May 9, 2020

Coronavirus - Russia Soars Again, Spain Slows

Coronavirus: Russia Soars Again, Spain Slows

May 9, 2020 3:10 pm
Russia posted another high figure of confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday, the 7th day in a row.

According to the country’s health authorities, a fresh 10,817 cases were registered in the last 24 hours.

This was bigger than the 10,699 posted on Friday.

The new figure took the national total to 198,676, less than 2,000 from hitting the 200,000 mark.

Read Also: Coronavirus Patients Flee Isolation Center In Lagos

However, Russia announced 104 new deaths.

The fatality toll in Europe’s new virus epicentre is now 1,867.

This is far beyond the range reported by other European countries with six-figure infections.…

Little Richard Originator Of Rock `N’ Roll Dies

Little Richard Originator Of Rock `N’ Roll Dies

May 9, 2020 3:09 pm
Little Richard, the undisputed originator of rock `n’ roll who introduced black R&B to white America, has died. He was 87.

Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard’s, told The Associated Press that Little Richard died Saturday morning.

Minson said he also spoke to Little Richard’s son and brother and added that the family is not releasing the cause of death.

Born Richard Wayne Penniman, Little Richard styled himself the originator of rock `n’ roll’ who helped shatter the colour line on the music charts, joining Chuck Berry and Fats Domino in bringing what was once called “race …

APC Chairman Suggests Why God Made Orji Kalu Go To Prison

APC Chairman Suggests Why God Made Orji Kalu Go To Prison

May 9, 2020 3:06 pm
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi says God may have put Orji Kalu in prison to protect him from harm.

Eze Nwachukwu, State APC Chairman, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abakaliki.

He hailed the Supreme Court verdict which acquited the former Abia State governor.

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Nwachukwu called it a victory for democracy and supremacy of the rule of law.

He said: “We applaud the nation’s judiciary and the apex court which saw it necessary that justice was strangled along the line.

“He spent months

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Igbo Groups Back OYC, Chide Ohanaeze On State Creation

Igbo Groups Back OYC, Chide Ohanaeze On State Creation

May 9, 2020 3:04 pm
A Coalition of Igbo groups has risen in defence of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, as the crisis within the Ohanaeze Ndigbo widens.

DAILY POST had reported that a new Ohanaeze Ndigbo has now emerged with the registration of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly by the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC.

With the development, the Chief Nnia Nwodo-led Ohanaeze is expected to witness a split.

In a statement made available to DAILY POST by the coalitions, they said the pursuit of additional State for the South-East by the OYC and the clamour for Igbo presidency in 2023 was a right

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Nnamdi Kanu Reacts To Orji Uzor Kalu's Acquittal

Nnamdi Kanu Reacts To Orji Uzor Kalu’s Acquittal

May 9, 2020 2:21 pm

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the victory of former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu at the Supreme Court.

 

Nnamdi Kanu  thanked God for the court ruling which went in favour of the Senator representing Abia North at the National Assembly and warned President Muhammadu Buhari against jailing Christians and Southerners.

He urged the current administration to release other victims of the alleged lopsided prosecution until all stolen money by the alleged cabal at the presidency is accounted for, starting from the nearly 14Billion Aso Rock Clinic looted from

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Hold FG Responsible If Virus Escalates In Rivers - Wike

Hold FG Responsible If Virus Escalates In Rivers – Wike

May 9, 2020 2:20 pm

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has told the people of the State and the entire Nigerians to hold the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government responsible if COVID-19 escalates in the State.

Wike said this in his statewide broadcast on Friday, adding that nobody should be surprised if the coronavirus cases in the State rise in the coming weeks.

Read Also: Wike Arrests Cattle, 14 People For Breaching Lockdown

He said: “It has become imperative to alert the state and, indeed, the entire world to the fact that a dangerous escalation of COVID-19 pandemic in Rivers State looms large on

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Orji Kalu Deserves EFCC Apology Not Retrial – Enugu APC

Orji Kalu Deserves EFCC Apology Not Retrial – Enugu APC

May 9, 2020 2:20 pm

The Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to tender an apology to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu.

Africa Daily News reports that Kalu who had been in prison custody following conviction by a High Court has now been set free by the apex court in the land.

Reacting to the development, the Chairman of the Party in the State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, said the former Abia Governor “deserves an apology from EFCC not a re-prosecution.”

Read Also: Orji Kalu’s Hinsmen Hail Supreme Court’s Judgment

While describing Kalu as “our

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Top Nigerians Fighting For Release Of Illegal Chinese

Top Nigerians Fighting For Release Of Chinese Miners

May 9, 2020 2:13 pm
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has claimed that some influential Nigerians are the sponsors of those caught mining illegally.

According to Adegbite, “these godfathers” are putting pressure on the federal government to free Chinese nationals arrested for illegal mining.

The Osun government on Monday, announced the arrest of 27 persons for illegal mining of gold.

Read Also: Osun Government Arrests 17 Chinese, 10 Nigerians

17 out of those arrested were reported to be Chinese nationals.

Adegbite, speaking with journalists in Abuja, made it clear the government would not tolerate any form of illegal mining.

“Nigerians in

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Gov. Wike Becoming A Dictator In Rivers – Senior Lawyer

Gov. Wike Becoming A Dictator In Rivers – Senior Lawyer

May 9, 2020 2:09 pm

A frontline activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, has accused the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike of turning into a dictator.

He listed some attributes of dictatorship being displayed by the Governor to include the arbitrary arrest of pilots and oil workers; the closure of State boundaries and now an executive order to auction all vehicles impounded for allegedly violating the State’s lockdown rules.

Africa Daily News reported earlier that Wike on Friday arrested 14 persons hidden in two trailers conveying cattle from Adamawa State to Port Harcourt, the State’s capital

Read Also: Wike Arrests Cattle, 14 People For Breaching Lockdown

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Ivanka Trump’s PA Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Ivanka Trump’s PA Tests Positive For Coronavirus

May 9, 2020 2:08 pm

Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a report by CNN

This comes after a President Trump’s valet and Mike Pence’s press secretary also contracted the virus.

Read Also: Coronavirus Patients Flee Isolation Center In Lagos

 

Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant also tested positive for coronavirus, a source familiar told CNN on Friday night, although she has been teleworking for nearly two months and has not been around the President’s daughter in several weeks.

AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK…

almajiris C'River Govt Sends 5 Trucks Laden With Almajiris To North

C’River Govt Sends 5 Trucks Laden With Almajiris To North

May 9, 2020 7:59 am

Cross River State Government has ordered the returned of five truck loaded with almajiris including other passengers back to the northern part of the country.

A border patrol team, comprising Peace Corp members, civilian vigilantes, COVID-19 border taskforce, and youth groups etc had intercepted the trucks on Wednesday night at the Garkem border town in Bekwara LGA of the state near Benue State.

The team leader, Signor Omang Idiege, who is Commissioner for Youths, said it was as a result of intensive search and blockade of interstate vehicular travels, led his team to intercept the trucks.

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Devil Pushed Me To Defile Four Children – Randy Pastor

Devil Pushed Me To Defile Four Children – Randy Pastor

May 9, 2020 7:58 am

A 48-year-old randy pastor, Otobong Emerson, who allegedly abused four children, aged between six and 11, has blamed the act on the devil.

The suspect was to said to have repeatedly had carnal knowledge of the kids between December 2019 and February 2020.

He was said to have confessed his illicit act to the General Overseer of his church, who later handed him over to the police for investigation and prosecution.

He said: “it is the work of the devil, he pushed me because I just find myself sleeping with the girls.

“I felt guilty every time I did it. …

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