May 18, 2020

Acropolis In Athens Reopens After Virus Shutdown

Acropolis In Athens Reopens After Virus Shutdown

May 18, 2020 5:40 pm

Greece reopened the Acropolis in Athens and all open-air archaeological sites under tight sanitary conditions to the public on Monday after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A clutch of visitors — among them foreigners living in Athens — and masked reporters gathered at the world-famous site, the most-visited monument in Greece, which had been closed since March 13, ten days before a general lockdown was imposed.

“We have never seen so few people at the Acropolis,” a Russian visitor accompanied by her husband told AFP.

“It’s like having a private visit,” said the woman, who has lived …

Reopening Of Saint Peter's Marks First Step For Italy's Catholics

Reopening Of Saint Peter’s Marks First Step For Italy’s Catholics

May 18, 2020 5:39 pm

Saint Peter’s Basilica throws its doors open to visitors on Monday, marking a relative return to normality at the Vatican and beyond in Italy, where most business activity is set to resume.

Public masses also resume throughout the predominantly Catholic country after a two-month hiatus, while restaurants, bars, cafes, shops and hairdressers, among other businesses, are all expected to reopen.

In the face of much opposition, including from Pope Francis, churches in Rome were shuttered at the beginning of the coronavirus emergency in early March.

Most, however, opened shortly thereafter, with entry reserved for prayer only.

“I share the joy …

Saudi Attacker On US Base Had Longstanding Al-Qaeda Ties - US

Saudi Attacker On US Base Had Longstanding Al-Qaeda Ties: US

May 18, 2020 5:38 pm

The Saudi military student who killed three Americans at a US naval base in December had longstanding ties to al-Qaeda and planned an attack before he arrived in the United States, US justice officials said Monday.

The December 6 attack by Mohammed Alshamrani, a Royal Saudi Air Force flight student at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, “was actually the culmination of years of planning and preparation,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Evidence discovered on an encrypted cellphone shows he was radicalized at least as far back as 2015, and has since been associating with “dangerous” operatives from the …

Police Parades Suspected Kidnappers Of Islamic Cleric’s Twins

Police Parades Suspected Kidnappers Of Islamic Cleric’s Twins

May 18, 2020 3:39 pm

Oyo State Police Command on Monday paraded no fewer than seven (7) suspected kidnappers who kidnapped twins of an Ibadan-based Islamic cleric, Sheik Taofeek Akewugbagold.

The twins; a male and female were abducted at the residence of the Islamic cleric.

But, the police on Monday said it has arrested seven persons who kidnapped the twins.

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Commissioner of Police, Mr. Shina Olukolu who paraded the suspected kidnappers said that RILDWAN TAIWO, RAFIU MUTIU, OLUMIDE AJALA, FATAI AKANJI, RAFIU MODINAT, BASHIRU MOHAMMED and OPEYEMI OYELEYE were arrested in connection with the kidnap.

Exhibits …

Ganduje In Closed Door Meeting With Clerics Over Lockdown

Ganduje In Closed Door Meeting With Clerics Over Lockdown

May 18, 2020 3:38 pm

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has commenced a crucial meeting with the State Ullamas, Preachers, and Jumaat Friday Mosque Imams to brainstorm, as the Presidential Taskforce on COVID19 extends the Kano lockdown by another two weeks.

The meeting is expected to deliberate on issues bothering on the closure of Jumaat Mosques, banning of Religious activities and other religious rites in the holy month of Ramadan.

Already some Jumaat Mosques Imams are reported to have started defying closure of Mosques by observing their Friday Prayers.

Read Also: Ganduje Slashes Salaries Of Political Appointees By 50%

Governor Ganduje had warned that anyone who

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Ibiyeomie Pastor Ibiyeome Blasts FG, Says No COVID-19 In Nigeria

Pastor Ibiyeome Blasts FG, Says No COVID-19 In Nigeria

May 18, 2020 3:37 pm

David Ibiyeomie, founder and General Overseer of Salvation Ministries, has said coronavirus is a scam.

Ibiyeomie in a sermon on Sunday said, Nigeria doesn’t have the virus and even if it does the figures released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control was fake.

According to him, COVID-19 is rubbish and the government is using the deadly disease to embezzle funds.

Read Also: ‘COVID-19 Has Ended’ – Pastor David Ibiyeomie

He added that Malaria has killed more Nigerians than coronavirus

“Coronavirus is just a virus. People are making noise about coronavirus, to me it is rubbish. Malaria kills more people

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Ohanaeze Berates Northern Leaders Over Abuse Of Almajiri

Ohanaeze Berates Northern Leaders Over Abuse Of Almajiri

May 18, 2020 3:36 pm
The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has advised Northern leaders not to resurrect the Almajiri institution even after COVID-19.

Ohanaeze claimed that the institution was thoroughly abused by some northern power brokers, urging leaders of Northern extraction to rehabilitate the Almajiris rather than encourage them to flee to the South.

This is as security operatives attached to the COVID-19 lockdown enforcement team in Abia State intercepted a truckload of Almajiris to the state.

Read Also: Insecurity: We Will Defend Every Igbo Man – Ohanaeze

In a statement to newsmen in Umuahia, on Monday, the Spokesman of the Igbo body,

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Coronavirus Was Reported in Nigeria In 2017 – Virologist

Coronavirus Was Reported in Nigeria In 2017 – Virologist

May 18, 2020 3:35 pm

A virologist, Prof. Mathew Kolawole, has revealed that research reported a strain of coronavirus in Nigeria in 2017.

The Director of the Institute of Molecular Sciences and Biotechnology at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), said this in a chat with newsmen on Monday.

Kolawole, who was recently appointed into the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, stated that the virus had been with humanity for a while.

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“It is not new to us, this virus has been with us. It is just that we have this novel strain of coronavirus which

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UAE - Police Arrest Man For Sneezing On Currency

UAE: Police Arrest Man For Sneezing On Currency

May 18, 2020 1:10 pm

A man may be liable to pay a fine of $272,000 after sneezing on the currency of the United Arab Emirates.

The Police in Dubai arrested the man over a video he posted on social media.

In the video, the man can be seen pretend-sneezing on the currency.

He was also seen using the note to clean himself.

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UAE laws regard his action as an insult to an Emirati symbol.

He has been referred to the authority concerned for further action, the police said.

The police said that the cybercrime …

Kanu Mocks Buhari For Canceling Nationwide Broadcast

Kanu Mocks Buhari For Canceling Nationwide Broadcast

May 18, 2020 1:10 pm
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the cancellation of the planned nationwide broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari as the first phase of the lockdown ease elapses.

Read Also: ‘Why I Said That Aso Rock Is Empty’ – Nnamdi Kanu

The President was due to address the nation but instead the presidential committee on coronavirus will brief the nation on the next step as the first phase of the lockdown ease ends

Reacting, Kanu on his Twitter page said the cancellation of nationwide broadcast shows Buhari is not fit to rule

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The World Faces Shortage Of 6 Million Nurses - WHO Chief

The World Faces Shortage Of 6 Million Nurses – WHO Chief

May 18, 2020 1:09 pm

The world is facing a shortage of six million nurses and midwives, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation said.

Tedros spoke at the opening of the 73rd World Health Assembly, the first to be held by teleconferencing by the 194 member states.

The WHO boss recalled the agency’s first state of the World’ nursing report, which pinpointed the shortage.

According to him, the nurses are needed to achieve and sustain universal health coverage.

Read Also; WHO Under Fire For Leaving Taiwan Out Of Meeting

He urged nations to invest in nursing.

“This Assembly was intended to be …

Monster Dad Arrested After Raping His Daughter For 8yrs

Monster Dad Arrested After Raping His Daughter For 8yrs

May 18, 2020 1:07 pm

A 50-year-old man has been arrested by Lagos state police command for alleged defilement of his 19-year-old daughter since she was 11.

The spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana, said the suspect was arrested after his 45-year-old wife reported the matter at the Ikotun police station.

According to Bala Elkana, the man and his family reside at Kajola Street in Ikotun.

The suspect’s incestuous behavior was discovered by his wife after she noticed their daughter was being disrespectful towards him.

Read Also: Man Rapes Teen Wife To Death Days After Marriage

The woman was said to have asked …

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