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Ondo PDP Reps candidate slumps die

The 2019 candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP for the House of Representatives election in Akoko Northeast/Northwest federal constituency of Ondo State, Olawale Ogunleye is dead.

He reportedly attended a social event in the Ikare Akoko area of the state and later slumped at his lkare residence over the night.

It was gathered from a family member that he was thereafter rushed to a private hospital in Ikare where he died on Thursday.

The PDP in a statement signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei said his death was shocking and devastating.

 

Covid-19 kills 11 Nigerians in 24 hours; infections surge

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that 11 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded as of August 5.

The NCDC made this known via its website on Friday morning.

The agency also reported 566 additional COVID-19 infections due to a surge in the spread of the Delta variant in the country.

According to the NCDC, 566 new infections were recorded across 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

It stated that Lagos State, the country’s epicentre, reported 283 cases while Akwa Ibom followed with 88 cases and Oyo State ranked third with 62 cases.

Rivers recorded 62 cases to rank fourth while the FCT reported 18 new infections.

Ogun State and Ekiti reported 17 and 13 Infections each, while Kwara recorded 11, even as Plateau and Zamfara reported six and three, with Kaduna and Kastina registering two cases each, respectively.

 

 

Man Docked for Allegedly Defrauding 170 People Of ₦10.7bn

The Nigerian police on Thursday arraigned a young man, Joshua Kayode, (22), before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for allegedly using a fake investment scheme to defraud 170 people to the tune of N10.7 billion.

He was arraigned before Justice Tijjani Ringim on 170 counts of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence alongside his company, Quintessential Investment Company Limited, by the men of Force Criminal Investigation Department (ForceCID) Annex, Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos.

The defendant, however, denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to all the counts.

Justice Tijjani Ringim, ordered that the defendant be remanded in the custody, till the hearing and determination of his bail application, and adjourned the matter till August 11.

 

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Aminu Yar’Adua, late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s son sent to Yola prison

A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, the son of late former President Umaru Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola.

Yar’Adua, a 36-year-old student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) Yola, was charged to court for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving on 23 June 2021.

According to the police, First Information Report (FIR) was tendered in court by the prosecutor, Insp. Zakka Musa, the accused had, while driving along Yola bye-pass on 23 June 2021, crushed six people as a result of overspeeding.

The Magistrate, Jummai Ibrahim adjourned the matter till 19 August 2021, for further mention and ordered that Aminu Yar’Adua be remanded in prison custody until then.

 

 

Lionel Messi: Barcelona Bid Farewell to The Boy Who Signed on A Napkin

When Lionel Messi won an unprecedented sixth Ballon d’Or in December last year, the speculation had already begun over his career at Barcelona after he sought to trigger an exit clause and leave as a free agent.

The 34-year-old signed his first contract with Barcelona in 2000 on a napkin when he was just 13 but his contract expired on June 30, meaning he could look once again further afield.

In truth, he has been eyeing different horizons for at least two years, however.

Barcelona, despite lifting the La Liga title, collapsed at the end of the 2018-19 season, losing a 3-0 semi-final lead, including two Messi goals, to Liverpool in the Champions League.

 

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