March 2020

Igbo May Cease To Be Nigerians If Denied Presidency

Igbos May Cease To Be Nigerians If Denied Presidency

March 7, 2020 3:41 am

Former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said that anybody or group that tries to deny an Igbo from emerging the president in 2023 is pushing the race out of Nigeria. In this interview with VINCENT KALU, the elder statesman told the Southeast governors to perish the idea of community policing model, but should instead adopt regional security outfit in the mould of Southwest’s Amotekun.

 

What is your view on the state of the nation, insecurity everywhere?

The failure is so conspicuous now, we were afraid before and we were shouting but now, the real thing has …

IPOB Sit-at-Home: 'Negotiate With Igbos' - Mbaka To Buhari

My Prophecy On Ihedioha, Uzodinma Risky – Mbaka

March 7, 2020 3:40 am

Fiery Catholic priest and founder, Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has opened up on his controversial prophecy over the sack of former Imo governor, Emeka Ihedioha and the coming of the incumbent, Senator Hope Uzodinma, concluding that it was indeed a risky prediction.

Mbaka had prophesied that Ihedioha would be removed as Imo governor and Uzodinma sworn in to take his place. In no time, the prophecy indeed came to pass and this has drawn flaks for him from various political and religious circles, including the criticism by the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Reverend Callistus …

Coronavirus Patient In Lagos Centre Suffers Depression

Coronavirus Patient In Lagos Centre Suffers Depression

March 7, 2020 3:40 am

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has revealed that the Italian being treated for coronavirus at the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba, is depressed but getting better.

Abayomi, who made the statement at a briefing on Thursday, said the Italian, was responding to treatment, but would only be released when he would no longer be a threat to the other members of society.

Abayomi said: “The Italian has been with us for one week now; his clinical situation is quite stable, the symptoms are dramatically resolving; so, we are expectant that we will continue to make this …

Michael Oluronbi Nigeria’s Serial Rapist Pastor Jailed 34 Years In UK

Nigeria’s Serial Rapist Pastor Jailed 34 Years In UK

March 7, 2020 3:39 am

A Nigerian pastor, Michael Oluronbi, has been jailed for 34 years in the United Kingdom for defiling children and sexual assault.

A Birmingham Crown Court handed down the sentence after he was found guilty of the offence.

Oluronbi, 60 was convicted of raping some children for a period of 20 years. He was said to have committed the act during religious bathing rituals he claimed would wash their sins away and cleanse them from evil spirits.

His wife Juliana Oluronbi, who arranged abortions after four girls became pregnant, was jailed for 11 years.

Both were found guilty by jurors at …

Uzodinma Calms Nerves After Cult Killings In Okigwe

Hope Uzodinma Calms Nerves After Cult Killings In Okigwe

March 7, 2020 3:38 am
Governor Hope Uzodinma has visited Okigwe, where cult men went on the rampage Thursday night, killing no fewer than three persons and injuring another four as residents scampered into the bush.

Hope Uzodinma gave an assurance as he visited Friday that government was on top of the situation. He urged citizens to go about their normal businesses without any fear.

“We are concerned as a government because the primary responsibility of every reasonable government is to guarantee security for its citizens”, he said.

“When I heard that this ugly thing happened, I became very apprehensive, made phone calls, met with …

Meet Adunola Osinuga, Biden’s Pointswoman In Texas

Meet Adunola Osinuga, Biden’s Pointswoman In Texas

March 7, 2020 3:37 am

When Joe Biden, now frontrunner in the race to pick a Democratic candidate to compete with Donald Trump, came to the atrium of the science building at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas to campaign last Monday, his introduction was made by a female student, Adunola Osinuga.

“We saw in South Carolina the power that voters of color have. We have the power to swing this entire race for the candidate that can beat Donald Trump in the fall. We had that power in South Carolina, and we most definitely have that power here in Texas,” the beaming student, known …

Woman Who Visited 4 Countries Takes Coronavirus To Togo

Woman Who Visited 4 Countries Takes Coronavirus To Togo

March 7, 2020 3:37 am
Togo on Friday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus after a 42-year-old woman tested positive following her return from a trip to Benin, Germany, France, and Turkey.

The presidency in the West African nation of eight million people said the patient, who lives in the capital Lome with her family, was “currently isolated in a treatment center for infectious diseases” after testing positive on Thursday.

Read Also: WHO Urges World To Take Coronavirus More Seriously

“From February 22 to March 2, 2020, she visited Benin, Germany, France, and Turkey before returning to Togo via the land border with …

Coronavirus Hits British Airways

Coronavirus Hits British Airways

March 7, 2020 3:36 am

Two British Airways staff have tested positive for coronavirus.

The staff, who are now recovering at home, are reported to be baggage handlers at London’s Heathrow Airport.

The development has brought the total number of infected persons in the UK to 163.

However, the airline has encouraged its staff to take unpaid leave as the disease keeps spreading around the globe.

“Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed that two members of our staff, have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus,” British Airways said in a statement.

“The welfare of our passengers and colleagues is our top priority. A dedicated team …

Lights, Camera, No Action - Hollywood Rocked By Virus

Lights, Camera, No Action? Hollywood Rocked By Virus

March 6, 2020 5:09 pm

The new James Bond movie delayed. Studios scrapping film festivals. Blockbuster productions shut down. Hollywood is being rocked by the unprecedented challenge of the new coronavirus, insiders told AFP this week.

“I have never seen anything where this many films are going to be affected all at once,” said Jeff Bock, senior analyst at Exhibitor Relations.

“There’s isolated incidents or tragedies that happen, that might affect a certain film. But this really does infect all the industry from top to bottom.”

Industry estimates put the financial loss from Asian theaters already shuttered this year around $2 billion.

Major Hollywood titles …

Bill Clinton Says Lewinsky Affair Was To Manage Anxieties

Bill Clinton Says Lewinsky Affair Was To Manage Anxieties

March 6, 2020 5:05 pm

Bill Clinton said he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky to help him deal with the stress of being president as he opened up in a documentary released Friday about the scandal that led to his impeachment.

In the four-part Hulu series, Clinton describes his sexual relationship in the 1990s with the then 22-year-old White House intern as something he did “to manage my anxieties for years.”

He said it had been motivated by life’s “pressure and disappointments and terrors, fears of whatever” and said he felt “terrible” that the affair had defined Lewinsky’s life.

“We all bring our baggage …

Facebook Removes Trump Ad Disguised As Census Message

Facebook Removes Trump Ad Disguised As Census Message

March 6, 2020 5:04 pm

Facebook has taken down an ad from President Donald Trump’s campaign which critics said misled people into believing it was an official message about the US census.

The ads encouraged readers to “take the official 2020 Congressional District Census,” but clicking on the messages directed users to a Trump campaign website.

Facebook has been under pressure from activists who have said its hand-off policy on political messages enables the proliferation of misinformation.

But the leading social network has also said that as part of its fact-checking operation it would take down any ads or posts which mislead users about the …

Idlib Rare Calm In Syria's Idlib After Ceasefire Deal

Rare Calm In Syria’s Idlib After Ceasefire Deal

March 6, 2020 4:58 pm

Syria’s war-ravaged northwest woke up to relative calm Friday, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months, following a Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal.

The agreement raised hopes of an end to one of the bloodiest phases in the conflict but residents in Idlib were sceptical this deal would last longer than previous ones.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group and AFP correspondents in Idlib province said the truce that came into force at midnight appeared to be holding.

Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman reported “a complete absence of regime and Russian warplanes in the Idlib airspace”.…

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