May 17, 2020

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FFK Raises Alarm Over Mission Of 15 Chinese Doctors

May 17, 2020 5:50 am
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, has raised some questions concerning the 15 Chinese doctors that came into the country a month ago.

The last time Nigerians heard of the Chinese men was when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said they were working at isolation centres.

Recall that the doctors arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on April 8, 2020.

The team reportedly flew in with medical equipment worth about $1.5million.

The 15-member medical team also reportedly completed their compulsory 14-day quarantine, and all tested negative for COVID-19.

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COVID-19 - Italy To Reopen Borders Next Month

COVID-19: Italy To Reopen Borders Next Month

May 17, 2020 5:46 am

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has outlined a further loosening of movement restrictions on Saturday, including opening borders to travellers from Europe from next month.

The move is to unwind one of the world’s most rigid coronavirus lockdowns. Shops, bars, and restaurants will reopen from Monday.

The government has also announced that people will no longer have to justify travel within their own region and will be able to meet friends as well as family.

“People will be able to go wherever they want – to a shop, to the mountains, to a lake or the seaside,’’ Conte said.

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WHO Releases Latest Update As Algeria Overtakes Morocco

WHO Releases Latest Update As Algeria Overtakes Morocco

May 17, 2020 5:33 am
The World Health Organization, WHO, regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 77,000 in the past 24 hours.

The UN health agency gave the update on its official Twitter account on Saturday.

According to the tweet, COVID-19 has killed 2,600 people in the continent, while 29,000 people have recovered from the virus.

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“Over 77,000 confirmed #COVID19 cases on the African continent – with more than 29,000 recoveries & 2,600 deaths,” It said.

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Torrential Rains Kill Scores In Tanzania

Torrential Rains Kill Scores In Tanzania

May 17, 2020 5:33 am
Police authorities say no fewer than 11 people, including four from the same family, have been killed by torrential rains in Tanzania’s eastern region of Morogoro.

Wilbroad Mutafungwa, the Morogoro Regional Police Commander, said the four members of the same family were killed on Friday night after a landslide from nearby mountains pushed down walls of their house.

“The walls fell on the victims, including a five-year-old child,’’ he told a news conference in Morogoro, adding that the grisly incident occurred in Matombo ward.

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Mutafungwa said another seven people, including five children, were …

Obama Hits Trump Again On Pandemic Management

Obama Hits Trump Again On Pandemic Management

May 17, 2020 5:29 am
Former U.S. President Barack Obama indirectly criticised his successor Donald Trump during a virtual graduation ceremony Saturday, in a rare public judgment during the coronavirus pandemic.

“More than anything this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,” Obama told graduates from several dozen historically black colleges and universities.

“A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge,” he said as he discussed the implications of the pandemic during the online event, without naming any specific leaders.

Obama has kept a low profile …

Uzodimma To Reposition Imo State University

Uzodimma To Reposition Imo State University

May 17, 2020 5:28 am

The Imo Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday announced his administration’s plan to reposition the Imo State University (IMSU) for academic excellence.

Uzodinma who made the announcement while receiving a report from the institution’s visitation panel in Owerri said that the state was poised to take the university to a competitive and admirable height.

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“It is either Imo State University becomes a university or never. We will exhaust all extant rules to reposition the tertiary institution for academic excellence and to bequeath same to our society”, he said.

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Wanted Rwandan Arrested In Paris Over 1994 Genocide

Wanted Rwandan Arrested In Paris Over 1994 Genocide

May 17, 2020 5:25 am

French authorities said on Saturday that they had arrested a Rwandan man with a 5-million-dollar bounty on his head and who is among the most wanted for the 1994 genocide in the East African country.

Felicien Kabuga was arrested in Paris as a result of a joint investigation with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) at the UN Office of the Prosecutor, the authorities in France said.

Rwandan prosecutors welcomed the arrest and said the country would continue to collaborate with the UN body to ensure the delivery of justice.

French police said they arrested Kabuga in a …

COVID-19 Patient Gives Birth To Baby Boy In Lagos

COVID-19 Patient Gives Birth To Baby Boy In Lagos

May 17, 2020 5:22 am
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced that a Coronavirus patient was delivered of a baby boy by frontline health workers in the state.

The Ministry made the announcement in a tweet on Saturday, stating that both mother and child are in good health.

The tweet reads “COVID19Lagos Update.

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“A pregnant woman diagnosed with COVID19 was delivered of a baby boy weighing 2.9kg by our frontline health workers at Gbagada Isolation Centre today.

“Both Mother and Baby are doing well.

“Also, frontline health workers at LUTH on Thursday took delivery of a

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Jonathan Disowns Speech On Biafra, Niger Delta Agitation

Jonathan Disowns Speech On Biafra, Niger Delta Agitation

May 17, 2020 5:22 am

Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has disowned an online statement credited to him concerning the relationship between the South East and the people of the Niger Delta, describing it as a fabricated speech.

The report claimed that the former President spoke on the position of Niger Delta over agitations for Biafra in a speech he presented recently in Texas, United States.

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However, a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze, on Saturday described the report as false, declaring that the former President could not have presented …

Nigerian Comedian Taaooma Hits 1m On Instagram

Nigerian Comedian Taaooma Hits 1m On Instagram

May 17, 2020 5:21 am
Comedian Taaooma has hit one millions fans on Instagram.

“THANK YOU! One million Family! 😩😩

“Thank you for bringing me this far, this would have been nothing without you guys! 🎥 : @_abula @thegreenadecompany”, she announced on the social media platform on Saturday.

And she is really excited about the feat as she swayed and danced in a video.

Taaooma’s real name is Apaokagi Adedoyin Maryam.

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She was born and raised in Ilorin, Kwara state , where she had her early education.

She also spent most of her years growing …

FG Told To Adopt 5G Network In Nigeria Immediately

FG Told To Adopt 5G Network In Nigeria Immediately

May 17, 2020 5:20 am
Electrical and Electronics experts have called on the Nigerian government to adopt the 5G mobile technology now so that the country would not be left out of the ongoing global technological industrialisation and development.

They made the call at a 5G Health Symposium webinar organised by the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NIEEE) on Saturday, NAN reports.

Speaking on controversies around 5G and radiation from antennas, the experts said that 5G mobile technology was faster and safer and used less oxidation and energy, making it safer than its predecessors.

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