June 2019

U.S. measles outbreak spreads to Idaho, Virginia

U.S. measles outbreak spreads to Idaho, Virginia

June 11, 2019 12:45 am

The United States’ worst measles outbreak in a quarter-century spread to Idaho and Virginia last week as public health authorities on Monday reported 41 new cases of the highly contagious and sometimes deadly disease.

The U.S. has recorded 1,022 cases of the diseases this year as of June 6, in an outbreak blamed on misinformation about vaccines, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

The 2019 outbreak, which has reached 28 states, is the worst since 1992, when 2,126 cases were recorded.

Federal health officials attribute this year’s outbreak to U.S. …

U.S. moves to release migrant children faster from custody

U.S. moves to release migrant children faster from custody

June 11, 2019 12:23 am

The Trump administration is again changing the way it vets people who want to sponsor minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone in an effort to speed up the release of thousands of migrant children currently in U.S. custody.

Under the change, announced to staff on Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which houses unaccompanied migrant children, will no longer require an immigration records check on potential sponsors already backgrounded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

In May 2018, HHS began routinely sending sponsors’ fingerprints to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to check their records …

Bharti Airtel to pay Tanzania $26 million

Bharti Airtel to pay Tanzania $26 million

June 11, 2019 12:09 am

India’s Bharti Airtel has agreed to pay 60 billion shillings ($26 million) over five years and cancel debt to resolve a dispute over ownership of its Airtel Tanzania unit, the Tanzanian government said on Monday.

Tanzania’s minister for foreign affairs and east Africa cooperation, Palamagamba Kabudi, announced the deal at a ceremony to receive a three-month batch of monthly payments worth 1 billion shillings each due from April this year.

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Bharti Airtel also canceled $407 million of debt owed to it by Airtel Tanzania as part of the settlement, Kabudi
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Rwanda re-opens border with Uganda to trucks for 12 days

Rwanda re-opens border with Uganda to trucks for 12 days

June 10, 2019 10:42 am

Rwanda said on Monday it would re-open its busiest border post with Uganda to cargo trucks for 12 days, more than three months after it was closed amid tensions between the two neighbors triggered by security and economic disagreements.

In a statement, Rwanda’s revenue body said it was “pleased to inform the general public that heavy trucks are allowed to provisionally cross Gatuna border,” for 12 days starting Monday.

At the end of February, Rwanda started blocking Ugandan cargo trucks from entering at the crossing, which Rwandans call Gatuna and Ugandans call Katuna. Authorities in Kigali also stopped Rwandan nationals …

Lagos State Governor Sanwo-Olu appoints acting chief judge

Lagos State Governor Sanwo-Olu appoints acting chief judge

June 10, 2019 10:24 am

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will sworn-in Justice Kazeem Alogba as the acting chief judge of the state on Thursday, June 13, following the exit of Justice Opeyemi Oke, who is retiring from the state judiciary after statutory years of service.

The outgoing Justice Oke’s tenure ends today.

Sanwo-Olu approved the nomination of Justice Alogba, who is the most senior judge in line, to preside over the state judiciary in an acting capacity, pending the approval of the National Judicial Council (NJC) and confirmation by the Lagos State House of Assembly.

In a statement, Sanwo-Olu said Alogba’s appointment would take …

Davido apologises to Pamilerin over Peruzzi’s assault

Davido apologises to Pamilerin over Peruzzi’s assault

June 10, 2019 10:12 am

Nigerian singer, Perruzzi has been trending on Twitter NG for all the wrong reasons.

We earlier reported how he allegedly assaulted social media influencer, Adegoke Pamilerin and how Nigerians reacted to the issue.

Now, Davido has tweeted an apology to Pamilerin on behalf of Perruzzi, in the heat of the moment. Rumour has it that Pamilerin was given a hundred thousand naira as compensation but until that’s confirmed, let’s hope the ‘Assurance’ crooner’s tweets helps ease the tension.

Read Also: Davido reacts to uncle’s defeat: ‘It hurts but not the end’

Read his tweet below:

Davido

✔@iam_Davido

I apologize

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Man cuts off boy’s hand over suspicion of fish theft - Africa Daily News

Man cuts off boy’s hand over suspicion of fish theft

June 10, 2019 9:40 am

On the mere suspicion that an 11-year-old boy, Goodluck Amechi, wanted to steal his catfish, 61-year-old Jeremiah Obifor has used a sharp machete to cut off the boy’s wrist.

The incident happened on Friday, June 7, at about 8:20a.m around Okokomaiko area of Lagos. The matter was reported by Doris Isaac of No. 6, Ajanaku Street, Okokomaiko at about 12:20p.m.

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According to the Lagos State police spokesman, Bala Elkana, “she reported at Okokomaiko Police Station that on the same date at about 8:20a.m. her foster son, Goodluck Amechi, of the …

Nigerian gangs murder 43 in several attacks

Nigerian gangs murder 43 in several attacks

June 10, 2019 9:13 am

Gunmen on motorbikes killed 43 people in waves of attacks in northern Nigeria, police said Monday, the latest violence by criminal gangs raiding villages and stealing livestock.

The series of attacks, carried out overnight Saturday to Sunday in Nigeria’s far northwestern Sokoto state, saw the gangs ride out from forest hideouts, speeding into villages and beginning to shoot.

“They opened fire on the village indiscriminately,” said Abdullahi Dantani, from the village of Satiru, where 18 people were murdered.

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In Sokoto state’s Rabah district, gunmen rode into four villages …

‘The Delivery Boy’ is Oscar Award material – Film critics

June 10, 2019 8:55 am

Some film critics say ‘The Delivery Boy’, a film that explores the back story of terrorists, deserves the Oscars and other international awards.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the intense, independent film was written and directed by award-winning filmmaker, Adekunle ‘Nodash’ Adejuyigbe.

‘The Delivery Boy’ is the story of a runaway teenage suicide bomber (Jammal Ibrahim) and his newfound ally, a young prostitute (Jemima Osunde) who must rely on each other to survive the night.

Following a screening of the film in Abuja, critics noted that a lot of planning in terms of cinematography, scripting and acting had …

Pope Francis to visit Iraq in 2020

June 10, 2019 8:39 am

Pope Francis said Monday he wants to visit Iraq as early as next year in spite of the security conditions.

“An insistent thought accompanies me when I think about Iraq, where I want to go next year so that it can look to the future through peaceful and shared participation in the construction of the common good,” Francis told a Vatican audience.

The pope voiced hope that Iraq “does not return to the tensions which come from the never-ending conflicts between regional powers.”

Iraq has been a battleground for competing forces, including the jihadist Islamic State group, since the US-led …

JAMB releases 15,490 withheld results

JAMB releases 15,490 withheld results

June 10, 2019 8:07 am

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it has released 15,490 results of candidates who were suspected of being involved in examination malpractices.

JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement released in Abuja on Monday said “the board has further cleared and released the results of 15,490 candidates in this category.”

Benjamin said the decision followed an expert review of the allegations against the candidates after they were asked to upload certain credentials for scrutiny.

“At the end of the review exercise, the affected candidates were classified into five groups of candidates who have sufficiently proven innocence,” Benjamin said.

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Blessing Okoro lists Lessons learned from social media

Blessing Okoro lists Lessons learned from social media

June 10, 2019 7:39 am

Popular relationship blogger, Blessing Okoro who last month had herself all over the news for the wrong reasons has shared the lessons she learned.

It would be recalled that the blogger had made an ownership claim to a house that didn’t belong to her but a China-based Nigerian businessman, Onye Eze.

The move prompted Eze to call her out and a video of her being humiliated on her knees and in handcuffs surfaced online. In the video, she was made to confess that the house didn’t belong to her. The drama didn’t end there, however, as more videos surfaced with …

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