May 10, 2020

Sweden Admits Failure To Protect Elderly In Care Homes

Sweden Admits Failure To Protect Elderly In Care Homes

May 10, 2020 12:10 pm

Bjorn Branngard’s mother died in a Stockholm nursing home where five of the eight people in her section and more than a third of residents have so far succumbed to the new coronavirus.

“They didn’t have time to take care of my mother,” he told AFP.

Her coronavirus test came back negative two days after her death, but Branngard, who claims she died of neglect, says the nursing home staff lacked protective gear and were spreading the virus around the home.

Sweden, whose softer approach to the coronavirus has garnered international attention, admits it has failed to adequately protect the …

Global Virus Cases Top 4 Million As Spain Re-Opens

Global Virus Cases Top 4 Million As Spain Re-Opens

May 10, 2020 12:09 pm

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped four million as some of the hardest-hit countries readied Sunday to lift lockdown restrictions despite concern about a second wave of infections.

Governments around the world are trying to stop the spread of the deadly disease while scrambling for ways to relieve pressure on their economies, which are facing a historic downturn with millions pushed into unemployment.

Despite the intense political pressure to reopen, nations are also keen to avoid second waves of infections that could overwhelm healthcare systems, with reminders over the weekend of the threat posed by the virus.

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Britain Mulls Quarantine For Visitors From Abroad

Britain Mulls Quarantine For Visitors From Abroad

May 10, 2020 12:07 pm

Britain could introduce a 14-day mandatory quarantine for international arrivals to stem the spread of coronavirus, an airline association said Saturday, sparking alarm in an industry already hard hit by the global pandemic.

Tim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, the trade body for UK-registered airlines, confirmed to AFP that the government had approached it with the idea.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could unveil the measure on Sunday evening, media reports said, when he sets out his roadmap for easing a nationwide lockdown imposed in late March to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Read Also: Ivanka Trump’s PA Tests Positive

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Trump Replies Obama In Twitter Rant

Trump Replies Obama In Twitter Rant

May 10, 2020 11:49 am
U.S. President Donald Trump kicked predecessor Barack Obama back in the midst of a Twitter rant on Sunday, in which he also attacked journalists.

Obama had called out Trump in a leaked virtual call with 3,000 members of his administration, by describing Trump’s coronavirus response a disaster.

In response, Trump clobbered both Obama and Joe Biden, the presumed candidate of the Democrats in the November election.

He dredged out the handling of the 2009 Swine Flu outbreak by Obama and Biden and scored them ‘poor marks’.

Read Also: Obama Blasts Trump In Leaked Virtual Call With Ex-Staff

In contrast, he …

Susan Okpe Cries Out On Forceful COVID-19 Detention

Susan Okpe Cries Out On Forceful COVID-19 Detention

May 10, 2020 11:42 am

Mrs. Susan Okpe, who the Benue State government named as the first Coronavirus case in Benue State, has gone on social media to call for help while claiming she’s being detained by the FG.

The London based woman, in a new video shared online, accused the Federal Government of keeping her for treatment against her will.

Recall that on March 28, Governor Samuel Ortom in line with the advice of members of the Benue Action Committee on COVID-19 made public the name and test result of the index case.

It was announced that Mrs. Susan Okpe arrived the state from …

Horror - Mob Kills 3 In Adamawa Rampage

Horror: Mob Kills 3 In Adamawa Rampage

May 10, 2020 10:58 am
Adamawa Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of three suspected criminals by a  mob in Yola, the capital of the state.
DSP Suleiman Nguroje, Spokesman, Adamawa Police Command said that the three persons were suspected members of group called Shila Boys.
Nguroje said that the incident occurred at 9.00p.m. on Saturday in Nassarawo area of Jimeta.
”We received a distress call  that Shila Boys attacked and robbed some people and were later attacked by a mob while attempting to escape.
“Our personnel, who arrived at the scene later, met the suspects in a pool of their blood; they were
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Russian Coronavirus Cases Shoot Over 200,000

Russian Coronavirus Cases Shoot Over 200,000

May 10, 2020 10:57 am

Russian coronavirus cases continued their upward trajectory on Sunday as another 11,012 new infections were recorded.

This took the nationwide tally to 209,688.

It was the eight day in a row that the country registered over 10,000 cases.

Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 88 people had died in the past day.

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This also pushed the national death toll to 1,915.

Russian coronavirus cases last week overtook French and German infections.

The country now has the fifth highest number of cases in the world.

 

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Pandemic A Major Blow For Airbnb

Pandemic A Major Blow For Airbnb

May 10, 2020 10:56 am

Athens Airbnb host Romina Tsitou says she may have to put her two apartments in Koukaki district up for long-term rental if the pandemic drags on.

“I was counting on the earnings of this apartment, around 1,000 euros per month, to compensate for the loss of my job,” she explained, expressing pessimism about the summer season, which the Greek government is hoping to jumpstart on July 1.

Long-term rentals are becoming “a major trend”, according to Patrick Tkatschenko, a real estate agent in Athens.

“Airbnb is suffering a huge blow,” he told AFP.

– Airbnb slashes staff but will adapt-…

160 Nigerians From U.S. Return To Abuja (Photos)

160 Nigerians From U.S. Return To Abuja (Photos)

May 10, 2020 10:55 am
The first batch of Nigerians stranded in the U.S. in the wake of coronavirus travel ban returned to Abuja on Sunday.

The Boeing 787 Ethiopian Airlines plane which conveyed them, touched down at the airport at about 11am.

It departed the Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Saturday night.

All the returnees, 152 adults and eight infants, will be quarantined for 14 days.

Nigerians queue to board the Ethiopian airline plane in Newark

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The Ethiopian Boeing 787 in Newark

Thereafter, they would disperse to their various destinations.

The …

Ethiopia Admits Shooting Down Kenyan Med Supply Aircraft

Ethiopia Admits Shooting Down Kenyan Med Supply Aircraft

May 10, 2020 10:55 am

Ethiopia on Saturday admitted it was behind the shooting down of a privately owned Kenyan plane in Somalia earlier this week, resulting in the deaths of all six people on board.

The plane was shot down on Monday by Ethiopian troops protecting a camp in the town of Bardale in southwestern Somalia, the Ethiopian army said in a statement to the African Union (AU).

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The aircraft had been carrying humanitarian and medical supplies to help the country fight the spread of coronavirus when it went down in Bardale, about 300km (180 …

Sani - Buhari Has Failed Woefully, Jonathan Was A Disaster

Sani: Buhari Has Failed Woefully, Jonathan Was A Disaster

May 10, 2020 10:54 am
Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, on Sunday said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has failed Nigerians woefully.

Sani lamented that indices on ground point to the fact that Buhari and the ruling class may have failed because they underestimated the problems facing the country while at the same time making impossible promises.

In a statement he posted on his Facebook page on Sunday, the former lawmaker also berated the immediate past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.

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He said Nigerians won’t easily forget that Jonathan’s administration was a

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Obama Blasts Trump In Leaked Virtual Call With Ex-Staff

Obama Blasts Trump In Leaked Virtual Call With Ex-Staff

May 10, 2020 6:30 am

Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic” in a conference call with former members of his administration.

Obama has largely kept out of the fray even as Trump has blamed him and his Democratic administration for a variety of problems related to having sufficient supplies to battle the pandemic that has killed more than 75,000 Americans.

But in his call on Friday with 3,000 members of the Obama Alumni Association, people who served in his administration, Obama urged his supporters to get behind Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who is trying …

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