March 2020

Coronavirus Batters Italy, 200 Die, New Cases Skyrocket

Coronavirus Batters Italy, 200 Die, New Cases Skyrocket

March 13, 2020 5:22 am

Italy now under lockdown since Tuesday for coronavirus pandemic is really being battered by the virus with the death toll in the last 24 hours increasing by 23 per cent.

Official figures said 189 people died today, increasing the death tally to 1,016.

The total number of cases in Italy ballooned to 15,113 from a previous 12,462, an increase of 21.7 per cent.

It was the biggest daily rise in absolute terms since the contagion first came to light on February 21.

Italy’s Civil Protection Agency said out of those originally infected, 1,258 had fully recovered compared to 1,045 the …

Uzodinma Names Justice Ijeoma Agugua Acting Chief Judge

Uzodinma Names Justice Ijeoma Agugua Acting Chief Judge

March 13, 2020 5:19 am
The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has approved the appointment of Justice Ijeoma Agugua as the new Acting Chief Judge of the state following the retirement of Justice Pascal Nnadi, the immediate past.

Justice Ijeoma, a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and National Association of Women Judges of Nigeria (NASWJN), according to report, was called to bar in 1993 and had formerly served as the Chief Magistrate.

She is married with three children.

Read Also: Hope Uzodinma Calms Nerves After Cult Killings In Okigwe

Her swearing-in comes up today Friday, March 13, 2020, at Sam

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Presidency Opens Up On ‘Assault On Buhari’ In Kebbi

Presidency Opens Up On ‘Assault On Buhari’ In Kebbi

March 13, 2020 5:19 am

The presidency has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari was not attacked while on his visit to Kebbi.

The president was in the state to declare open the Argungu Fishing and Cultural Festival.

Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on Media, in a statement Thursday night, gave a recount of what happened.

He said as Buhari went round the arena to inspect rice pyramids on display and take photographs with farmers, a young man was very excited to see his president so close.

Read Also: Buhari Arrives Kebbi For Argungu Fishing Festival

“He made an attempt to get to him. World over,

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Canada PM, Trudeau Isolated As Wife Gets Coronavirus

Canada PM, Trudeau Isolated As Wife Gets Coronavirus

March 13, 2020 5:08 am
The wife of Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Sophie Grégoire, has tested positive for coronavirus.

This was contained in a statement Thursday night from the Prime Minister’s Office said.

It, however, clarified that the PM was “in good health with no symptoms.”

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Trudeau has been placed in 14 days isolation as a precautionary measure.

The wife was said to be “feeling well, taking the recommended precautions and her symptoms remain mild”.

The office had earlier Thursday announced that Grégoire was tested for the coronavirus after flu-like symptoms.

“Following medical recommendations, Sophie

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Dethroned Kano Emir, Sanusi Drags IGP, DSS To Court

Dethroned Kano Emir, Sanusi Drags IGP, DSS To Court

March 13, 2020 5:07 am

Dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has dragged the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and the Director-General, Department of State Service, DSS, to court over his continued confinement in Nasarawa State.

Sanusi’s legal team filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, seeking his release from banishment.

The former Emir’s legal team is led by Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), and the suit number is FHC/ABJ/CS/357/2020.

Sanusi was sacked from the throne on Monday, with a new emir, Aminu Ado Bayero already installed.

He was immediately placed under house arrest by armed policemen and DSS officials, who later …

Volkswagen Volkswagen Introduces New Anti-Accident Car Software

Volkswagen Introduces New Anti-Accident Car Software

March 13, 2020 5:06 am

Volkswagen says it will launch a new software operating system this year that it hopes will make accidents involving its cars a thing of the past by 2050.

Next-generation cars will be equipped with software, sensors and processors that enable vehicles to anticipate and avoid accidents, and to keep learning new reflexes, the German car brand’s strategy chief Michael Jost said in Berlin on Thursday.

“We want to have no more accidents by 2050,” he said.

The new software-based vehicle operating system, which is being launched with Volkswagen’s new ID:3 electric car, will be continually updated as software algorithms …

Virus - La Liga, Eredivisie, Primeira Liga, MLS Suspended

Virus: La Liga, Eredivisie, Primeira Liga, MLS Suspended

March 13, 2020 5:06 am

Spain’s La Liga, the Dutch Eredivisie, Portugal’s Primeira Liga, and USA’s Major League Soccer have been suspended as a precautionary measure to curtail coronavirus.

There will be no action in the Spanish top flight and second-tier for “at least the next two rounds of matches.”

La Liga took action after a Real Madrid basketball player, who shares training facilities with the football club, tested positive for Coronavirus – as a result of this the Real Madrid squad has been quarantined.

“The recommendation has been made to quarantine both the basketball first team and the football first team, given that the …

No Need To Test Trump For Coronavirus - White House

No Need To Test Trump For Coronavirus – White House

March 13, 2020 5:05 am

President Donald Trump does not need testing for coronavirus despite having met with an aide to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who was found afterward to test positive, the White House said on Thursday.

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“The White House is aware of public reports that a member of the Brazilian delegation… tested positive for COVID-19,” Trump spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.

Trump and Vice President Mike Pence “had almost no interactions with the individual” during Bolsonaro’s trip to Trump golf club in Florida last weekend.

They “do not require being tested at

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Leicester Players Are Showing Symptoms Of Coronavirus

Leicester Players Are Showing Symptoms Of Coronavirus

March 13, 2020 5:03 am
A number of Leicester players have shown symptoms of coronavirus and have been “kept away from the squad”, manager Brendan Rodgers said on Thursday.

As it stands, a full Premier League programme is scheduled for this weekend, with third-placed Leicester due to travel to struggling Watford on Saturday, despite widespread cancellations of matches across Europe.

The game between Manchester City and Arsenal on Wednesday was postponed as a “precautionary measure” after Olympiakos owner Vangelis Marinakis tested positive for coronavirus.

Leicester boss Rodgers, quoted on the club’s official Twitter feed, said at his pre-match press conference that disruption would be a …

Arsenal Coach Mikel Arteta Contracts Coronavirus

Arsenal Coach Mikel Arteta Contracts Coronavirus

March 13, 2020 5:03 am

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus as the pandemic continues to rock the sporting world.

The 37 year-old former Arsenal captain was the first to be announced to have the bug, days after the team members were asked to self-isolate , following their interaction with Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, who tested positive for the virus after visiting the Emirates during the 27 February Europa League match with Olympiacos.

A number of Arsenal players met Marinaki after the game.

Mikel Arteta revealed he took the test and will now be put in quarantine in a bid …

Twitter Apologises For Tagging India’s Region As China

Twitter Staff Ordered To Work From Home Over Virus Fears

March 12, 2020 4:32 pm

Twitter has ordered all staff globally to work from home in an effort to stop the spread of the deadly new coronavirus epidemic.

The outbreak has spread across the world since emerging in central China late last year, killing more than 4,600 people, infecting over 126,000, and prompting a wave of travel restrictions.

The social media platform had already announced a mandatory work from home policy for its staff in South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan earlier this month and suspended “non-critical” business travel and events in February.

“We are moving beyond our earlier guidance… and have now informed all …

Iraq Experiences Deadly Rocket Attack, Air Strike

Iraq Experiences Deadly Rocket Attack, Air Strike

March 12, 2020 4:32 pm

Iraq and United Nations officials scrambled Thursday to contain the fallout from an unprecedented rocket attack that killed three US-led coalition members and threatened yet another escalation of Iran-US tensions.

Within hours of the attack on Taji air base, north of Baghdad — the deadliest in years on a base used by US forces in Iraq — an air strike killed more than two dozen Iran-aligned fighters in neighbouring Syria.

It marked a dramatic uptick in violence less than three months after rockets killed a US contractor in northern Iraq, unleashing a round of tit-for-tat attacks between Washington and Tehran …

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