April 17, 2020

Trump Was Too Slow In Virus Response - Poll

Trump Was Too Slow In Virus Response: Poll

April 17, 2020 6:30 pm

Nearly two-thirds of Americans say President Donald Trump was too slow in taking major steps to address the threat to the United States from new coronavirus, a poll published on Thursday said.

According to the Pew Research Center, 65 percent said Trump was tardy in responding when cases of the COVID-19 illness were first reported in other countries.

He initially downplayed the virus and has been keen to end the resulting lockdowns which have crippled the world’s largest economy.

The Pew survey was conducted April 7-12 among a sample 4,917 American adults.

It found that 52 percent said Trump’s …

Paparazzi Vie For Scraps As Hollywood Celebrities Hide

Paparazzi Vie For Scraps As Hollywood Celebrities Hide

April 17, 2020 6:29 pm

With Hollywood A-listers self-quarantined in their sprawling mansions due to the novel coronavirus, Los Angeles’ notorious paparazzi have almost nobody to shoot — despite soaring demand for celebrity pictures.

The trendy nightclubs, restaurants and movie sets which are typically surrounded by photographers at all hours have been closed since California went into pandemic lockdown a month ago.

This has meant images of gossip magazine staples such as Ben Affleck walking his dogs, or Cameron Diaz popping out for groceries, are a hot commodity, with dozens of paparazzi vying for the same photos.

“Every photo is with sunglasses and a mask …

As US Pulls Back, China Builds Influence At UN

As US Pulls Back, China Builds Influence At UN

April 17, 2020 6:28 pm

As President Donald Trump announces a halt in World Health Organization funding, accusing it of kowtowing to China over the coronavirus outbreak, Beijing is building on a well-established strategy of leveraging its global standing wherever the US lets go of the wheel.

For years, Chinese nationals have been taking up positions at the head of and lower down UN agencies as the Asian powerhouse ploughs considerable resources into building on its international financial and military relationships.

China’s long game on global influence is particularly apparent in Africa, where 10 years ago the continent’s debt to the world’s number two …

Tesco Unveils 16,000 Jobs As Online Food Sales Surge

Global Virus Deaths Hit 150,000 As Trump Blasts China

April 17, 2020 6:26 pm

World coronavirus deaths passed 150,000 Friday as US President Donald Trump accused China of continuing to cover up its toll, even after Beijing revised figures sharply upward for Wuhan, the original epicenter of the global pandemic.

COVID-19 fatalities mounted in the United States and hard-hit Western Europe countries, but fresh data on rising infections and deaths in Africa showed the virus is leaving no continent untouched as it marches around the globe.

More than half of humanity — 4.5 billion people — were confined to their homes, with evidence mounting of social distancing’s success in slowing the pandemic.

But widespread …

The Unresponsiveness And Nepotism Of Nigerian Leaders

The Unresponsiveness And Nepotism Of Nigerian Leaders

April 17, 2020 3:42 pm

This video clip attached right here is just a glimpse of how corrupt Nigeria is now due to the greed and nepotistic governance of the country’s political leaders.

Nigeria is supposed to be the richest black country in the world but with the level of corruption and callousness, her political leaders often enmesh themselves in, apparently the country has nothing to show for the abundant natural resources domiciled in her particularly from the southern part of the country which have been providing her with enormous economic benefits thus far.

For how long can this wanton treatment on the Southerners …

Stop Interfering In Islamic Affairs, Shagari’s Grandson Tells Christians

Pakistanis Defy Lockdown Orders For Friday Prayers

April 17, 2020 3:30 pm
Islamabad, Pakistan – A lack of consensus between religious leaders and the Pakistani government has seen Friday congregational prayers still being held at some mosques across the country, in defiance of government guidelines on social distancing amidst the coronavirus outbreak.

In the capital, Islamabad, hundreds gathered at the Red Mosque, led by hardline religious leader Abdul Aziz, to offer prayers, standing shoulder-to-shoulder and filling the mosque’s main hall to capacity.

Reports indicated that congregational prayers were also held at major mosques in other cities, with varying levels of social distancing.

Aziz, who led an armed standoff between his followers and

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Bob Marley And The Zimbabwean Independence

Bob Marley And The Zimbabwean Independence

April 17, 2020 2:45 pm
Harare, Zimbabwe – Forty years ago, Bob Marley and his band, the Wailers, stepped onto the stage at Rufaro Stadium in Harare to help usher in Zimbabwe’s independence from British and local white minority rule.

It was electrifying. The unmistakable reggae thump of the legendary Jamaican musician filled the air as chants of “Viva Zimbabwe” boomed out over the crowd in-between songs.

“It was a moment I fully savoured,” Christopher Mutsvangwa, one of the fighters during the liberation struggle, known as Second Chimurenga (1966-1979), told Al Jazeera.

“Tears of pain-filled delight rolled down my cheeks,” he recalled of the

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APC Reacts To Governor Wike’s Onslaught On FG

APC Reacts To Governor Wike’s Onslaught On FG

April 17, 2020 2:44 pm

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has reacted to Governor Nyesom Wike’s Friday’s broadcast to the State.

The party insinuated that Wike’s broadcast, threats and name-calling before the world has further exposed his governance style.

Wike had, among other things, said he would not allow anyone from Abuja give him directives in Rivers, adding that he was duly elected by the people.

Read Also: Gov. Wike Goes Ballistic On Federal Govt, Oil Companies

Wike also attacked some chieftains of the APC namely, Chief Eze Chukwuema Eze and Chris Finebone.

The governor had also threatened to declare a total

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Oluwo Raped Me And Forced Me To Marry Him – Ex-Wife

Oluwo Raped Me And Forced Me To Marry Him – Ex-Wife

April 17, 2020 2:38 pm

Chanel Chin, ex-wife of Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi has accused the monarch of raping her before marriage.

Recall that Akanbi’s marriage to his wife, Chanel Chin had crashed in December 2019.

Speaking on her marriage to the monarch, Chin who is from Jamaica but based in Canada said she met Oluwo when she visited Nigeria as a tourist with friends in 2015.

In a five-hour live interview with GIO Tv, the ex-queen on Friday explained that due to her love for African cultural experiences she decided to attend a coronation event adding that after the coronation she

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Wike Announces Arrest Of 22 Exxon Mobil Workers

Wike Announces Arrest Of 22 Exxon Mobil Workers

April 17, 2020 2:37 pm

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Friday announced that security agents have arrested 22 workers of Exxon Mobil.

The oil workers according to Wike were arrested for entering Rivers State from Akwa Ibom in violation of the State Executive Order restricting movement to contain spread of COVID-19.

The governor while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital added that the Exxon Mobil issue will be a test case in legal jurisprudence in the country.

Read Also: Gov. Wike Goes Ballistic On Federal Govt, Oil Companies

“Security agencies arrested 22 staff of Exxon Mobil who came into the state

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Astronauts Return To Pandemic Wracked Earth

Astronauts Return To Pandemic Wracked Earth

April 17, 2020 2:35 pm

Two astronauts and a cosmonaut landed in Kazakhstan on Friday morning , completing their mission aboard the International Space Station.

The space travellers returned to an earthly world changed by the coronavirus pandemic since they left months ago.

Ground crews tended to them wearing surgical masks and respirators.

NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan concluded nine months living and working on the ISS.

Astronaut Jessica Meir and cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka spent almost seven months in space.

After post-landing medical checks, the crew returned by Russian helicopters to the recovery staging city in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Morgan and Meir were scheduled to board a …

COVID-19 - UN Receives Health Supplies For Nigeria

COVID-19: UN Receives Health Supplies For Nigeria

April 17, 2020 2:33 pm
The United Nations on Thursday received delivery of vital health supplies to support the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria on a flight funded by APM Terminals.

The supplies, made up of 10,000 test kits, 15 oxygen concentrators, and various personal protective equipment (PPE), vaccines, IEHK/PEP kits, and other vital health supplies, will support the Nigerian government’s COVID-19 Response Plan and UNICEF’s work with children and families in Nigeria.

A statement to the effect said the supplies will also support the government of Nigeria, through the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), to prevent and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

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