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•Limits guests at conferences, weddings, others to 50 •Warns against non-essential travels •Public workers on GL.12 and below to stay at home •Lagos, Kaduna, FCT account for 70% of cases The federal government yesterday rolled out measures to combat the resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the curbs, the federal government issued an advisory to all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to close all bars, night clubs, restaurants, event centres and recreational centres for the next five weeks. It also restricted public gatherings such as conferences, social events such as weddings and…

The Igo Aguma-led All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has suspended the Transport Minister and former Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi, from the party. The development has deepened the crisis in the state APC as both camps strived to gain control of the APC ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Amaechi’s group of the party had at the weekend declared the suspensions of Senator Magnus Abe, Igo Aguma, Livingstone Wechie, Wogu Boms and all caretaker committee leaders inaugurated by Aguma. Aguma in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Livingstone Wechie, also said the APC had written…

Some events witnessed in the country in the past few months suggest that public accountability in Nigeria can draw parallel to the protests in US and elsewhere with the slogan “black life matters”. But in our case, the slogan should be “public accountability’s life matters”. This is because public accountability has long been and continues to be treated as if it should not exist in our public sector, meaning its life does not matter. By the way, I ask whether anybody cares about the existence of public accountability in our public sector. In a layman’s language, Scapens in 1985 defined…

Manchester City’s strikers will have to rediscover their scoring touch because reinforcements will not be signed in January, manager Pep Guardiola has said. Guardiola explained that even with the backing of their Abu Dhabi owners, City were subject to the same financial pressures as their rivals due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. City has scored only twice in their last three league games but hope to welcome back Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus for Tuesday’s League Cup quarter-final with Arsenal. However, the League Cup holders’ record goalscorer Argentinian Sergio Aguero is sidelined by an undisclosed issue having had knee…

Because there’s absolutely nothing inspiring about the most popular Buhari that I know, I can’t name my son Buhari. Buhari bawo? Naming my son Buhari would be an unforgivable sin against the infant. But, can you, my reader, name your own son Buhari? Why, if yes, and why not, if no? Naming my son Buhari would tantamount to yanking off the shawl of innocence enshrouding my newborn, dipping it in the mud and raising the bemired shawl up like Boko Haram would raise the severed head of an innocent victim up on a dripping pole. I won’t name my son Buhari…

Under-pressure Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says the only way the struggling Gunners are going to turn their season around is if his players show they are fighters and not victims. The Spaniard is favourite to be the next Premier League manager to be fired as the warm glow of FA Cup success last season has evaporated fast. Arsenal is 15th in the table and without a Premier League win since November 1. They have accrued just two points in the last seven games and are only four points above the relegation zone. The only respite for Arteta — who has…

Egyptian Mohamed Salah shot to the top of the Premier League Golden Boot race by bagging a brace at the weekend as Liverpool demolished Crystal Palace 7-0. The 28-year-old sharpshooter has averaged a goal a game since the league season kicked off, netting 13 times in 13 outings for the defending champions. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and Jamie Vardy (Leicester) are hot on the heels of Salah with 11 goals each. Here, AFP Sport rounds up the performances of African stars in the major European leagues. ENGLAND SADIO MANE, MOHAMED SALAH (Liverpool) Mane and Salah shone as Liverpool…

The Senate on Monday passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N13.5 trillion. This followed the adoption of the report of Senate Committee on Appropriations at plenary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Oct. 8, presented the 2021 budget of N13.08 trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly for approval. [GuardianNG]

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 501 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that Since the beginning of the outbreak in February, more than 874,617 samples have been tested by NCDC, out of which 78,434 were positive. The agency said that the country sadly recorded three additional deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the overall total in the nation since the start of the pandemic to 1,221. The NCDC also disclosed that 519 patients…

The Kaduna State Government has directed all workers below Grade Level 14 to work from home as from Monday, Dec. 12 to prevent spread of Coronavirus COVID-19. This is contained in a statement by Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser on Media and Communication to Gov. Nasir El-Rufai on Sunday in Kaduna. Adekeye said however, that the workers can be summoned to the office by their supervisors who may require their presence in the office. He said that El-Rufai has signed and authorised new regulations to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state with effect from Monday. ‘’It is mandatory…