May 27, 2020

Hong Kong Police Stamp Out National Anthem Law Protests

Hong Kong Police Stamp Out National Anthem Law Protests

May 27, 2020 4:23 pm

Hong Kong police cast a dragnet around the financial hub’s legislature on Wednesday, firing pepper-ball rounds and arresting hundreds as they stamped down on protests against a bill banning insults to China’s national anthem.

The latest unrest comes days after China announced separate plans to impose a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong following last year’s huge and often violent pro-democracy rallies.

That move has prompted US President Donald Trump to warn that Hong Kong might lose its status as a global financial centre if the city’s freedoms and vaunted judicial independence are swept aside.

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EU proposes huge aid plan as virus hammers Latin America

EU Proposes Huge Aid Plan As Virus Hammers Latin America

May 27, 2020 4:22 pm

The EU unveiled a proposed 750-billion-euro recovery plan Wednesday to get the continent back on its feet after the devastation wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic, as Latin America outpaced Europe and the US in the number of daily infections.

The massive European plan follows other unprecedented emergency measures introduced around the world to rescue economies shattered by the disease, which has claimed more than 350,000 lives with infections rapidly approaching 5.6 million.

While the virus continues to cause havoc in Latin America, Europe has slowly started reopening businesses as outbreaks on the continent slow, but Italy and Spain lack the …

Premier League clubs vote to resume contact training

Premier League Clubs Vote To Resume Contact Training

May 27, 2020 4:21 pm

Premier League clubs voted unanimously on Wednesday to resume contact training as the English top-flight took a significant step towards a possible restart in June.

The Premier League was put on hold in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Liverpool agonisingly close to the title.

Clubs returned to training in small and socially distanced groups last week but they have now moved to stage two of the “return to training protocol”.

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“Premier League shareholders today voted unanimously to resume contact training, marking another step towards restarting the Premier …

France Bans Hydroxychloroquine As Treatment For COVID-19 Patients

France Bans Hydroxychloroquine As Treatment For COVID-19 Patients

May 27, 2020 4:19 pm

The French government on Wednesday canceled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.

The ban, which takes immediate effect, is the first by a country since the World Health Organisation said on Monday it was pausing a large trial of the malaria drug on COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns.

The cancellation of the decree, which in effect means the drug is now banned for such use, was announced in the government’s official bulletin and confirmed by a statement by the health …

Femi Adesina - Nigerians Are Very Lucky To Have President Like Buhari

Femi Adesina: Nigerians Are Very Lucky To Have President Like Buhari

May 27, 2020 11:18 am
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina has said that Nigerians were lucky to have a leader like his principal.

Adesina made the remark while dismissing attempts to pitch him against his principal.

The presidential spokesman maintained that Buhari was leading Nigeria well.

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In a post on his Facebook, Adesina wrote: “A quote from mischief-makers is making the rounds, ascribed to me. I just dey laugh.

“I am a Buharist any day, no apologies, and I believe the president and I

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One Of The World’s Most Wanted To Face Extradition Hearing Today

One Of The World’s Most Wanted To Face Extradition Hearing Today

May 27, 2020 11:16 am

One of the world’s most wanted men is on Wednesday due to face an extradition hearing in a Paris court for his alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Felicien Kabuga, born in 1935, is sought by an international court on seven charges of involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity.

French police earlier this month tracked him down to an apartment in a Paris suburb where he was living under a false name, after years on the run.

He was among the nine most-wanted fugitives in the genocide, in which more than 800,000 Rwandans, members of the Tutsi ethnic …

Edo Governorship - No Man Can Stop Me, Obaseki Boasts

Edo Governorship: No Man Can Stop Me, Obaseki Boasts

May 27, 2020 11:15 am
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday said no man can stop him from being governor for a second term in the state.

Obaseki is having a running battle with his godfather and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole.

Oshiomhole’s faction of the party, had on Tuesday night endorsed the candidacy of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the consensus candidate of the party for the Edo poll.

But  Obaseki, in an interview on Channels TV, said he was confident of returning to power as first man of the state because “power comes from God.”

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Kogi Govt Fumes As Dangote Staff Attack Tax Officials

Dangote Group Wins Africa’s Most Admired Brand Third Time In A Row

May 27, 2020 11:14 am

For the third time in a row, Dangote Group has emerged as the most admired African brand, made in Africa.

It shares the honour with the telecommunication giant, MTN in a survey of 100 Africa best brands announced in a novel global virtual event that incorporated the market openings of Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria.

GT Bank returns to the top spot in financial services and the United Kingdom’s BBC retains its media category ranking as the most admired media brand.

African brands only occupy 13 of the 100 entries, seven fewer from last year.

Group Chief Corporate Communication Officer …

Oshiomhole Group Picks Ize-Iyamu As Edo APC Consensus Candidate

Oshiomhole Group Picks Ize-Iyamu As Edo APC Consensus Candidate

May 27, 2020 11:12 am

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faction believed to be loyal to National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

Ize-Iyamu, a former Secretary to Edo State Government (SSG), emerged on Tuesday night in Abuja through consensus candidate.

He is expected to slug it out with Governor Godwin Obaseki for the direct primary of the party slated for June 22.

Read Also: Appeal Court Dribbles The Hell Out Of Adams Oshiomhole

He was presented by chairman of the screening committee, Senator Francis Alimikhena, the representative of Edo North Senatorial District.

Other members …

Taofik Gani - PDP Will ‘Capture’ Lagos In 2023

Taofik Gani: PDP Will ‘Capture’ Lagos In 2023

May 27, 2020 11:12 am

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to take power from the governorship election and other polls in 2023.
The parry added that their strategies being put in place would surely work.
Spokesman Taofik Gani said the party has started strategising to wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

He told newsmen that all the indices the party needed to win were clear, and that all it had to do was for the members to work together as a united family and flush out saboteurs within the party before the election year.

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NDDC Budget Padded With Over 500 Fake Projects – MD

NDDC Budget Padded With Over 500 Fake Projects – MD

May 27, 2020 7:35 am

Acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, revealed on Tuesday that the commission’s 2019 budget was inflated with over 500 non-existing projects.

Pondei made the disclosure on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt.

He made clarifications on allegations of corruption levelled against the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the agency.

The acting managing director said that billions of naira was appropriated for non-existing projects.

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He said the committee made the discovery while investigating the 2019 appropriation to the commission.

President Muhammadu Buhari had in …

Trump Hints At Drastic Action Against China

President Trump Hints At Drastic Action Against China

May 27, 2020 7:31 am
President Donald Trump says the United States is working on a tough response to China’s planned national security legislation.

It is expected to be announced on Thursday.

The Chinese parliament is set to approve a proposed security law that would reduce Hong Kong’s separate legal status.

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Currently, the territory enjoys special economic standing under U.S. law.

Hong Kong’s Legislative Council is also expected to complete the second reading of a bill that would make it a criminal offence to “disrespect” China’s national anthem.

On Tuesday at a White House

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