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The Magistrate court in Enugu on Monday, July 6, remanded a couple, Mr. Jude Ozougwu, and his wife, Ifeoma in prison for allegedly brutalizing their 10-year-old maid, Nneoma Nnadi. The couple made news over the weekend after photos of the battered body of Nneoma surfaced online. The state police command today arraigned the couple before Chief Magistrate Agu of Enugu North Court 1 sitting in the Enugu North Magistrate District on three-count charge bothering on attempted murder. The charge marked No MEN/298c/2020 is between the Commissioner of Police vis Mr Jude Ozougwu ‘m’ age 40 years and Ifeoma Ozougwu ‘f’ age 24 years. At the hearing of the case, the Police Prosecutor, CSP Paschal Nwachukwu, argued that the magistrate court lacked the jurisdiction to hear such a case. He added that the issue of bail for the couple as raised during court proceedings was premature, uncalled for, and against the dictates of the law. “The evidence of this matter is grievous and weig...

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC has announced 575 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, Lagos tops the chart with 123 cases. Otheea are, FCT-100, Delta-58, Edo-52, Ogun-42 Katsina-24, Bayelsa-23, Rivers-22 Borno-19, Plateau-18, Ondo-18, Oyo-17 Kwara-15, Osun-13, Enugu-9 Nasarawa-7, Abia-6, Cross River-5 Kaduna-3, Ekiti-1 29,286 confirmed 11,828 discharged 654 deaths. A breakdown of cases by state can be seen below; 575 new cases of COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-123 FCT-100 Delta-58 Edo-52 Ogun-42 Katsina-24 Bayelsa-23 Rivers-22 Borno-19 Plateau-18 Ondo-18 Oyo-17 Kwara-15 Osun-13 Enugu-9 Nasarawa-7 Abia-6 Cross River-5 Kaduna-3 Ekiti-1 29,286 confirmed 11,828 discharged 654 deaths pic.twitter.com/lH4bOsVkM9 — NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 6, 2020

On Friday, Alvaro Morata scored twice, leading Atlético Madrid to a 3-0 win over Mallorca and extending their strong finish to the Spanish league. The team of Diego Simeone has been out of the title race that leader Real Madrid and second-placed Barcelona have disputed for a long time, trailing them by eight points. ticks down before it shifts focus to the Champions League final eight to be played in Portugal next month. In March when the league was halted, Atlético were struggling to secure a Champions League berth for next season. They are now well on course to finishing third. Atlético has remained undefeated in seven matches since the Spanish league resumed following a three-month stoppage for the COVID-19 pandemic. “We were in a complicated situation before the stoppage, but we have been playing well since we got back to playing and have been playing with a great attitude," Morata said. Simeone’s side dominated the relegation-threatened Mall...

Chelsea officially reopened negotiations to hold Willian after he declined a Chinese club bid Goal.com reports, however, that the Blues remain firm in their stance that no more than a two-year contract will be offered. The Brazilian has made it known that he wants to commit for a three-year deal and that he wants to stay in England, whether with Chelsea or not. Willian, who has been linked with Tottenham and Arsenal, has impressed since the restart, starting all three games and contributing three goals and an assist.  Speaking about Willian and team-mate Pedro last week, manager Frank Lampard said: ‘Yes we are still talking with the players and Willian in particular we are talking with him. I always felt confident that they would remain. ‘They have been fantastic professionals for the club and servants in all senses and when you have that level of professionalism within you it was a sign that they wanted to stay and see out this season at least. 'So we will carr...

On Friday, Brazilian health regulator Anvisa approved clinical trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Sinovac in China, according to an official publication in the gazette. The report-first announced on June 11-is led by Instituto Butantan, a state-funded research center in Sao Paulo. The agreement with Sinovac includes not only trials but technology transfer to produce the potential vaccine locally. On June 29, Sao Paulo state Governor Joao Doria said 9,000 volunteers have already been registered to test the vaccine against COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Trials will be conducted by 12 research centers in six Brazilian states: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Brasilia, Rio Grande do Sul and Parana, according to Doria. Anvisa's approval comes after Brazil surpassed 1.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to Health Ministry data, the second worst outbreak after the United States. The number of death...

Miss. Ezenwa Nkechi, a 20-year-old rape victim who hails from Umuna Ubommiri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State, was allegedly raped some months ago while hawking banana on the streets. Fortunately Miss. Nkechi was delivered of a set of triplets at separate hospitals in Imo State, all male. The story also has it that Miss Nkechi was aided by a member of her church as she was initially admitted at a Health Center in her community on June 14, 2020, where she was delivered of one of the triplets, and could not continue the delivery. She was swiftly moved to another hospital in Owerri, the State capital, where she completed the delivery by caesarian section. The young mother has employed various media to appeal for financial support from good spirited individuals to help her offset her medical bill in the region of N300, 000 and to take care of the babies and herself. According to her; "About six cylinders of oxygen have been spent on the babi...