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The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has listed the requirements of officers to be trained in the new police tactical team to replace the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad as the training of selected officers for the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team begins today.
The IG reassured Nigerians that no ex-SARS operatives have been shortlisted in the SWAT team.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the leaders of the National Assembly over the ongoing protests regarding the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 113 new cases of coronavirus in the country. This brings the total number of COVID-19 infections recorded in the country so far to 61440.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in a tweet showed that the 133 new cases are reported from 9 states.

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A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Thursday said she was not inclined to reverse her decision blocking the government from barring Apple Inc  and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering WeChat for download in U.S. app stores.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said at a hearing that she did not think a new filing by the Justice Department changes the outcome or changes her analysis.
The Justice Department has appealed Beeler’s order to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, but no ruling is likely before December.
The Commerce Department order would also bar other U.S. transactions with Tencent Holding's WeChat, potentially making the app unusable in the United States.

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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday said he was not quitting after tens of thousands of anti-government protesters defied a ban on demonstrations and he warned them not to persist.
The ban on gatherings of more than five people was imposed early on Thursday after nearly three months of protests that have called for a reduction in the powers of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s monarchy as well as the removal of Prayuth.
Protesters defied the ban and staged one of the biggest demonstrations in Bangkok on Thursday evening.
He warned people not to violate the emergency measures, threating to us the law on them If they do anything wrong.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Friday give Britain’s response to the European Union’s demand that he either make more concessions to secure a trade deal or brace for a disorderly Brexit at the end of the year.
At the Brexit summit on Thursday, the EU delivered an ultimatum saying it was concerned by a lack of progress and called on London to yield on key sticking points or embrace a rupture of ties with the bloc from Jan. 1.
Britain’s chief negotiator, David Frost, said he was disappointed and surprised that the EU was no longer committed to working intensively for a deal.

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French judges have ordered that a Rwandan doctor, Eugene Rwamucyo, should be put on trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Dr Rwamucyo, who is 61 and lives in Belgium, is accused of taking part in atrocities in Butare in southern Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.
The doctor's lawyer told the French news agency that his client rejected the allegations.
Dr Rwamucyo is expected to appeal against the decision, which would delay the trial for a further year.

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Zimbabwe says its annual inflation rate dropped by almost 180% last month, thanks to a stringent programme that included disrupting black market currency trading and cutting government salaries.
Despite the improvements, inflation remains above 600%, and food prices continue to rise.
The IMF says the economy could improve further, but it warns that without greater productivity and an increase in foreign currency earnings, long-term stability will remain elusive.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Africa cannot afford a second wave of Covid-19, saying it would be devastating especially to the economy.
The warning comes as infections continue to spike in many countries that have recently been easing restrictions.
The health body said the virus will run out of control if African countries continued opening up without adequate interventions in place.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, also said measures are in place to ensure the continent gets its fair share of any vaccine developed.
It also warned of a return to lockdowns - which the continent cannot afford.

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The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has condemned a recently signed law in Nigeria's Kaduna state that introduced tough penalties for convicted rapists.
The law says males convicted of raping a child under the age of 14 should be surgically castrated and given the death penalty. Female adults convicted of raping a child will face salpingectomy (removal of fallopian tubes) and death.
Ms Bachelet said evidence had shown that the certainty of punishment deters crime, rather than its severity.
She added that Surgical castration and salpingectomy violate the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment under international human rights law.

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