Nigeria has recorded eight new COVID-19 deaths and 452 fresh cases in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control last night on her Twitter said the new cases were recorded in 13 states and the FCT.
Giving a breakdown of the figures, Lagos leads other states with 209 cases, followed by Oyo with 67 cases and Delta with 37 cases.
Similarly, Ogun recorded 36 cases, Abia (20), Enugu (16), Bauchi (15). Kaduna and Ondo recorded 8 cases respectively, Osun (7) with Benue and Imo each recording (3) cases.
FCT has 22 cases, Borno, however, has the least figure with just 1 case.
This brings the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 21,371 with the number of discharged patients to 7, 338.
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has been declared the winner of the direct governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress held on June 22 in Edo State.
Chairman of the Primary Election Committee and Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma declared Ize-Iyamu winner after results were collated in the 18 local government areas of the state.
Ize-Iyamu won by a large margin, scoring 27,838 votes and will now await the result of the PDP primary on June 25, to know his main rival in the September 19 governorship election in the state.
Usher had us saying ‘OMG’ after he was snapped mid-outfit change outside a beach in Malibu on June 20.
Usher, 41, had us fallin’ in love amid his beach day in Malibu on June 20! However, the family fun day took a surprise turn when a paparazzo snapped a photo of the Grammy-winning singer changing behind his car. Nothing too explicit, but a peak of Usher’s thigh was revealed.
More important than Usher’s slight wardrobe malfunction, however, was an op-ed he wrote about Juneteenth for The Washington Post. The “Yeah!” singer was calling for the United States to recognize June 19 as a national holiday that celebrates the country’s abolishment of slavery and freedom for Black people.
“Recognizing Juneteenth as a national holiday would be a small gesture compared with the greater social needs of black people in America. But it can remind us of our journey toward freedom, and the work America still has to do,” Usher wrote in his column. The R&B singer acknowledged that he can’t separate his art from social justice issues that are currently rocking the country amid the Black Lives Matter movement.
“As an artist, it is my duty to reflect the trying times in which we live. My heart is shattered by the ongoing injustices in this country, incited by its long history of racism that has led to deadly outcomes for too many of our people. This country must change. And it must change quickly,” he wrote. Usher’s moving words joined the chorus of celebrities who also urged for Juneteenth to become an officially recognized national holiday, including Taylor Swift and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Although Usher’s op-ed was well-received, he didn’t receive as positive a reaction after shading Nicki Minaj during an Instagram live chat with producer Swizz Beatz in May. “I see a lot of, Lil’ Kim versus Foxy Brown. Then I see a lot of — Lil’ Kim versus Nicki? I see a lot of that. Nah, Nicki is a product of Kim,” the singer said, leading to backlash from Nicki’s loyal Barbz fanbase. Well, Nicki didn’t take long to clap back in her new song “Trollz” with Tekashi 6ix9ine — at least, fans thought so!
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A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has issued an order stopping Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in the Edo State governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, his new party, slated for June 25, 2020.
Justice E.A. Obile gave the order based on a motion ex-parte filed by an applicant, governorship aspirant and member of the House of Representatives, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama.
The Defendants in the matter are Prince Uche Secondus, Emmanuel Ogidi, members of the party’s screening committee and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
