April 22, 2020

Dogs Detect COVID-19 Canines Undertake Training

Can Dogs Detect COVID-19? Canines Undertake Training

April 22, 2020 6:26 pm

Can dogs detect COVID-19? A British charity believes so, and has begun training canines to sniff out the coronavirus following previous screening success with various illnesses.

Medical Detection Dogs, set up in 2008 to harness dogs’ sharp sense of smell to detect human diseases, started working on the project late last month.

In its training room in Milton Keynes, in central England, the dogs are being intensively trained to sniff out samples of the virus, and indicate when they have found it to receive a treat.

The approach is based on a belief that each disease triggers a distinct odour, …

Facebook Takes $5.7bn Stake In India's Jio Platforms

Facebook Takes $5.7bn Stake In India’s Jio Platforms

April 22, 2020 6:25 pm

Facebook has taken a $5.7 billion stake in the Jio digital platforms business of India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, in one of the country’s biggest foreign investments, the companies said Wednesday.

The deal will give the US social media giant a 10 percent stake in Jio Platforms, part of Ambani’s oil-to-telecoms Reliance Industries empire.

Facebook, which has about 400 million users in India, said it wanted to connect the “power of WhatsApp”, its messaging subsidiary, with the Indian platform, which has grown on the back of a massively successful telecom venture.

In four years Ambani has turned his Jio telecoms …

COVID-19 Opens Opportunity For Saudi's Newcastle Project

COVID-19 Opens Opportunity For Saudi’s Newcastle Project

April 22, 2020 6:25 pm

A Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle United appears to be nearing completion at a time when the rest of the football industry is on its knees due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

For Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the crisis presents a commercial opportunity and a chance to break into the lucrative Premier League.

But the potential £300 million ($370 million) deal, which will reportedly see the Saudi fund take an 80 percent stake in the club, is facing fierce opposition from human rights groups and one of Saudi’s …

First Virus Case In Lebanon Palestinian Refugee Camp - UN

First Virus Case In Lebanon Palestinian Refugee Camp: UN

April 22, 2020 6:23 pm

A Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon was on lockdown Wednesday after the UN announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus in one of the country’s numerous and crowded camps.

The patient, a Palestinian refugee from Syria, has been taken to the state-run Rafic Hariri hospital in Beirut, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said in a statement late Tuesday.

Medical experts visited the Wavel camp in the eastern Bekaa Valley on Wednesday to carry out tests, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said.

The testing was to focus on the woman’s relatives and people she has interacted with, as well …

COVID-19 Vaccine - Swiss Scientist Conducts Successful Tests

Swiss Scientist Conducts Successful Vaccine Tests

April 22, 2020 2:42 pm

Mass immunisation with a newly developed vaccine against the coronavirus disease could start in Switzerland in October, according to immunologist Martin Bachmann.

The national regulatory body Swissmedic confirmed that it was in talks with scientists including Bachmann, who works at the Bern University Hospital.

“The time schedule is extremely optimistic, but it is not totally far-fetched,” Swissmedic spokesman Lukas Jaggi told dpa this week.

“Given the urgency of the coronavirus pandemic, we are talking about weeks, not months of approval procedures,” he added.

Read Also: ‘Bill, Melinda Gates Plan To Kill Africans With Vaccine’

If the vaccine meets all requirements, …

115 Inmates Released In Nasarawa, Given N5,000 Each

115 Inmates Released In Nasarawa, Given ₦5,000 Each

April 22, 2020 2:38 pm
No fewer than 115 inmates on Wednesday set free from six Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) centres in Nasarawa State.

This followed President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, to decongest correctional centers across the country to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state, represented by the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Dr Abdulkarim Kana, advised the freed inmates to be law-abiding and obey government directives on COVID-19 or risk returning to prison.

Read Also: Coronavirus Hits Prison, 68 Test Positive

The freed inmates were also given the

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Destroy Hostile Iranian Boats – Trump Orders US Navy

Destroy Hostile Iranian Boats – Trump Orders US Navy

April 22, 2020 2:38 pm
President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the United States Navy to destroy Iranian boats harassing U.S. ships.

This followed a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf.

“I have instructed the U.S. Navy to shoot down and destroy any Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,” Trump tweeted.

Read Also: Trump Suspends Issuance Of Green Cards

Iran had on Sunday accused America of giving a “Hollywood version of events”.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it deployed boats for routine patrols after U.S. forces blocked one of its ships in two separate incidents in early April,

The U.S.

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UK - Police Arrests Nigerian For Firing Gunshots

UK: Police Arrests Nigerian For Firing Gunshots

April 22, 2020 2:38 pm
The Police in the UK on Wednesday arrested a Nigerian after he carelessly fired several gunshots.

Known as ‘flexingmike’ or Instagram, the suspect recorded himself shooting and screamed, “call me the police”.

The ‘CEO Truth or Dare Records’ posted five videos showing him holding a firearm.

More weapons were displayed as Tupac Shakur’s smash track ‘Hit em up’ played in the background.

Officers responded to reports that he brandished weapons on the balcony of an apartment in Chatham, Kent, southeast England.

The Police, in a statement, said members of the public reported seeing him with different guns.

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FG To Investigate N20,000 Double Payments For Palliative

FG To Investigate ₦20,000 Double Payments For Palliative

April 22, 2020 2:37 pm
The Nigerian Government has said that two members of a family cannot be paid ₦20,000 from the Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq, said this while addressing claims of double payment in some states.

Sadiya noted that the Ministry will begin investigation into the claims of double payments.

“Even though it would be almost impossible for such to happen, we shall investigate reports of double payment.”

Farouq said this during a Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 on Tuesday.

The minister added that members of the same family cannot receive money more than

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US State Sues China For Causing COVID-19

US State Sues China For Causing COVID-19

April 22, 2020 2:35 pm
The US State of Missouri has sued China for deliberate deception and insufficient action in the handling of the deadly Coronavirus.

Following the impact of Coronavirus in the State, Missouri’s Attorney General, Eric Schmitt announced on Tuesday that it is seeking damages because China covered up information, silenced whistleblowers, and did little to stop the spread of the disease.

The civil lawsuit was filed in a federal court in the eastern district of Missouri.

BBC quoted Schmitt as saying, “In Missouri, the impact of the virus is very real – thousands have been infected and many have died, families have

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Lagos Confirms 59 New Cases As Toll Rises To 438 In State

Lagos Confirms 59 New Cases As Toll Rises To 438 In State

April 22, 2020 2:35 pm
The Lagos State Government has confirmed fifty-nine new Coronavirus cases in the state.

The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed this on his Twitter page on Wednesday.

Abayomi said the State now has 438 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Read Also: Lagos Records 70 New Cases Of COVID-19 In One Day

He tweeted, “59 new #COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 21, 2020.

“Total number of confirmed #COVID-19 cases in Lagos now stands at 438.

“5 of the cases previously reported in Lagos State have been transferred to Ogun State.”

“Total #COVID-19 cases transferred out of Lagos are

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Nigeria Immigration Boss, Babandede Resumes Duty

Nigeria Immigration Boss, Babandede Resumes Duty

April 22, 2020 2:32 pm
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede has resumed duty.

This followed his recovery from coronavirus.

Babandede is believed to have contracted the virus during a trip to the UK in March.

Read Also: Breaking: Trump Suspends Immigration To The U.S.

NIS Public Relations Officer, Sunday James, said Babandede appreciates the level of compliance on flight restrictions, closure of land borders and seaports ordered by the federal government.

The spokesman recalled that the CG “during the break received briefs online”.

On Monday, Nigeria Immigration extended its 2020 recruitment deadline.

Nigerians have been criticising the service for querying

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