting an American flag on fire.
The protesters shouted “No cops, no prisons, total abolition” as they marched through the downtown business district.
Gutenschwager showed the vandalism of an Amazon Go store. The video shows broken windows and many messages spraypainted on the building. The messages included “Guillotine Bezos.”
Seattle Police Department officials tweeted photos illustrating more of the damage to downtown businesses.
The Seattle Collegian tweeted video showing damage to the U.S. Court House and police officers attempting to regain control of the area.
Antifa Attacks Democrat HQ in Portland — Wants Revenge, Not Biden
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Antifa marched through the streets of Portland, Oregon, on Inauguration Day carrying a sign saying “We don’t want Biden — We want revenge!”
A video tweeted by New York Times journalist Mike Baker whose a group of Antifa protesters marching down a Portland street with a sign bearing anti-police and anti-Biden messages.
“We don’t want Biden,” one sign reads. “We want revenge!” The sign says they want revenge for “police murders, imperialist wars, and fascist massacres.”
A tweet by Portland Tribune reporter Zane Sparling shows a sign reading, “We are ungovernable.”
Another video tweeted by Townhall .com journalist Julio Rosas shows Antifa wearing black bloc and carrying umbrellas smashing the windows of the Democrat’s offices and spraypainting graffiti on the building.
JOE BIDEN REMOVES WINSTON CHURCHILL BUST, ANDREW JACKSON PAINTING FROM OVAL OFFICE
Biden Signs Stack of Executive Orders to Roll Back Trump Agenda
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President Joe Biden signed a stack of Executive Orders on Wednesday, immediately rolling back some of former President Donald Trump’s top priorities.
The president signed three executive orders in front of the press as he sat next to a stack of folders which he intended to sign afterward.
“I thought with the state of the nation today, there’s no time to waste,” Biden said, noting that he wanted to “get to work immediately.”
There were at least 15 folders stacked on Biden’s desk.
Biden signed executive orders mandating masks on federal property, ordering support for underserved communities to ensure equity and equality in health care and other areas, and an order reversing the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
The president’s press wranglers swiftly escorted the media out of the room after Biden finished his remarks, despite multiple questions from reporters.
According to the White House, Biden also signed orders revoking President Trump’s travel ban and revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
Another order ended Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the border, terminating funds for the construction of the wall and ordering a pause in construction within seven days.
He also ordered the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to “preserve and fortify” the DACA amnesty for illegal aliens brought to the United States as children.
One order directed a review of immigration enforcement policies and levels a 100-day pause on “most removals” from the country.
Another order rescinded Trump’s ban on transgender military service and rescinded his executive order excluding non-citizens from the 2020 census.
He also ordered a pause on President Trump’s “harmful” regulations that were not finalized.
Biden also extended moratoriums on evictions, foreclosures, and student loan forbearance as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
The president ignored many of the questions from the press but did respond to a question about the letter that former President Donald Trump left him in the Oval Office.
“The president wrote a very generous letter,” he said, adding that he would not discuss the details of the “private” letter until he spoke with Trump personally.
Joe Biden Includes Illegal Aliens in Census to Determine Congressional Seats.........................
SPORTS
EPL: Chelsea board issues fresh condition for Lampard to avoid sack
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The Chelsea hierarchy has informed manager Frank Lampard, that he is expected to reach the top four this season if he intends to still be in charge of the team, the UK Mirror reports.
Senior officials at Stamford Bridge want to give under-pressure Lampard time to turn the club’s fortunes around and not make a decision mid-season.
However, they are believed to be considering Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl, RB Leipzigs Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel who was just sacked at Paris Saint-Germain.
Ex-Juventus boss Max Allegri has also admitted he wants to manage in England.
Chelsea may be seen moving towards a German or German speaker if they replace Lampard, because of the makeup of the dressing room with the likes of Timo Werner, Kai Havertz and Antonio Rudiger among prominent squad members.
But Lampard is likely to be judged on whether he can get Chelsea back into the Champions League next season.
EPL
Man City 2 - 0 A Villa
Fulham 1 - 2 Man Utd

Pogba fires Man Utd back to the top..........................
1386 new cases of # COVID19Nigeria ;
Lagos-476
Rivers-163
FCT-116
Kaduna-114
Oyo-68
Plateau-62
Ogun-56
Imo-55
Osun-55
Edo-51
Anambra-50
Kwara-44
Kano-17
Ebonyi-14
Cross River-10
Delta-10
Jigawa-8
Bayelsa-6
Ekiti-6
Borno-2
Taraba-2
Zamfara-1
114,691 confirmed
92,336 discharged
1,478 deaths...................
Jan. 21: .
National Hugging Day
Squirrel Appreciation Day
Get to Know Your Customers Day
International Sweatpants Day