President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting some former Nigerian leaders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Although the agenda of the meeting is not made public, issues bordering on the current security situation in the country are believed to be top on the agenda.

While the president is presiding from the Council Chamber of the Aso villa, the former Nigerian leaders are participating virtually.

Some of the ex-leaders participating virtually are; Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan and Chief Ernest Shonekan.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.); Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olanisakin; Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; Director-General, Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi; and Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai, among others are attending with the President.

Shares in Big Hit Entertainment defied the pre-listing hype to dip on their first day of trade on Thursday, giving the management label of South Korean superstar K-pop group BTS a market valuation of 8.7 trillion won ($7.61 billion).

Big Hit, which relies heavily on the boy band for revenue, doubled its initial public offering price to debut at 270,000 won per share, for a 9.6 trillion won valuation. Shares surged by as much as 30% in early trade before dropping back.

Analysts said the closing share price of 258,000 won, still around 90% above the IPO price, should be viewed as a more reasonable price based on fundamentals, rather than a sign of listing failure.

“The closing price is already around analysts’ average target price for 2022, based on estimations of profit increases,” said eBest Investment & Securities analyst Jina An. read more here: https://80naija.com/shares-in-k-pop-group-bts-management-label-big-hit-drop-after-debut/

Pastor Adeboye, the senior pastor of the redeem Christian mission said he supports this protest.

He made this known on his twitter handle. He said he supports what the youth are doing and that every lives matters. He also said the brutality and killing should stop and be addressed by the government.

He further said that if continue reading here: https://80naija.com/i-support-endsars-protest-pastor-adeboye-says-read-for-more-details/

Manchester United and Chelsea Fc are Premier League rivals for sometime now.Mostly since the take over of Chelsea by the Russian billionaire -Roman Abramovich, Since then Chelsea had top quality players to compete with rivals in all Competitions. Chelsea and Manchester United have met in several football competitive final like the Champions League finals and other competitions in English football.

But since the appointment of Frank Lampard, who happens to be the all-time record goalscorer for the Blues last season, Lampard appointment came during the time Chelsea were place on a transfer ban,which means they are not supposed to buy any player during the duration of the transfer window.

Lampard has face one major problem last season,his inability to beat Manchester United in the Premier League, the big boss lost to United twice last season both in Stamford Bridge and also in Old Trafford. continue reading here: https://80naija.com/see-why-manchester-united-will-win-against-chelsea-in-their-up-coming-premier-league-clash/

The #EndSARS protists are now like the wildfire which travels from one place to another with a high speed. Protests are now erupting in almost all the states of the Federation.

The protesters are demanding amongst many things that the Squad should be scrapped and the Police should be empowered with increased welfare. Basically one of the major demands of the protesters is that the salary of the police be increased nationwide.

Festus Keyamo has taken his time to address this issue as a Minister of State for Labour and Employment. His address on this issue is the subject of this article.

Festus Keyamo, SAN, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has noted that the continuous protest against the operation of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, #EndSARS is becoming a threat to the peace and stability of the nation as they are now constituting nuisance and are becoming a mob

Continue reading here : https://80naija.com/read-what-festus-keyamo-said-about-president-buhari-and-police-salary/

The EndSARS protest by Nigerians yielded a positive response, as the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS unit was disbanded by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu. But a new unit has been created.

The new unit goes by the name SWAT "Special Weapons and Tactics", and its rules and mandates are different from those of the disbanded SARS. These rules were signed into law by the Police Force PRO Abuja, DCP Frank Mba, who stated that the new unit will undergo a thorough psychological and medical examination to ascertain their fitness, and that no member of the Disbanded SARS will be in this new unit.

Checkout the rules and Mandates of the SWAT 'Special Weapons and Tactics here: https://80naija.com/no-sars-personnel-will-be-part-of-the-swat-team/

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would resume talks on a possible COVID-19 stimulus package with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday, while Senate Republicans voiced doubts that a deal can be reached before the Nov. 3 election.

The leading Democrat in Congress, Pelosi said she hoped to reach an agreement on long-sought coronavirus relief as she prepared for a third straight day of talks with Mnuchin, representing the White House in their talks.

Republican President Donald Trump initially withdrew from the negotiations this week only to regain interest in forging a bipartisan accord.

“I do hope that we will have an agreement soon,” Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, said on MSNBC. She emphasized aid for state and local governments to help pay salaries for police, healthcare workers and other first responders.

That has proven to be a major dividing line throughout months of negotiations. The pandemic has infected at least 7.6 million people in the United States and killed more than 212,000.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in Congress, said he doubts lawmakers would pass a package before the Nov. 3 presidential election.

“The proximity to the election and the differences of opinion over what is needed at this particular juncture are pretty vast,” McConnell told a news conference in his home state of Kentucky.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz also voiced skepticism over the prospects for a pre-election agreement, blaming Democrats for a lack of progress up to now. Neither McConnell nor Cruz has taken part directly in negotiations.

McConnell said prospects for standalone assistance for the airline industry were unclear.

“If there’s another package, I think there’s pretty widespread agreement that airlines ought to be part of it,” McConnell said. “As to whether the system would swallow an airlines only … that’s not clear either. So, I just think the situation’s kind of murky.”

https://80naija.com/u-s-covid-19-aid-talks-go-on-but-republican-leader-says-deal-unlikely-before-election/

As Nepal crossed 100,000 coronavirus infections on Friday, the country’s health ministry said that with the increase at this rate hospitals will not be able to support the burden.

Nepal had enforced lockdown in March but had begun to ease restrictions to open up the economy however it has since seen a steady increase in COVID-19 cases.

The country had resumed domestic flight services last month after a six-month lockdown and has put several restrictions in place for trekkers coming into the country.

The country reported 2,059 COVID-19 cases and ten fatalities on Friday worrying health authorities. There have been 500 fatalities due to the virus in Nepal.

Last week, Nepal had recorded over 89,263 coronavirus cases overtaking China as three advisers to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli tested positive for coronavirus.

The government’s foreign affairs, political and press advisers were detected with the virus leading PM Oli to exercise caution in meeting people even as the Nepal prime minister tested negative for the virus.
https://80naija.com/nepals-health-services-under-severe-strain-as-coronavirus-cases-cross-100000/