April 2020

Coronavirus: Two cats test positive for COVID-19 in US

Coronavirus: Two Cats Test Positive For COVID-19 In US

April 23, 2020 7:23 am
The United States, US, says two cats have tested positive for Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

US Department of Agriculture in a joint statement with the country’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, said the two cats tested positive for COVID-19 in New York.

According to the agencies, the two cats were tested after showing respiratory symptoms.

Read Also: Nigeria Records 117 New Cases Of Coronavirus; 782 Total

CNN reported that a veterinarian tested the first house cat after it showed mild respiratory signs.

The second cat, in a separate area of New York, was also tested after

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KIA Shuts Two Assembly Plants

KIA Shuts Two Assembly Plants

April 23, 2020 7:18 am
Kia Motors said Thursday it will shut two of its eight plants in South Korea due to the coronavirus impact.

Operations will be suspended at the Sohari plant in Gwangmyeong, from April 27 to May 10 and again from May 22-25.

The Sohari plant is south of Seoul, the Korean capital

The company is also in shutdown talks with the union on its plant in Gwangju, a spokesman said.

Read Also: Weststar to Introduce Mercedes new GLE in Nigeria

The shutdown will enable Kia to keep inventories at manageable levels.

It is also aimed at flexibly responding to lower overseas …

Coronavirus Not Reported To WHO On Time – Pompeo Insists

Coronavirus Not Reported To WHO On Time – Pompeo Insists

April 23, 2020 7:14 am
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday renewed the Trump administration’s criticism of China’s early handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

Pompeo said at a news conference; “We strongly believe that the Chinese Communist Party did not report the outbreak of the new coronavirus in a timely fashion to the World Health Organisation”.

Even after Beijing notified the global health body, it “didn’t share all of the information it had,” he said.

“Instead it covered up how dangerous the disease is.  It didn’t report sustained human-to-human transmission for a month until it was in every province inside of China.

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country 'Save Your Country From Coronavirus, Not Make Threats'

‘Save Your Country From Coronavirus, Not Make Threats’

April 23, 2020 7:10 am

Iran’s military spokesman on Wednesday said US President Donald Trump should concentrate on “saving” his own country from the “major crisis” caused by coronavirus, instead of making threats.

“Today, instead of intimidating others, the Americans would do better to save their troops infected by the coronavirus,” said Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, spokesman for Iran’s armed forces.

Read Also: Destroy Hostile Iranian Boats – Trump Orders US Navy

His comments, in an interview with the semi-official ISNA news agency, came after Trump said on Twitter he had “instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian …

Kemi Olunloyo - 'IPOB Organisation Remains My Servant'

Kemi Olunloyo: ‘IPOB Organisation Remains My Servant’

April 23, 2020 7:09 am

In the late hours of Wednesday, what seems to be a sour exchange occurred on twitter between members of the IPOB and the controversial journalist – Kemi Olunloyo after the latter’s earlier claim whether the leader of the IPOB group is dead or alive.

Read Also: Nnamdi Kanu Might Be Dead – Kemi Olunloyo Alleges

She tweeted thus:

I just lectured the IPOB on Facebook LIVE. Show was lit that 500 fled the broadcast. Very busy night. Nobody will call me Ashawo again. The IPOB remain my servants. They must worship me. I’m the only one who knows what’s about

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COVID-19 - Imo Increases Weekly Sample Tests

COVID-19: Imo Increases Weekly Sample Tests

April 23, 2020 7:08 am
Imo State Government said it has raised the COVID-19 sample test to 10 weekly as against the previous arrangement of 3 per week.

Mr. Oguike Nwachukwu, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Hope Uzodimma disclosed in a statement on behalf of the Chairman of the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Committee, Prof. Maurice Iwu on Wednesday in Owerri.

Iwu said there was no case of coronavirus in Imo but that the committee would do everything possible to checkmate the virus from entering the state.

According to him, patients should be willing to surrender themselves to test anytime such demand arises …

Nigerian Resturant Owner Dies Of Covid-19 In New York

Nigerian Resturant Owner Dies Of COVID-19 In New York

April 23, 2020 7:06 am

A Nigerian man based in New York, United States, has died of complications from Coronavirus. The man named Jonathan Adewunmi, is the owner of a popular Nigerian restaurant named Amarachee in Brooklyn area of New York.

Show promoter, Paul Okoye, who is one of persons close to Adewunmi during his lifetime, took to social media to mourn his demise.

Read Also: Nigeria Records 117 New Cases Of Coronavirus; 782 Total

He said, “My man why? Jonathan Rip. Coronavirus why? So many things we planned this summer. Gone so soon brother.”

The Nigerian Government had last week released a list of …

Trump Gives Reason For Suspending Immigration

Trump Gives Reason For Suspending Immigration

April 23, 2020 7:04 am
U.S. President, Donald Trump has given reason for his new executive order, which temporarily suspended immigrant visas.

Trump, speaking to newsmen on Wednesday evening at the White House, said he made the decision to protect American workers as the country prepares to reopen for business.

According to him, this will put American workers who lost their jobs due to the Coronavirus pandemic in line to regain employment when the economy reopens.

Read Also: Destroy Hostile Iranian Boats – Trump Orders US Navy

He added that the order would last for 60 days which may be reviewed and extended at the

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Angry Father Beats Son For Failing After Paying $21k Fees

Angry Father Beats Son For Failing After Paying $21k Fees

April 23, 2020 7:03 am

Police in Zambia summoned the father identified as George Bester, to appear for ”Investigations” after a video of him beating his son had gone viral.

The angry dad was seen in the video continuously slapping his son for failing major courses in school while passing music after he paid $21k (N8million) school fees.

In the video, which was probably recorded in some years back and recently surfaced online, the angry father is seen slapping the boy for wasting N8m school fees.

Read Also: Danish Schools Begin Reopening After Month-Long Closure

The father while slapping him, said: “I told you this …

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 …

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