April 2020

Why President Buhari Extended Lockdown – BMO

Why President Buhari Extended Lockdown – BMO

April 15, 2020 7:32 am

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), on Tuesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s stay-at-home extension was for the well-being of Nigerians.

BMO Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, in a statement, said the President had no choice than to order the continued lockdown on Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja due to risks of contracting coronavirus and expert warnings.

Akinsiju pointed out that no one has more information on the trajectory of the virus or the capacity of the relevant authorities to stem the tide of infection than Buhari.

“So, for him to take what he described as a painful decision in his nationwide broadcast, and even …

Joe Biden Accused Of Sexual Assault, Campaign Reacts

Joe Biden Accused Of Sexual Assault, Campaign Reacts

April 15, 2020 7:32 am

A former aide to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has in several media interviews accused him of sexually assaulting her nearly 30 years ago when he was a U.S. senator, an assertion that Biden’s campaign has strongly denied.

Tara Reade, who worked briefly as a staff assistant in Biden’s Senate office from December 1992 to August 1993, told the New York Times, the Washington Post and other news outlets that Biden pinned her against a wall in 1993 and reached under her shirt and her skirt.

A campaign spokeswoman for Biden, the former vice president, said in a statement …

Thailand Reports 30 New Coronavirus Cases

Thailand Reports 30 New Coronavirus Cases

April 15, 2020 7:31 am

Thailand reported 30 new coronavirus cases and 2 deaths on Wednesday.

According to Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman for the government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration 19 patients were linked to previous cases, and three had no links to old cases.

Read Also: China Approves Two Coronavirus Vaccines For Human Trials

One of those infected was in state quarantine, and the cases of seven people who tested positive were being investigated.

Since the outbreak escalated in January, Thailand has reported a total of 2,643 cases and 43 fatalities, while 1,497 patients have recovered and gone home.

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Miscreants Attacking Lagos Are Not Hungry – Sanwo-Olu

Miscreants Attacking Lagos Are Not Hungry – Sanwo-Olu

April 15, 2020 7:31 am

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, said miscreants using the lockdown to unleash havoc on the residents are not ‘hungry people’ but opportunistic criminals.

Sanwo-Olu, who said this at the COVID-19 and security briefing in Marina, assured that his administration would ensure the safety and security of lives and property of all citizens.

He, however, announced the deployment of security agencies to different parts of the state to stop attacks by robbers and hoodlums on residents.

Read Also: Anxiety In Lagos Over Daily Robbery Attacks Amid lockdown

Sanwo-Olu revealed that an emergency Security Council meeting discussed the increasing …

NASCAR Driver Larson Suspended After Racial Abuse

NASCAR Driver Larson Suspended After Racial Abuse

April 14, 2020 6:32 pm

US driver Kyle Larson has been indefinitely suspended from the NASCAR stock car series after using a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race on Sunday.

“NASCAR has made diversity and inclusion a priority and will not tolerate the type of language used by Kyle Larson during Sunday’s iRacing event,” NASCAR said in a statement on Monday.

“Our Member Conduct Guidelines are clear in this regard, and we will enforce these guidelines to maintain an inclusive environment for our entire industry and fan base.”

NASCAR’s action followed Larson’s suspension without pay by his Chip Ganassi Racing team, and sponsors Credit …

Fearful Of Virus Return, Beijing Turns Into Virtual Fortress

Fearful Of Virus Return, Beijing Turns Into Fortress

April 14, 2020 6:31 pm

Beijing has virtually walled itself off to outsiders with drastic measures to protect China’s seat of power against the threat of a second wave of coronavirus infections from other regions.

After largely getting the outbreak under control, China has banned foreigners from entering the country as authorities fret over an increase in cases imported from abroad — though most have been Chinese citizens.

But Beijing has gone a step further, imposing a strict 14-day quarantine on people arriving from other parts of China, regardless of whether they test negative for COVID-19 — a measure not required in other …

German Virus Cases Stable As Leaders Mull Easing Lockdown

German Virus Cases Stable As Leaders Mull Easing Lockdown

April 14, 2020 6:30 pm

The number of people infected with coronavirus in Germany has “stabilised”, the public health chief said Tuesday, as politicians prepare for talks on when to end the lockdown measures used to slow the disease’s spread.

“Numbers have stabilised at a relatively high level,” Lothar Wieler of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control told reporters.

“There is no clear sign at present that they’re falling,” he added.

Politicians are waiting on every comment by the country’s leading medical experts, as Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a conference Wednesday with state premiers on whether and for how long to extend …

Pandemic Causing Deep Recession, And It Could Get Worse

Pandemic Causing Deep Recession, And It Could Get Worse

April 14, 2020 6:29 pm

The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the global economy into its deepest recession in a century, cutting world output by three percent this year, and the crisis could get worse, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.

The downturn will slash $9 trillion from the world economy, IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath told reporters as she presented the latest forecasts in the World Economic Outlook.

If the virus is contained and economies can begin operating again, 2021 should see a rebound of 5.8 percent, according to the IMF.

But the authors acknowledged the difficulty in making an accurate forecast amid the rapidly …

Bill Gates Projects 18 Months Before Normalcy Will Return

Bill Gates Projects 18 Months Before Normalcy Will Return

April 14, 2020 3:23 pm

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has said that life may return to normal in the next eighteen months if everything goes perfectly well following the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the world.

According to Gates, the Coronavirus pandemic across the globe is unprecedented and is proving very tough, but a vaccine will bring the ordeal to an end.

“We want to get back to the life we had before Coronavirus,” Gates told BBC Breakfast.

Read Also: Bill Gates: Only A Vaccine Will Make Things Normal

“People see the economic destruction and psychological stress. This is such an unprecedented,

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Bill 'Bill, Melinda Gates Plan To Kill Africans With Vaccine'

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

April 14, 2020 3:22 pm

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has alleged that billionaire businessman, Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda are planning to kill Africans using the Coronavirus vaccine.

Kanu made the allegation in reaction to Melinda’s claim that she saw dead bodies on the streets of Africa.

Melinda in an interview with CNN had lamented that Africa may not be able to handle a Coronavirus situation if it escalates like it did in the west.

Reacting, Kanu insisted that Melinda must have adequate information

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Lockdown - Inmates Get Relief Items In Edo

Lockdown: Inmates Get Relief Items In Edo

April 14, 2020 3:19 pm
Edo State has donated relief items to the Nigerian Correctional Service for inmates.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSC Aminu Suleman, made this known in Benin on Tuesday.

He described the donation as an unprecedented.

It was the first time all seven custodial centres in the state would benefit from the welfare relief package of government, he said.

Read Also: 4 Inmates Killed In Kaduna Prison, Probe Begins

Suleman said the wife of the Edo Governor, Betsy Obaseki gave out the relief items.

Inmates also benefited from the relief items presented to the vulnerable and less privileged members of …

America Has No King - New York Governor Cuomo Blasts Trump

America Has No King: New York Governor Cuomo Blasts Trump

April 14, 2020 1:11 pm
America has no king, but a constitution, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Tuesday as he debunked President Trump’s statement that he has “total authority” to determine when the coronavirus stricken states can open for business.

Cuomo on NBC’s Today Show and CNN said Trump was flat-out wrong when he said he can overrule state leaders in determining when to reopen businesses and relax social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus outbreak.

“I don’t know what the president is talking about, frankly,” Mr. Cuomo said on NBC’s “Today” show.

“We don’t have a king in the United States, we have …

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