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103 new cases of Coronavirus was recorded in Nigeria on Thursday October 8, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). 

A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-39, Rivers-21, FCT-19, Oyo-6, Kaduna-4, Bauchi-3, Ogun-3, Imo-2, Kano-2, Benue-1, Edo-1, Nasarawa-1, Plateau-1. 

There are now 59,841 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria and 1,113 deaths have been recorded. 51,551 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.

Former governor of Jigawa State, Dr Sule Lamido has said that he cannot pray for Buhari or advice him on how to better the lives of Nigerians. 

Speaking to BBC Hausa on the sidelines of Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary, Lamido stated that he cannot pray or advise someone who chased his party out of power.

He said; 

“You can’t say in the past 60 years of our independence that there is no progress, there is.

“But, honestly, our leaders are not taking advantage of the natural resources we have in the country to make us progress and live better. 

“I am from an opposition party, no matter how much I love Buhari or his cabinet, I can’t enter mosque and pray for him.

“People called us [PDP] thieves and voted APC.

“So, it is left for them to judge now.

“If Buhari is doing good, they know and let him lead Nigeria forever, but if he is doing wrong, we are always there to come and takeover in order to do the right thing.”

The police in Ogun state have arrested a 47-year-old suspected fake lawyer, Tajudeen Idris, while defending a case at the Magistrates’ Court 6 in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state last Friday, October 2.

According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Idris was said to have appeared before Chief Magistrate I. A. Arogundade in a civil case between one Ifeanyi Chuckwu and Ayo Itori. He allegedly claimed to be a counsel from Tajudeen O. Idris & Co. Chambers and was representing one of the parties.

According to the police spokesperson, Idris’s conduct and his manner of presentation before the chief magistrate aroused suspicion about his qualification as a lawyer.

Oyeyemi said Idris’s action prompted the chief magistrate to ask him for the year he was called to the bar which he claimed to be 2009.

“But further enquiry revealed that his name was nowhere to be found among those called to the bar in 2009, hence the police were invited. Consequently, the DPO, Ifo Division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, detailed his operatives to the scene, where the suspect was apprehended and he is currently undergoing investigation.” the statement read

Oyeyemi added that the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, expressed concern over the increase in the number of fake lawyers swindling people of their hard-earned money as no fewer than five cases of fake lawyers had been reported since his assumption of office less than two months ago.

According to the PPRO, on August 12, 2020, 56-year-old Sylvester Ogbagu was arrested at Sagamu while parading himself as a lawyer; while one Adedeji Ebenezer was also apprehended on the court premises at Itori on August 5, 2020, while appearing for a client. Oyeyemi said Adedeji was tried and subsequently sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

“Another suspected fake lawyer, Elijah Ayodeji Ojo, was also arrested at the Ajuwon Police Station on the 28th of June, when he came to solicit a so-called client, who was having a criminal matter with the police.

Likewise, one Lawrence Oyedunu was arrested in Sango Ota while presenting himself as a counsel to a suspect. The CP therefore called on the state branch of the NBA to put necessary machinery in motion to check the activities of these fraudulent people.

He also appealed to those who wish to be lawyers to take a cue from the determined effort of a traditional ruler in the state.

The Towulade of Akinale, who at 75 years of age, still endeavoured to go to the Law School because of his interest in the legal profession rather than impersonating.”

132 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on Monday, September 14 via its official Twitter handle. Of the new cases, 52 were recorded in Lagos, 27 in Gombe, 17 in Plateau, 10 in Kwara while Enugu and Ogun states recorded nine cases each.

Other states with new cases include Katsina state-3, Ekiti- 2 while Bauchi, Osun and Rivers all had one new case each.

Nigeria now has 56,388 confirmed cases. 44,337 people have recovered from the virus and have been discharged from isolation centers, while 1,083 have died.