March 2020

Coronavirus - Trump Declares National Emergency

Coronavirus: Trump Declares National Emergency

March 14, 2020 5:28 am

President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to deal with the coronavirus crisis as cases increase alarmingly and criticism mounts over how he’s responding to the situation.

Trump made the declaration on Friday night from the Rose Garden with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and other members of his coronavirus task force members standing behind him.

Trump said, “To unleash the full power of the federal government, I am officially declaring a national emergency. Referring to that as “two very big words,” he said it would allow him to quickly …

Coronavirus - Trump Bows To Pressure, To Undergo Test Soon

Coronavirus: Trump Bows To Pressure, To Undergo Test Soon

March 14, 2020 5:28 am
US President Donald Trump said Friday he would “likely” be tested soon for the novel coronavirus, although he stressed he is “displaying no symptoms.”

Trump was pressed repeatedly during a White House news conference on whether he should be tested after coming into contact with a Brazilian official now known to have COVID-19.

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The president initially shut down the question, saying that per the advice of White House doctors, “I don’t have any of the symptoms.”

“And we don’t want people without symptoms to go and do the test,”

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Osinbajo’s Police Escort Dies In Road Accident

Osinbajo’s Police Escort Dies In Road Accident

March 14, 2020 5:27 am
The office of Nigerian Vice-president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has announced the sudden death of one of Police escort riders on the VP’s convoy, Inspector Ali Gomina.

The Senior Special Adviser to Vice-president on Media, Laolu Akande, made this known in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Friday.

According to the statement, the officer died in a fatal motor accident along Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

” It is with grief in our hearts, we announce the death of one

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Uzodinma Swears In First Female Chief Judge

Uzodinma Swears In First Female Chief Judge

March 14, 2020 5:27 am
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Friday, sworn in Justice Ijeoma Agugua, as the first female Chief Judge of the state.

Agugua replaces Justice Paschal Nnadi, who retired from service.

Speaking at the ceremony in Owerri, Uzodinma assured that judiciary under his time will be different.

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He vowed to make the Imo State judiciary one of the best in the country and also make it autonomous.

“Judiciary is an important arm of government, and if our democracy must grow with its attendant dividends, we must have an efficient judiciary”, he

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Uzodinma Recalls 3,500 Civil Servants Sacked By Ihedioha

Uzodinma Recalls 3,500 Civil Servants Sacked By Ihedioha

March 14, 2020 5:27 am

No fewer than 3,500 civil servants in Imo state recently sacked by the immediate past Government of Emeka Ihedioha have been reinstated.

Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma Friday, approved the release of their appointment letters and instructed that they are remunerated as at when due.

According to our correspondent in the state, the Governor has charged the Head of Service, Camillus Chibuzor Nwagwu to integrate the reinstated civil servants in the scheme of things, insisting that the government is poised to creating more job opportunities rather than disengaging the people.

In his reaction, the former Transition Committee chairman of Nkwerre local

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There Are Christians In The Boko Haram Sect - Gen. Shafa

There Are Christians In The Boko Haram Sect – Gen. Shafa

March 14, 2020 1:11 am

Major General Bamidele Shafa is the Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, saddled with the responsibility of deradicalisation and reintegration of repentant Boko Haram members into the society. In this interview with MOLLY KILETE in Abuja, Gen. Shafa defended the federal government’s policy of rehabilitating insurgents who voluntarily surrender their arms and renounce terrorism. He equally added that, against popular belief, some Christians are also members of the terror gang.

 

Many Nigerians see Operation Safe Corridor as political especially when the beneficiaries are people that had killed innocent citizens. How do you respond to that?

Let me quickly correct one …

Relief For Trump As Brazil President Tests Negative

Relief For Trump As Brazil President Tests Negative

March 13, 2020 4:44 pm

US President Donald Trump can heave a sigh of some relief after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who recently had dinner with him, tested negative for coronavirus.

A post on his Facebook page on Friday debunked earlier media reports that a first test had been positive.

Bolsonaro and a large Brazilian entourage, including cabinet ministers, met with Trump and other senior U.S. officials last weekend at Mar-a-Lago. One of the party,

Bolsonaro’s communications secretary Fabio Wajngarten, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is in quarantine.

The entire delegation, including Bolsonaro, was subsequently tested. It is not yet known if the …

Pandemic Shuts Down Everest As Nepal Suspends All Permits

Pandemic Shuts Down Everest As Nepal Suspends All Permits

March 13, 2020 4:43 pm

Nepal on Friday barred climbers from all mountains — including Everest — over the coronavirus pandemic, in a major blow to its tourism industry.

The Himalayan country, which has so far confirmed one coronavirus case, earns 4.4 million dollars a year from climbing permits while the losses to expedition organisers will be even higher.

As well as suspending all climbing permits, Nepal stopped issuing tourist visas on arrival, Yogesh Bhattarai, Minister for Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation told AFP.

“The government has decided to suspend all spring expeditions and scrap permits for the time being. The decision can be reviewed …

Sala Crash Pilot Lost Control, Flew Too Fast - UK Probe

Sala Crash Pilot Lost Control, Flew Too Fast: UK Probe

March 13, 2020 4:42 pm

Footballer Emiliano Sala was killed when the unlicensed pilot of his plane lost control and flew too fast as he tried to avoid bad weather, British aviation investigators said on Friday.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said in its final report into the January 21, 2019 crash that the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft suffered an in-flight break-up and plunged in to the water, north of Guernsey, upside down.

The AAIB also confirmed that pilot David Ibbotson, 59, was unlicensed to fly that particular aircraft and at night, when the tragedy occurred.

He was also operating an unlicensed commercial flight

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Football Braced For Financial Impact From Coronavirus Hit

Football Braced For Financial Impact From Coronavirus Hit

March 13, 2020 4:41 pm

Domestic club football across much of Europe has been halted completely due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Germany following France, England and Scotland in suspending their competitions on Friday, while UEFA has postponed Champions League and Europa League games due to be played next week.

Numerous countries had been initially planning to carry on playing matches behind closed doors, following the example of several Champions League and Europa League games this midweek, but that was not to everyone’s liking.

“My opinion is that all competitions should be suspended. In China they have been more responsible than they have been …

Start Date For Italy’s Serie A Announced

Five More Serie A Players Test Positive For Coronavirus

March 13, 2020 4:40 pm

Four footballers from Sampdoria and one at Fiorentina have tested positive for coronavirus, the Italian clubs said on Friday.

Gambia defender Omar Colley, Sweden midfielder Albin Ekdal, Norway playmaker Morten Thorsby and former Italy Under-21 forward Antonio La Gumina as well as team-mate Manolo Gabbiadini are suffering from COVID-19.

“The state of their health is good and they are at home in Genoa,” a statement said.

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Former Southampton striker Gabbiadani’s case was confirmed by the outfit on Thursday for the virus.

Club doctor Amedeo Baldari has also tested positive.

Fiorentina’s Serbia forward …

Semenya Switches To 200m In Search Of More Olympics Glory

Semenya Switches To 200m In Search Of More Olympics Glory

March 13, 2020 4:39 pm

Star South African 800-metre athlete Caster Semenya said on Friday she hopes to compete in the 200m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The 29-year-old is prohibited from defending her 800m Olympics title because she refuses to adhere to testosterone regulations set by governing body World Athletics.

Semenya, and other female athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD), are banned from competing in races between 400m and the mile unless they take testosterone-lowering medication.

She won the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics 800m titles and was the world champion over the distance in 2009, 2011 and 2017.

The South …

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