March 2020

Ajimobi, Bulama, Chukwuma Emerge New APC Natl Officers

Ajimobi, Bulama, Chukwuma Emerge New APC Natl Officers

March 5, 2020 5:13 am
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the nomination of three new national officers, hours after an Abuja Federal High Court ordered national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole to step aside.

Arch. Waziri Bulama was appointed as the Party’s Acting National Secretary. He replaces Mai Mala Buni, who is now the Governor of Yobe State.

Former Oyo governor Abiola Ajimobi has also been appointed as deputy national chairman(south). He replaces Adeniyi Adebayo, who is now the minister for industries.

Mr. Paul Chukwuma is the new National Auditor.

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Coronavirus-James Bond’s “No Time to Die” Postponed

Coronavirus: James Bond’s “No Time to Die” Postponed

March 5, 2020 5:12 am

No Time to Die, an upcoming James Bond movie release date is now delayed for seven months due to fears of the spread of the COVID-19 flu (coronavirus).

The movie which was supposed to premiere in April 2020 will now open in November this year.

No Time to Die was initially scheduled to premiere in the U.S. on April 10. Now, the film will premiere in the United Kingdom on November 12 and open in the United States on November 25—a more than seven-month delay.

According to a statement by the movie’s producers, they had moved the release of No …

Katy Perry Reveals Pregnancy In New Video

Katy Perry Reveals Pregnancy In New Video

March 5, 2020 5:12 am

Katy Perry has dropped more than her highly-anticipated new music video for “Never Worn White.”

But along with the romantic and dreamy-like vibe of the video, the 35 year-old Katy also dropped some exciting news: She’s pregnant with her first child!

A moment in the music video got her over 90 million Katycats talking: it was a shot of the “Roar” singer cradling her baby bump.

Both the video and her Instagram post showing her in a white gown and the baby bump up-close, have elicited messages of congratulations from her fans.

“Congrats love”, one fan wrote.

“CONGRATS😭💖 you’re gonna

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BBNaija’s BamTeddy Welcomes Baby Girl

BBNaija’s BamTeddy Welcomes Baby Girl

March 5, 2020 5:11 am
Former Big Brother Naija housemates and celebrity couple Bam Bam and Teddy A have welcomed the birth of their first child together, named Zendaya.

Teddy A, whose birth name is Tope Adenibuyan, today announced the birth of his daughter on his social media page.

Taking to his Twitter page in the early hours of Thursday, March 5, 2020, Teddy A announced the good news.

In his tweet, the reality TV star shared the name of his baby girl ”Zendaya Folakemi Adenibuyan! Red heart,” he tweeted.

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See tweet below;

Teddy-A@BadmanTeddyA
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Akparanta Nigerian New York Prison Officer Sexually Abuses Inmates

Nigerian New York Prison Officer Sexually Abuses Inmates

March 5, 2020 5:10 am
Colin Akparanta, a Nigerian-born correctional officer at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, New York, has pleaded guilty for an abusive sexual contact of a female inmate.

Akpranta, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox, according to an announcement by Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

The Irvington New Jersey based Nigerian pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact of an inmate, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2244(a)(4), and one count of deprivation of the civil rights of that inmate, in …

Four-Year Doping Ban For Olympic Women's Steeple Champion

Four-Year Doping Ban For Olympic Women’s Steeple Champion

March 4, 2020 4:51 pm

Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Ruth Jebet has been banned for four years after testing positive for banned blood booster EPO, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Wednesday.

Hit with a provisional ban in 2018 after a positive test on December 1 2017, the Kenyan-born Bahraini has the right to appeal the four-year suspension.

As it stands the 23-year-old will not be able to defend her title at the July 24-August 9 Olympics in Tokyo.

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After winning gold in Rio in 2016, she went on to set a new world record …

Hearn 'Ready To Conclude' Deal For Joshua v Fury Fight

Hearn ‘Ready To Conclude’ Deal For Joshua v Fury Fight

March 4, 2020 4:50 pm

Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed he is “ready to conclude a deal” for an all-British showdown between his fighter and Tyson Fury in December to determine the undisputed world heavyweight champion.

Fury beat American Deontay Wilder last month to win the WBC title, meaning he and Joshua, the WBA, IBF and WBO champion, hold all four of the major belts in boxing’s heavyweight division.

Clamour for a bout between the pair has been building but Joshua will first take on IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria on June 20 while Fury is likely to settle a contractual …

Woods Among 10 Finalists For World Golf Hall Of Fame

Woods Among 10 Finalists For World Golf Hall Of Fame

March 4, 2020 4:50 pm

Reigning Masters champion Tiger Woods, a 15-time major winner, is among 10 people named as finalists to be considered for 2021 enshrinement into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Woods, a 44-year-old American whose 82 career US PGA Tour titles matched the all-time record set by Sam Snead, is joined by fellow US players Johnny Farrell and Tom Weiskopf and Ireland’s Padraig Harrington as candidates for next year’s induction class.

US women’s stars Dottie Pepper, Sandra Palmer, Beverly Hanson and Susie Maxwell Berning, former PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem and the late Marion Hollins, among the first women golf …

Italy Deploys Emergency Field Hospitals To Fight Virus

Italy Deploys Emergency Field Hospitals To Fight Virus

March 4, 2020 4:50 pm
A blue tent packed with masked medics in nylon overalls and rubber gloves greets patients outside an Italian hospital at the European epicentre of the new coronavirus epidemic.Welcome to the “sorting” room: an urgently deployed army-style field hospital where people running a fever or showing other flu-like symptoms are tested for signs of COVID-19.

Italy is learning fast from its mistakes.

One of them involved a single man — a 38-year-old codenamed “patient number one” — who developed pneumonia but was never isolated while he was treated in hospital, resulting in him unwittingly infecting other patients.

Italy’s 3,000 cases …

Italy Shuts Schools As Coronavirus Battle Intensifies

Italy Shuts Schools As Coronavirus Battle Intensifies

March 4, 2020 4:49 pm

Europe’s coronavirus hotspot Italy shut all schools and universities on Wednesday in a bid to stop the deadly disease from spreading, as governments bolstered supplies and intensified protective measures.

With cases and deaths rising around the world even as the rate of new infections slows in the virus epicentre China, Germany on Wednesday warned that the outbreak had turned into a global pandemic.

More than 90,000 people have been infected and around 3,200 have died worldwide from the virus, which has now reached 81 countries and territories.

Italy reported 28 more deaths on Wednesday taking the toll to 107, the …

Bloomberg Suspends Presidential Campaign, Endorses Biden

Bloomberg Suspends Presidential Campaign, Endorses Biden

March 4, 2020 2:13 pm

Former New York City Mayor, Mike Bloomberg, suspended his presidential campaign on Wednesday.

Bloomberg’s billions on strategy failed to yield any wins on Super Tuesday, apart from the American Samoa caucuses.

The mogul endorsed Democratic front-runner, Joe Biden, former United States Vice President.

“I’m a believer in using data to inform decisions. After yesterday’s results, the delegate math has become virtually impossible – and a viable path to the nomination no longer exists”, Bloomberg said in his statement.

He stated that he remained clear-eyed about his overriding objective which is victory in November.

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Protest In Kano Over Blasphemy Against Prophet Muhammed

Protest In Kano Over Blasphemy Against Prophet Muhammed

March 4, 2020 2:13 pm

Youth numbering hundreds have stormed the Kano Hisbah office in protest over an alleged blasphemy song against the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

The placards-bearing protesters accused the State government and the security agencies of being reluctant to act over the matter.

Idris Ibrahim, also known as Baba Idris, who led the protests, told reporters that it was to call the attention of the government to take the necessary action, threatening that they will take the law into their hands if the needful is not done.

According to Ibrahim, a similar incident had happened in the state in the past and

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