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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 35, 107. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle late on Saturday. The health agency said that as of July 18, 653 new confirmed cases and six deaths were recorded in the country. It said that the 653 new cases were reported from 27 states and the FCT. According to the agency, only nine states did not report a new case of the disease in the past 24 hours. The NCDC added that Lagos state reported the highest number of infections with 115 new cases, while Kwara reported 85 new infections. Amongst others were Enugu with 80 cases and the FCT with 78. Rivers had 36 cases, Ondo – 35, Oyo – 30, Katsina – 28, Kaduna – 19, Abia – 19, Nasarawa – 18, Plateau – 17, and Imo – 16. Four states, namely: Ogun, Ebonyi, Benue, and Kano reported nine more infections with Delta, Bauchi, and Ekiti having eight, seven, and six new cases re

………..Afenifere wants coroner inquest into Tolulope Arotile's death   More questions, emerged, yesterday, over the death of the late Flight Officer, Tolulope Arotile, as the umbrella body of Yoruba-speaking areas of Kogi State, Okun Development Association, ODA, called on the Federal Government to order an immediate investigation into the matter. The association described the official explanation on the cause of her death as curious, saying only a proper investigation could clear growing suspicions over the matter. Arotile, who was Nigeria’s first female combatant helicopter pilot in Nigerian Airforce, NAF, died in an accident on July 14, 2020, at the Nigerian Air force Base, Kaduna.   Detail As of the day, the news of her death broke, there was hardly any detail regarding the incident. But a day after, the Nigerian Air force, in a statement by its Director Public of Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said she was inadvertently hit by the reversing

The Publisher Arise Africa Magazine, Mr Ikechukwu Anyanwu revealed that plans are already in top gear for the Arise Africa Achievers Award being organized by Arise Africa Magazine The all-important event will take place at Owerri capital on Saturday, July 25th-26th 2020 and the Governor will also double as an Award Recipient and Special Guest of Honour. His Excellency Distinguished Sen. Hope Uzodimma was nominated by well meaning Nigerians to receive Award at Arise Africa Achieves Award organized by popular online media, Arise Africa Magazine During a visit to Government house on Tuesday 14th July 2020 to inform the Governor about the nomination, the team led by the Chairman Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) Imo State and  Publisher of Arise Africa, was well received by the Special Adviser on Electronic and New Media to the Governor, Hon Mrs Nneamaka Okafor. Mrs Okafor who was nominated  for Excellence In Public Service Award, thanked Imolites for  nominating he

The Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District has further dispelled the wicked rumours by enemies of progress, about the Senator Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, on the durability of Innoson Vehicles at the Senate. In a press release, made available to newsmen after a press briefing at the Senate, Senator Utazi stated emphatically that Senator Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah represents the new face of Ndi Igbo and progress in Nigeria. He stressed that "It pleases me to make this press release clarifying my point of Order, bordering on personal explanation on the quality of innoson vehicles that they are durable and should be patronized by the National Assembly"  Senator Utazi said that as a committed and patriotic Nigerian, he  condemns unequivocally the negative publicity against the vehicles produced by Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company Limited, because he is convinced for a fact, that such claims were false, misleading, mischievous, reprehensible and against the giant stri