April 2020

Nnamdi Kanu Explains Why Nigeria, Southeast Don’t Need 5G

Nnamdi Kanu Explains Why Nigeria, Southeast Don’t Need 5G

April 6, 2020 1:16 pm
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned against the installation of the Fifth Generation Mobile Networks, popularly known as 5G network in the Southeast.

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Kanu explained that Southeast should look away from the 5G network until all the necessary scientific data was collected.

In a post on his Facebook page, the IPOB leader also stated that 5G network was not needed in Nigeria due to its economy.

He wrote: “What do you need 5G for? Is it the economy of tomatoes and

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5G Is Not Anti-Christ- Pastor Ashimolowo To Oyakhilome

5G Is Not Anti-Christ- Pastor Ashimolowo To Oyakhilome

April 6, 2020 1:16 pm

Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, the Founder of Kingsway International Christian Centre has disagreed with Pastor Chris Oyakilome over claims of a link between the 5G network, Coronavirus and anti-Christ.

For the past few days, popular pastors and politicians have found a way to link the 5G network with spiritual things and Coronavirus epidemic.

Africa Daily News recalls that Oyakhilome told his members in a sermon that the 5G was part of the new world order where some figures of authority in the world were trying to build a religion, economy and government for the entire universe.

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Buhari Govt Under Fire Over Exclusion Of South-East

Buhari Govt Under Fire Over Exclusion Of South-East

April 6, 2020 1:15 pm

A South-East group, Igbo Renaissance Forum has knocked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over its approach to the ₦20,000 stimulus package for the ‘poorest in the society.’

The group said it was baffling that the government decided to share a total of ₦52bn to 2.6 million poor families in cash, without a clear system for accountability and transparency.

The Forum described as shocking government decision to give cash to individuals across the table, adding that by this, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Umar Farouq, had flouted the government’s order on social distancing and clearly contravenes the

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The World Is About To End – Bishop Adeleye Warns

The World Is About To End – Bishop Adeleye Warns

April 6, 2020 1:13 pm
The Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Calabar and Archbishop of the Niger Delta Province, Bishop Tunde Adeleye, has claimed COVID-19 is a sign that the world will end soon.

The cleric, speaking with journalists in Calabar on Sunday, called on Christians around the world to be ready.

Adeleye, however, expressed sadness that the coronavirus broke out around Easter, when the death and resurrection of Christ is observed.

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“As Christians, we should get ourselves ready because the circumstances faced today indicate that the end is near. We should get ready,

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COVID-19 Is A Blessing In Disguise - Cardinal Okogie

COVID-19 Is A Blessing In Disguise – Cardinal Okogie

April 6, 2020 1:13 pm

Respected priest, Cardinal Anthony Okogie, says the COVID-19 outbreak has exposed Nigeria’s poor leadership and government.

Okogie lamented how President Muhammadu Buhari administration was spending billions on cars for lawmakers and ignoring the health sector.

A statement he personally signed on Sunday, said that the ravaging global pandemic “has been a dangerous yet revelatory moment in Nigeria.”

“It is dangerous because this deadly pandemic has infected over a million and killed thousands of citizens of our planet. No one seems to know when and how it will end.

“But COVID-19 is also revelatory, a blessing in disguise because it has

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Niger LGs Workers Kick Against 20% Deduction Of Salaries

Niger LGs Workers Kick Against 20% Deduction Of Salaries

April 6, 2020 1:12 pm
Local government workers in Niger State have refused to forfeit 20 per cent of their March 2020 salaries as decided by the state Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to combat the Coronavirus pandemic.

This is coming after a joint meeting of staff of the Medical and Health Workers Union, the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employers (NULGE), the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Niger state and Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) Niger state.

The workers in a letter through their unions, and dated March 31, 2020 and signed by Comrade Kabiru Yakubu, the secretary of the joint union,

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Coronavirus - Doctor Commits Suicide

Coronavirus: Doctor Commits Suicide

April 6, 2020 1:11 pm

Bernard Gonzalez, the club doctor of Stade de Reims FC, has committed suicide.

French outlet Le Parisien reports that Gonzalez took his own life on Sunday afternoon shortly after being told he had contracted Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Gonzalez, 60, is said to have been in quarantine with his wife, who also had the disease.

Reacting to the development, Stade de Reims’ President, Jean-Pierre Caillot, in a statement, described Gonzalez as a great professional of the sport.

Caillot said: “Words fail me. I am stunned by this news.

“This pandemic affects the Stade de Reims in its heart. He was a personality

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Buhari Orders Withdrawal Of $150m From NSIA Account

Buhari Orders Withdrawal Of $150m From NSIA Account

April 6, 2020 1:09 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that $150 million be withdrawn from the National Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA).

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, revealed this while speaking with journalists in Abuja.

According to her, the withdrawal would be made from the NSIA stabilization fund, to augment disbursements to the three tiers of government by the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC).

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She said: “Our experience shows that monthly average FAAC receipts should be at N650 billion to allow the federal and state governments meet their current obligations

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UN Chief Guterres, UK MPs, Support India Farmers’ Protest

UN: Coronavirus Causing Global Surge In Domestic Violence

April 6, 2020 7:13 am

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has decried a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” against women and girls amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In a video message on Sunday evening, Guterres linked the development to economic and social pressures occasioned by stay-at-home orders imposed by governments in response to the pandemic.

António Guterres

✔@antonioguterres

Peace is not just the absence of war. Many women under lockdown for face violence where they should be safest: in their own homes.

Today I appeal for peace in homes around the world.

I urge all governments to put women’s safety first as

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3 Things In Life That Are Totally Not Worth It

3 Things In Life That Are Totally Not Worth It

April 6, 2020 7:11 am

Youtube is filled with life coaches. Many of them bathing in the narratives of their own success.

“I was down and out. Nobody believed in me. Then — I started working out.”
Lambo.

The world was against them. Then they rose from the ashes.

Martyrdom: it’s a common trope.

We’ll set aside the extravagant fees these guys charge. We’ll ignore the fact that many of them don’t even own the cars they are posing in front of. We can even disregard that they aren’t living the lives that they’re selling.

Doesn’t it bother you just a bit that everything …

Wike - FG Is Biased For Giving Lagos ₦10bn, Rivers Nothing

Wike: FG Is Biased For Giving Lagos ₦10bn, Rivers Nothing

April 6, 2020 6:46 am
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has berated the Federal Government for politicising the fight against the spread of coronavirus, describing the selective support to states as unfortunate.

In a Broadcast on Sunday, Wike condemned the exclusion of Rivers State from the Federal Government grants in the fight against coronavirus.

He noted that despite the exclusion of the state, Federal Government has continued to endanger the State by flying expatriates into Rivers State.

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He said: “It is quite unfortunate that the containment of coronavirus has been politicized by the Federal Government. While …

Queen Elizabeth II Visits Berlin

Queen Elizabeth To Britons: We Would Overcome Coronavirus

April 6, 2020 6:44 am

Queen Elizabeth, invoking the spirit of World War Two, told Britons on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak.

She predicated victory on the people staying resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation.

The Queen spoke Sunday in a much awaited and rare broadcast, her fifth in her 68-year reign.

The 93 year-old monarch called upon Britons to show the resolve of their forbears and demonstrate they were as strong as generations of the past.

Read Also: Breaking: UK Coronavirus Death Toll Close To 5,000

“Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that …

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