01 Aug ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: Saturday
🌍NEW: IGP Alkali Baba has recommended the immediate suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), pending the outcome of an ongoing internal investigations into his indictment by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
🌍A total of 198,564,921 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed worldwide, with 4,233,172 or 2 % deaths and 179,294,489 recoveries. Out of the number of currently infected patients 99.4 % are mild condition and 0.6 % critical.
* Nigeria Caseload: 497 new cases were recorded in 18 states on Saturday, taking the total to 173908 confirmed cases, with 164994 recoveries and 2149 deaths.
* Despite easing restrictions, Britain reported 26,144 new cases of COVID-19, government data showed on Saturday, meaning the fall in cases between July 25 and July 31 stood at 33% compared with the previous seven days. This is said to be due to the high vaccination rate in the country.
* The Olympics host city Tokyo, as well as Thailand and Malaysia, announced record COVID-19 infections on Saturday, mostly driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant of the disease.
* The surge in Delta variant cases is rattling parts of Asia previously relatively successful in containing COVID-19, such as Vietnam, which will from Monday impose strict curbs on movement in several cities and provinces.
🌍FG has submitted its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) final report of 2021 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), demonstrating the country’s commitment to the Paris Accord on Climate Change
🌍Doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have agreed to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday, August 2, 2021.
🌍Minister of State, Works and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu said on Saturday that FG had refunded N143 billion to five states for constructing federal roads.
🌍IGP Baba Alkali has reportedly asked DCP Abba Kyari to respond in writing to the allegations contained in the United States’ court summons linking him to a $1.1 million fraud committed by the internet fraudster, Hushpuppi.
🌍The EFCC yesterday quizzed the former President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki in connection with the ongoing investigation into how an N17billion bond was spent during his tenure as Kwara State governor.
🌍Nigeria’s refineries recorded a loss of N104.3bn in 13 months, (Feb 2020 to Feb 2021), according to a report by , NNPC, which manages Nigeria’s refineries, They , which are currently not operating.
🌍The NDLEA says it has arrested no fewer than 5000 suspects and secured 500 convictions between January and May for drug abuse and trafficking.
🌍The media adviser to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, said in a statement yesterday the APC leader is overseas but has not been hospitalised as being reported by a section of the media.
🌍Security stories: Two students abducted by bandits from Federal Government College, Yauri in Kebbi state have escaped from the bandits. They reportedly wandered in the forest until they found themselves in a village. At least 30 students and three teachers were abducted when bandits invaded the school in June.
* Operatives of the Imo Police Command have killed two suspected bandits in crossfire in Njaba Local Government Area on Saturday.
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