April 2020

Coronavirus - Tokyo Records High Rise In New Cases

Coronavirus: Tokyo Records High Rise In New Cases

April 5, 2020 11:46 am

Tokyo on Sunday recorded 143 new cases of the coronavirus, raising the number of people, who have tested positive for it, to over 1,000.

The new figure marks another record after health authorities recorded 118 new cases a day earlier, the first time that the daily caseload has risen above 100.

Local media reported that the rising caseload means Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is under increasing pressure to declare a state of emergency to slow the spread of the fast-moving virus.

Japan has already been forced to postpone this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo by one year due to the …

John Boyega Blasts French Doctors Over Vaccine Test

John Boyega Blasts French Doctors Over Vaccine Test

April 5, 2020 11:46 am

British-Nigerian actor, John Boyega has reacted to an opinion by two French doctors, Jean-Paul Mira and Camille Locht that the new COVID-19 drug should be tested in Africa.

Mira and Locht, had during a live TV interview, which now has the highest trend on Twitter with the hashtag ‘Africans are not lab rats’, insisted that Africa is the best place to conduct such a test as they recalled how an experimental treatment for AIDS was carried out in Africa.

Reacting bitterly to the statement, John Boyega reiterated that Africa is not a lab rat.

He wrote, “Just horrible. Africa isn’t …

Trump Shuns Medical Advice - 'I Won’t Wear Face Masks'

Trump Shuns Medical Advice – ‘I Won’t Wear Face Masks’

April 5, 2020 6:41 am

US President, Donald Trump, on Saturday declared that he will not wear a face mask.

This is despite new medical guidance advising people in the country to do so.

Trump said that it doesn’t look nice for him to be greeting “presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens” in the Oval Office while wearing one.

He said the guidance issued on Friday by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the government’s public health advisory agency, on mask wearing in the US, is voluntary.

“You do not have to do it,” he said. “I don’t think I’m going to be doing

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Chadian Troops Destroy Boko Haram Bases In Niger

Chadian Troops Destroy Boko Haram Bases In Niger

April 5, 2020 6:39 am

Chadian troops have continued their massive bombardment of Boko Haram enclaves.

The major onslaught commenced on Sunday March 29, 2020.

Troops have been recording success to the extent that the sect leader, Abubakar Shekau, released an audio asking his fleeing fighters to remain at battlefield.

On Saturday, soldiers destroyed five bases of Boko Haram hideouts and recovered hundreds of assorted weapons.

The bases, located in Niger and Nigeria, were targeted in the ongoing “Operation Boma’s Wrath”.

In reaction, Chad’s presidency vowed to sustain the raid against the insurgents wherever they were hiding.

Boma is where the terror group killled over

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Aba Commences Production Of Masks, Protective Kits

Abia Commences Production Of Masks, Protective Kits

April 5, 2020 6:31 am

Abia Government has started production of certified quality standard protective medical kits and masks to carter for the needs of Nigerians and bridge the scarcity of imported ones.

Mr Sam Hart, the Director-General, Abia State Marketing and Quality Management Agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba on Saturday.

He said that Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu initiated the project to ensure Abia people were not exploited during this period but were protected from the ravaging COVID-19 infections.

Read Also: Bill Gates: Coronavirus Vaccine Will Work Well In Africa

“The governor does not want Abia

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Floyd Mayweather’s Daughter Arrested For Stabbing Woman

Floyd Mayweather’s Daughter Arrested For Stabbing Woman

April 5, 2020 6:29 am
Floyd Mayweather’s daughter has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another lady over rapper, NBA Youngboy.

According to TMZ, Iyanna ‘Yaya’ Mayweather was arrested for aggravated assault and taken to Harris County Jail in Houston.

She was reportedly involved in a physical fight with another woman named Lapattra Lashai Jacobs after she found them together at the rapper’s home.

The pair later got in a fight in the kitchen with Iyanna allegedly charging at Jacobs with two knives and stabbing her.

Read Also: Floyd Mayweather’s Ex-Girlfriend Found Dead

However, Iyanna Mayweather said that all she did was for self defense after

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Buhari Under Pressure To Reject 5G Network Immediately

Buhari Under Pressure To Reject 5G Network Immediately

April 5, 2020 6:29 am

A former lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye has told President Muhammadu Buhari to publicly reject the launch of the 5th Generation (5G) network.

Melaye claimed that the 5G is a global economic strategy introduced into the global market purely for economic gain without due regards to human lives.

Dino Melaye tweeted, “The real problem is not the coronavirus but the 5G that has been deployed which have some chemical reactions to human cells which eventually manifest as the flu. If this is the problem why is the world not speaking against it?

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Star Actress Funke Akindele Dragged For Throwing Party

Star Actress Funke Akindele Dragged For Throwing Party

April 5, 2020 6:28 am

Nigerians on the social media have called on the Lagos State government to, with immediate effect, arrest popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele and her husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello, Nigerian singer and producer, better known as JJC Skillz.

The couple defied both the State and the Federal government orders on Saturday when they hosted an in house party in celebration of JJC Skillz’s birthday.

The party was crowded with popular faces such as Naira Marley and Eniola Badmus in attendance.

Lagos State government had banned any gathering of more than twenty people

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Trump To Americans - 'Prepare For A Lot Of Deaths'

Trump To Americans: ‘Prepare For A Lot Of Deaths’

April 5, 2020 6:26 am

United States President, Donald Trump has told Americans to prepare for a lot of death in the coming week as the dreadful Coronavirus surges.

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 1.1 million people and killed more than 60,000 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The US has more than 300,000 cases and more than 8,100 deaths, according to revised figures.

Trump on Saturday said ‘There’s going to be a lot of death, unfortunately.’

Read Also: Boris Johnson’s Pregnant Fiancee Symonds Gets Coronavirus

He said federal assistance would now be focused on areas that need it most.

“In some cases …

4 Inmates Killed In Kaduna Prison, Probe Begins

4 Inmates Killed In Kaduna Prison, Probe Begins

April 5, 2020 6:24 am

Four inmates died during an attempted jailbreak at the Kaduna prison on March 31, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said.

It said a comprehensive investigation has commenced on the directive of the Controller General, NCoS, Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed.

The Controller Kaduna command, Mr Sanusi Danmusa, said the attempted jailbreak occurred when some inmates demanded their release over fears of contracting the coronavirus.

The NCoS Kaduna described as malicious reports by a section of the media twisting the attempted jail-break at the custodial centre..

“This attempted jailbreak was carried out by a section of the condemned convict cell in the custodial

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Dubai Enters Lockdown To Tackle Coronavirus

Dubai Enters Lockdown To Tackle Coronavirus

April 5, 2020 6:23 am
Dubai imposed a two-week lockdown Saturday night and Saudi Arabia sealed off parts of the Red Sea city of Jeddah as Gulf states tightened measures in big cities to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Dubai had been under an overnight curfew along with the rest of United Arab Emirates since March 26 but its Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management said the lockdown would now run around the clock for two weeks, state news agency WAM said.

In neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the authorities announced a lockdown and a partial curfew in seven neighbourhoods of Jeddah also starting …

UK Returnee Conceals Truth About Travel, Dies At UITH

UK Returnee Conceals Truth About Travel, Dies At UITH

April 5, 2020 6:22 am
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH has reacted to reports that a coronavirus patient died in its custody on the 1st of April, 2020.

Reports over the weekend claimed that UITH concealed information regarding the death of a patient who is a returnee from the United Kingdom(UK).

But, a statement signed by UITH Chairman Medical Advisory Committee Dr. A. O. Saka said the deceased, a 57-year-old man was labeled suspected ‘coronavirus case’.

The hospital said the patient was admitted and reported a case of ‘food poisoning’ without revealing details of his travel history.

Read Also: Boris Johnson’s Pregnant Fiancee Symonds

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