May 15, 2020

Nigeria Becoming Divided, A Basket Case Under Buhari – Obasanjo

Obasanjo Joins World Leaders To Demand For Vaccine

May 15, 2020 8:51 am

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has joined about 140 current and ex-presidents across the world in calling for “a people’s vaccine” against COVID-19.

The call is contained in a petition they signed on Thursday in which they urged all governments to push for a free COVID-19 vaccine for all when developed.

The petition was initiated by the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating the HIV/AIDS virus.

Obasanjo, who led Nigeria as a Civilian Head of State between 1999 and 2007, is a

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Wanted Rivers PDP Youth Leader Speaks From Hideout

Wanted Rivers PDP Youth Leader Speaks From Hideout

May 15, 2020 6:16 am
The wanted Eleme Local Government Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth leader, Princewill Osareojiji, who has a ₦5m bounty placed on his head by the Rivers State Government, has accused a serving Commissioner in Governor Nyesom Wike’s cabinet for his current travails.

Osareojiji, who spoke for the first time with Nigeriainfo FM, Port Harcourt, from hiding alleged that he was framed by some senior PDP members from Eleme and a certain Commissioner who is also his kinsman.

He also dismissed the allegation of leading some hoodlums to Prodest Hotel to attack members of COVID-19 Taskforce in Eleme.

Read Also: PDP Sacks

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Don’t Drink Bleach, You Will Die – FG Warns Nigerians

Don’t Drink Bleach, You Will Die – FG Warns Nigerians

May 15, 2020 6:14 am
The federal government has warned Nigerians to stop consuming just anything because of coronavirus.

The government lamented that some people were heard suggesting that bleach could cure the disease.

“Bleach is poisonous; it could kill. It is not a cure for COVID-19″, said Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.

NAN reports that the official spoke in Abuja on Thursday at the daily briefing of the PTF.

Aliyu also directed that all essential workers be allowed free movement across the country.

He appealed to security agents to

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FG Reveals Why Madagascan Cure Has Not Arrived Nigeria

FG Reveals Why Madagascan Cure Has Not Arrived Nigeria

May 15, 2020 6:14 am

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has revealed why the Madagascan Coronavirus cure has not landed in Nigeria yet.

He also said Nigeria did not ask Madagascar for its Coronavirus herbal medicine cure.

According to SGF, it was the Madagascan Government that donated the therapy to African countries, adding that the small African country did so in the spirit of love.

Mustapha, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said this during the daily press briefing of the PTF on Thursday.

He was responding to

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NDLEA Arrest Illegal Drug Peddlers In Abia

NDLEA Arrest Illegal Drug Peddlers In Abia

May 15, 2020 6:13 am

Men of Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), led by the Abia State Commander, Mr. Akingbade Bamidele, have raided the hideout of a gang of criminals and illegal drug peddlers around the Ngwa Road by Mosque Street in Aba.

The State Command of the NDLEA, in a successful operation conducted in the area on Wednesday, arrested four suspected criminals, seizure of some illicit substances and destruction of the hideout used by the criminals as a haven for their operations.

Read Also: NDLEA Gives Update On 2019 Recruitment

This came following repeated complaints by the members of the public over …

Trump Hints On Ending Trade Relationship With China

Trump Hints On Ending Trade Relationship With China

May 15, 2020 6:12 am

U.S President Donald Trump on Thursday said he does not want to talk to his Chinese counterpart, while hinting on ending the world’s largest trading relationship, amid rising tensions about the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking in an interview with Fox Business Network, the US President said he has a “very good relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but “right now, he doesn’t want to speak to him.”

“There are many things we could do, we could cut off the whole relationship.

”I am very disappointed in Beijing for its failure

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Salaries - Submit Your BVN Or Risk Sack - Imo State Govt

Salaries: Submit Your BVN Or Risk Sack – Imo State Govt

May 15, 2020 6:12 am
The Imo State Government has given until Monday 18, 2020 for workers in the state to submit their Bank Verification Number as a requirement for salary payment.

The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba stated this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in the government house Owerri.

He warned that any Head of ministries, agencies or parastatals who fails to comply with the government directives on or before Monday 18, 2020 will have themselves to blame.

This, according to him, was part of the decisions taken at

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Vaccine - WHO, FG Told Not To Bring Trial Drugs Into Kano

Vaccine: WHO, FG Told Not To Bring Trial Drugs Into Kano

May 15, 2020 6:11 am

A Kano-based group, Kungiyar Matasan Kano Advocacy Organisation, has kicked against the proposal to try the COVID-19 vaccine in the State.

The Federal Government had on Monday announced that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto and Kano States, have enrolled on the World Health Organisation (WHO) treatment regimen on solidarity drug trials.

But in a statement signed by Comrade Alhassan Haruna Dambatta Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Kungiyar Matasan Kano, the group wondered why the people of the State should be used as Guinea pigs.

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Namibian Govt Bans Purchase Of New Cars For Officials

Namibian Govt Bans Purchase Of New Cars For Officials

May 15, 2020 6:10 am

The Namibian government has banned government officials from buying new cars till 2025, a decision taken to curtail the effect of the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country.

Namibian President, Hage G .Geingob, who made the announcement on Twitter on Thursday also directed a curb on monthly fuel consumption by public office holders.

He said the decision would save the country 200 million Namibian dollars (US$10.7 million), which will be directed “to urgent priorities, specifically at a time when the country is dealing with the health and economic implications of COVID-19″.

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Vitamin D Key To Surviving Coronavirus - Researchers

Vitamin D Key To Surviving Coronavirus: Researchers

May 15, 2020 6:10 am

A new study from researchers at Trinity College Dublin said that vitamin D deficiency may be linked to higher death rates from COVID-19.

And that boosting the body with the common vitamin may be a game changer in the fight against the virus.

Published in the Irish Medical Journal, the report analyzed vitamin D levels of older people in countries heavily affected by the coronavirus.

The researchers found that places with high death rates from COVID-19, including Italy and Spain, also had rates of vit D deficiency.

Read Also: Coronavirus Weakening, May Disappear Before Vaccine

Countries such as Norway, Finland …

Youths Hoist Biafra Flags In Cross River Border Town

Youths Hoist Biafra Flags In Cross River Border Town

May 15, 2020 6:09 am

The Biafra Nations Youth League, (BNYL) have hoisted Biafra flags around the border town in Cross River State.

Speaking shortly after hoisting the flag in Ikom on Thursday, the National Deputy Leader of BNYL worldwide, Ebuta Takon Akor regretted that the current government cannot guarantee their safety.

Read Also: Biafra Youth Group Warns Govt Against Lockdown Extension

“It is disturbing because it seems the government under their control cannot guarantee our people their safety, but the governors who are there to serve the people, due to selfish and economic interests chose to ignore this urgent need of the people.”

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World Trade Organisation Boss Resigns Amid US Dispute

World Trade Organisation Boss Resigns Amid U.S. Dispute

May 15, 2020 6:08 am
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Roberto Azevedo, has announced that he would step down from his position.

He would leave on August 31 after seven years at the helm.

Azevedo’s decision came more than a year before his second term as WTO head was due to end.

The United States, in December, blocked WTO’s ability to settle disputes by blocking the appointment of judges to its appellate body.

Read Also: U.S.-China Trade Tension Drags Down Oil Prices

Reuters quoted Simon Evenett, professor of international trade and economic development as saying the next WTO head must command respect in the

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