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          ‌ By Ibrahim Kegbegbe Correspondent of The Nation Newspaper, Mr. Linus Oota was attacked on Wednesday, 12 August 2020, by gunmen suspected to be armed robbers in Nasarawa. Oota, who is a resident of Ombi one Lafia, was attacked around 3 am alongside other tenants in the compound. Explaining how the drama unfolded,  Oota said that he suddenly heard big bangs on the door of his apartment by five armed men. "The men forced his door open, entered, and took away my three phones, laptop, money, shoes, and wristwatch among others," he said.

  By Ibrahim Kegbegbe  Nigerian popular artiste, Harrysong, has accused the Nigerian youths of not being creative, skillful in nature.  The artiste whose songs are known with controversial lyrics accused the youths on a radio program title "early mormor" at Correct FM, ( 104.3 ), toady 13 August 2020, adding that COVID-19 should not be allowed as excuses for not doing creatively.  He added that President Muhammad Buhari accused the Nigerian Youths earlier as the president had discovered that the Youths only wanted ready-made opportunity not to struggle for exploration.  "If you help Nigerian Youths to discover himself or herself, he or she will still ask where, when, and how to use it," Harrysong said.

          ‌ By Ibrahim Kegbegbe  The Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has terminated the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of the school.   The firing of the vice-chancellor was announced at a meeting of the Governing Council of the school held at the National Universities Commission in Abuja. Meanwhile, members of the Council were not unanimously approved his removal as seven members were said to have voted for his removal while four voted against it but one said he it would be better to place him on suspension. The meeting was presided over by the UNILAG Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of its Governing Council, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN). A short statement by the Registrar and Secretary to the Council, Oladejo Azeez, titled: "Notice to the general public on the removal of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos’, read, “Ogundipe was sacked based on the investigation of serious acts of wrongdoing, gross misconduct, financia...

 By Ibrahim Kegbegbe New York and New Jersey have authorized school districts to begin reopening.  Both states and Connecticut ordered travelers from 31 states to quarantine before crossing their state borders after they were able to manage the pandemic. There have been over 185,000 confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic and almost 15,900 deaths in New Jersey, per Johns Hopkins. Around 3 p.m., Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) issued a statement saying that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had initiated a phone call and made clear that the White House is “not budging from their position concerning the size and scope of a legislative package.” The U.S. has reported more cases (over 5 million) and deaths (163,000) from the coronavirus than any other country in the world.  News credit: Tunde Olatunji NYC Photo credit: Bah from NYC