February 4, 2020

Singapore health minister Gan Kim Yong said that if the local transmissions escalate in the community the government is prepared to consider 'measures to reduce human-to-human interaction'

Singapore Announces First Local Coronavirus Transmissions

February 4, 2020 3:09 pm

Singapore on Tuesday announced the first local transmissions of the deadly coronavirus from China as a major aviation conference was scrapped due to the escalating health scare.

The Ministry of Health said it had found six additional cases, four of them involving human-to-human transmission in Singapore, bringing the total infections to 24 in the city-state.

“Though four of these cases constitute a local transmission cluster, there is as yet no evidence of widespread sustained community transmission in Singapore,” the ministry said in a statement.

Two of the local transmission cases involved women working at a health products shop primarily

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Botswana: No Cases Of Confirmed Coronavirus

February 4, 2020 3:09 pm

The Ministry notes with concern the misleading information circulating on social media particularly Facebook and WhatsApp, about Coronavirus situation in the country.

Contrary to circulating information, Botswana as a country has NOT reported any confirmed cases of coronavirus. The country has rather acknowledged five SUSPECTED cases of Coronavirus.

Social media users are therefore sensitised to always check the source of their material to avoid circulating/sharing misleading and distressing information.

Official correspondence is written on a letterhead, bears current date, and signatures of government officials, their names and positions.

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Strike: Labour Vows To Shut Down Cross River Completely

Minimum Wage: Labour Begins Strike In Niger

February 4, 2020 3:08 pm

Following the expiration of  the 21-day ultimatum given to Niger State Government by the organized labour  for the full implementation of the ₦30,000 minimum wage, the group has directed all civil servants in the state to proceed on an “indefinite strike action with effect from today.

The labour  union said the directive was in compliance with the resolutions reached at the Emergency Joint States Executive Council (SEC) Meeting of Niger State Organized Labour last Wednesday.

In a letter to this effect, signed by  chairman, Yakubu Garba and Secretary, Tanimu Yunusa, yesterday,  stated that the strike shall be comprehensive and …

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg claimed victory in Iowa although official results have not yet been released

Democrats Turn Sights On New Hampshire After Iowa Fiasco

February 4, 2020 2:59 pm

Democratic candidates were anxiously awaiting results from the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday after technical glitches plunged the kickoff vote of the US presidential nominating contest into chaos, drawing the mockery of President Donald Trump.

Pete Buttigieg, the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, claimed victory although the Iowa Democratic Party had not yet released any official results, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders also declared that he had done “very, very well.”

Former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign for its part said that although it had “zero official data” so far it believed it had won its “fair share” of …

Minister

Zimbabwe: Minister Buys ‘Non-Usable Hospital Equipment

February 4, 2020 2:58 pm

Senior public hospital doctors have implicated Health and Child Care deputy minister Chamunorwa Mangwiro in the procurement of non-usable equipment with no brand names for the manufacturer, it has emerged.

This is after the top government official allegedly travelled to India to purchase on behalf of government, a consignment of from a company known as Norula Exports based in New Delhi, India.

The doctors Monday told a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care that the procedure that was used has caused more challenges in government hospitals as only 10 % of it is usable.

“What happened with the …

Court

Kenya: Uproar As Court Sets Free Owner Of Killer Dam

February 4, 2020 2:57 pm

Families of the 48 people who were killed when Patel Dam in Solai burst its banks in 2018 went home dejected on Monday after a court acquitted the coffee estate’s officials and other people in a matter that lawyers said was a clear case of a travesty of justice.

Mr Perry Mansukh Kansagara, the managing director of Patel Coffee Estates, Mr Vinoj Jaya Kumar, the general manager, and seven others had been charged with 48 counts of manslaughter and other criminal offences.

However, in a ruling that shocked prosecutors, lawyers for the victims, human rights groups and politicians, Naivasha Chief …

Zimbabwe: V’Preisdent’s Wife Jailed For Assaulting Maid

February 4, 2020 2:56 pm

Marry Mubaiwa’s mother, Helga Mubaiwa, has assured her daughter that the tribulations she is going through will soon come to an end.

Helga was trying to comfort her embattled daughter moments before she was whisked away to languish at Chikurubi Women’s Prison Saturday again.

This was after she was remanded in custody Saturday on charges of assaulting a family maid, Delight Munyoro, at Harare’s Hellenic School where her minor children attend school.

Marry is estranged wife to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who, past few months, has seen her fortunes take turn for the worse after her powerful husband has been …

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi

Mozambique: Nyusi Ready For Dialogue With Insurgents

February 4, 2020 2:56 pm

Maputo — Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi declared on Monday that he is willing to enter into dialogue with the opponents of the government, but warned “we are also ready to pursue, in all corners of the country, those who have been killing Mozambicans, so that we can hold them responsible for their crimes”.

He was speaking at the Monument to the Mozambican Heroes in Maputo, on the occasion of Heroes’ Day, the 51st anniversary of the assassination of the founder and first president of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), Eduardo Mondlane, on 3 February 1969.

Nyusi claimed that the defence …

Cabo Delgado

Traffic Nightmares Resume In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

February 4, 2020 2:55 pm

Maputo — Once again, it is only possible to cross the Montepuez river in Quissanga district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, by boat.

The bridge over the Montepuez collapsed on 27 December, as flood waters swept away the central pillars. This cut off the flow of traffic from the provincial capital, Pemba and the south of the province, to the northern districts of Muidumbe, Mueda, Nangade, Mocimboa da Praia and Palma.

When the level of the Montepuez fell, the government improvised an alternative way of crossing the river, using a metallic bridge and a causeway built on …

Deputy President William Ruto

Kenya: Hardliners In Fresh Scheme To Oust William Ruto

February 4, 2020 2:49 pm

Politicians allied to President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga are plotting to table a motion for the impeachment of Deputy President William Ruto, whom they accuse of disrespect and disloyalty to the President.

The plot is expected to gain momentum next week when the politicians retreat to a hotel in Nanyuki for a pro-Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) meeting.

They will meet on the same day when Mr Ruto and his allied Tangatanga politicians converge in Nakuru for a parallel BBI rally.

On paper, the Nanyuki meeting is being sold as just another round of consultations …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa

President Pleads With Church To Cast Out Zimbabwe Demons

February 4, 2020 2:46 pm

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pleaded with indigenous interdenominational church leaders to fight ‘demons’ haunting Zimbabwe, which have seen its economy on a free fall.

Speaking at the National Day of Prayer at the Indigenous Interdenominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) at the National Sports Stadium in Harare Saturday, Mnangagwa told the churches gathered it was critical for them to pray for Zimbabwe and cast out demons.

“We continuously depend on the church for the spiritual guidance, shaping and moulding of individuals and societal moral values,” he said.

“I, the President urge churches to continue fasting and interceding for us in leadership …

Femi Falana

Falana: I Know An Ex-Governor Who Had A Killer Squad

February 4, 2020 8:33 am

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, said on Monday that he knew a former governor in one of the South-West states who had a killer squad that helped him to eliminate his political opponents.

Falana, who spoke at the University of Ibadan, said the former governor’s killer squad was headed by a police officer, who was the Chief Security Officer to the then-governor.

He said one of those killed by the killer squad was “a World Bank expert,” but he did not name the former governor in question.

Falana said one of the arguments against the creation of state …

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