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Fola Ojo I heard this truth from a Caribbean comedian about the joke of democracy. A nine-year-old boy asked his father: “Daddy what is politics”? Father responded: “Let me put it this simple way to you. I have to provide for you. So, I am the CAPITALIST. You are the PEOPLE. Your mother who keeps the family money is the GOVERNMENT. The babysitter who watches you and your brother is the WORKING CLASS; and your baby brother is the FUTURE.” The boy was confused and went to sleep. While he dozed off, he heard the baby brother crying and he…

California health officials on Friday confirmed a second suspected US case of the new coronavirus transmitted to a person who did not travel overseas or come in contact with anyone known to be ill, prompting fears of a possible outbreak in the country. “This new case indicates that there is evidence of community transmission but the extent is still not clear,” said Sara Cody, director of public health for Santa Clara County, the heart of Silicon Valley where tech giants like Apple and Google are based. “What we know now is that the virus is here, present at some level,…

• FG Assures Adequate Facilities To Handle Cases • Says First Case Not Caused By Screening Failure At Airport • FAAN Urges Passengers Not To Entertain Fear During Simulation Exercise • Says No Ban On International Flights, Travels • Virologist Charges FG To Identify, Quarantine Passengers On Plane With Italian • Facebook To Pull Down Misleading Reports On Its Platforms Following the confirmation of the first case of Coronavirus in the country late Thursday/early yesterday, the Federal Government has appealled to Nigerians not to panic, assuring that it is well-equipped to detect and handle any possible case or cases of the…

Former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has dedicated his first goal for Manchester United against Club Brugge to her late sister, Mary Atole, in the UEFA Europa League second leg encounter. Ighalo, who is on a loan spell to Old Trafford from China’s Shanghai Shenhua last month, tapped home midfielder’s Juan Mata’s pass in the first half of their last-32 second leg. “As a fellow striker myself, I know how important that first goal is and he’s been close a couple of times,” Solskjaer, whose side were 6-1 winners on aggregate, told reporters. “You can see he sniffs goals, he…

•Scores of Turkish Airlines’ passengers wanted •NCDC deploys rapid response teams to Lagos •Ehanire: government will not impose travel ban on anybody •Sanwo-Olu: No cause for alarm in Lagos •Italian-Nigerian footballer becomes first sports victim •Coronavirus could reach all countries, WHO warns •First vaccination available from in April •Stocks drop to lowest level in one year on NSE Federal and Lagos State health sources yesterday night confirmed to THISDAY that the Italian who brought Coronavirus to Nigeria and was subsequently isolated at a facility at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, is improving. Nigeria confirmed this first case of Coronavirus, officially…

•Technical committee to oversee Amnesty programme, Yemi-Esan is substantive HoS President Muhammadu Buhari last night approved the suspension of the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Dokubo, following a series of petitions over alleged corrupt practices. On the same day, the President approved the retirement of former Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winnifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita from the Federal Civil Service. Dokubo’s suspension, according to the president’s media adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina, was the fallout of the report of a caretaker committee which recommended his suspension. The suspension was said to have been orchestrated by numerous…

The federal government has hailed the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), describing it as one agency that is helping the administration of President Mohammadu Buhari to achieve its policy objectives. Disclosing this in Jos on Friday afternoon, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo observed that a huge number of Nigerians are unemployed and are in poverty. “As a consequence of this, the country has witnessed a rise in insecurity and other social vices. In the face of the absence of white collar jobs, the only feasible alternative is for organisations like the ITF to ensure that…

A former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking the final forfeiture of his Ilorin home to the federal government, insisting that the anti-graft agency could not rely on mere suspicion that government money was used in funding the construction of the house in question in obtaining the forfeiture order. Saraki’s lawyers, led by Mr. Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, posited that while the EFCC could rely on mere suspicion in obtaining an interim forfeiture order, the agency should provide concrete evidence and…

President Donald Trump has played down fears of a major coronavirus outbreak in the United States, even as infections ricochet around the world, prompting Saudi Arabia to ban pilgrims from visiting Islam’s holiest sites. China is no longer the only breeding ground for the deadly virus as countries fret over possible contagion coming from other hotbeds of infection, including Iran, South Korea and Italy. There are now more daily cases being recorded outside China than inside the country, where the virus first emerged in December, according to the World Health Organization. AFP / John SAEKIThe global spread of the coronavirus…

Justice Yetunde Adesanya of an Ikeja High Court on Thursday struck out a suit filed by former Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, seeking to stop his probe by the state Assembly over purchase of 820 buses for Bus Reform Project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adesanya ruled that the ad-hoc committee set up to investigate Ambode was a fact-finding committee. According to the judge an investigation is not an indictment. “The claimant (Ambode) has not been indicted. An invitation by an agency of government cannot in anyway cause a breach of the threat of the fundamental rights…