May 30, 2020

Virus-battered Italy faces worst recession since WWII

Virus-Battered Italy Faces Worst Recession Since WWII

May 30, 2020 5:12 pm

Facing its deepest recession since World War II and with business confidence collapsing, the coronavirus pandemic is hitting Italy’s economy hard.

Business confidence in the eurozone’s third largest economy in May plummeted to its lowest level since official statistics institute ISTAT started the index in March 2005.

The figure is “alarming”, said small business federation Confesercenti.

“The health and economic emergency has swept businesses away, especially in shops, services and tourism,” it said.

Its members are particularly concerned “by the lack of liquidity necessary to pay costs and salaries… we are close to a point of no return and that’s …

Trump strips Hong Kong privileges, curbs students in volley on China

Trump Strips Hong Kong Privileges, Curbs Students In Volley On China

May 30, 2020 5:12 pm

President Donald Trump said Friday he would strip several of Hong Kong’s special privileges with the United States and bar some Chinese students from US universities in anger over Beijing’s bid to exert control in the financial hub.

In a day of concerted action, the United States and Britain also raised alarm at the UN Security Council over a controversial new security law for Hong Kong, infuriating Beijing which said the issue had no place at the world body.

In a White House appearance that Trump had teased for a day, the US president attacked China over its treatment …

Minneapolis Violence divides protesters, as 'chaos' grips Minneapolis

Violence Divides Protesters, As ‘Chaos’ Grips Minneapolis

May 30, 2020 4:11 pm

Flames light up the skyline and the smell of acrid smoke fills the streets in a Minneapolis neighborhood rocked by protest, a few hundred meters from a besieged police station.

“The real reason we’re here is because the police keep killing black folk all around the United States,” says a young African American man who declined to be named.

His face covered by a mask — whether because of the coronavirus or to protect against tear gas it’s not clear — he says he came to protest peacefully on Friday with friends, despite a curfew imposed after three nights of …

Bad Tempered Post-Brexit Talks Enter Crucial Phase

Bad Tempered Post-Brexit Talks Enter Crucial Phase

May 30, 2020 4:09 pm

Britain and the EU will attempt to revive their imperilled trade talks on Tuesday, entering a crucial week of negotiations that could mark the final hope for a deal.

Hundreds of officials will hold video talks all week from London and Brussels, the fourth and last scheduled round of negotiations since Britain formally left the EU on January 31.

The previous round ended in acrimony with the EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier asking his UK counterpart David Frost to watch his “tone” in a tetchy exchange of letters.

The EU and Britain have until the end of the year to …

Here's A Video Of Aisha Buhari's Lover - Nnamdi Kanu

Here’s A Video Of Aisha Buhari’s Lover – Nnamdi Kanu

May 30, 2020 2:07 pm

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and director of Radio Biafra has taken to his official Facebook page to post an authentication video of Aisha Buhari’s alleged lover and clone to the President Muhammadu Buhari.

The video shows two projections of the President, one is very distorted and seems to echo the second projection which shows an engineered video recording of the President during a speech. Mazi Kanu also points out the disparities between the two individuals in the video.

Read Also: Aisha Buhari Having Sex In Aso Rock With Her Boyfriend – Kanu

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Trump Promises ‘Vicious Dogs, Most Ominous Guns’ To WH Protesters

Trump Promises ‘Vicious Dogs, Most Ominous Guns’ To WH Protesters

May 30, 2020 12:40 pm

In multiple tweets, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Black Lives Matter protesters that they face ‘the most vicious dogs’ and ‘the most ominous guns’ if they breach the White House fence.

He was reacting to the protest outside his official home on Friday night.

Demonstrators protesting yet another white police brutality, after the killing of Minneapolis resident, George Flyod, clashed with secret police outside White House.

Instead of Trump to sue for calm, he bragged about the counter-violence that awaited the protesters.

Read Also: George Floyd Murder: A Chauvinistic Approach?

That is, if they had breached White House fence.

“Great …

Northerners With No Education Ruling Nigeria – Afenifere

Northerners With No Education Ruling Nigeria – Afenifere

May 30, 2020 12:39 pm

A leader of Afenifere, Senator Femi Okurounmu, has said that Nigeria is being ruled by Northerners, whom he described as having almost little or no education.

Okurounmu, while speaking on the nation’s 21 years of uninterrupted democracy, expressed displeasure that many Southern youths who graduated from the university with good grades are roaming the streets with no jobs, saying Northerners are the ones getting employed.

Read Also: Tinubu, the arrowhead that created crisis in Afenifere

“In terms of development, Nigeria has been going very slippery downhill since 1999. Poverty has been increasing at an alarming rate. The level of youth

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Rivers Govt Warns Against Plans To Exhume Buried COVID-19 Bodies

Rivers Govt Warns Against Plans To Exhume Buried COVID-19 Bodies

May 30, 2020 12:38 pm
The Rivers State Government has issued a strong warning to those attempting to invade the Port Harcourt cemetery to exhume bodies of their loved ones to have a re-think.

Reports emerged late Friday that the remains of the late Executive Chairman of Asari-Toru Local government area of Rivers State, Odiari Princewill who died of coronavirus, was exhumed.

It was gathered that Late Princewill’s body was exhumed by gunmen suspected to be natives of Buguma, his hometown.

Read Also: Manager Of Demolished Hotel Among New Cases Of COVID-19 – Rivers

But the Rivers state government downplayed the report describing it as

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Arrest Of Warri Journalists - You Must Fish Out Your Squad – Group To IGP

Arrest Of Warri Journalists: You Must Fish Out Your Squad – Group To IGP

May 30, 2020 12:38 pm
The Human Rights Defenders Organization of Nigeria on Saturday said the IGP Squad (Monitoring Unit) who unlawfully arrested and detained five Journalists in Warri, Delta State must be fished out and prosecuted.

The group said if they are found guilty of any wrongs against the Journalists, they should be dismissed from the Police Force.

The National Chairman of the Human Right Defenders Organization of Nigeria, Mr. Casely Omon-Irabor Esq who was reacting to the unlawful arrests and detention of the Journalists argued that there are no “criminal liability” by law in civilized climes.

Read Also: Family Petitions Gov. Ugwuanyi, IGP

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Oshiomhole May Not See 2023 As APC National Chairman – Primate Ayodele

Oshiomhole May Not See 2023 As National Chairman – Primate Ayodele

May 30, 2020 12:37 pm
The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to be cautious of his activities.

Ayodele warned that Oshiomhole may not be APC’s National Chairman in 2023 if he is not careful.

In his latest prophecies, the clergyman also warned APC against picking Pastor Ize Iyamu as it’s governorship candidate during the party’s upcoming primary election.

Read Also: Oshiomhole Group Picks Ize-Iyamu As Edo APC Consensus Candidate

He said: ‘’If Ize Iyamu wins, Edo State will be worse than it is presently. He is not ordained

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Air Peace Evacuates 301 Chinese From Nigeria

Air Peace Evacuates 301 Chinese From Nigeria

May 30, 2020 8:58 am

Air Peace has evacuated 301 Chinese from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China.

Mr Stanley Olisa, Spokesman of the airline, said in a statement on Friday that the evacuation which took place on Thursday was arranged by the Chinese government.

Olisa said the flight took off at 10: 05p.m. Nigerian time and arrived China at about 1:15 p.m. Nigerian time on Friday.

He said that Air Peace was also the airline that evacuated Israelis in Nigeria late March and has been contacted by other countries for evacuation operations.

Read Also: 292 Nigerians

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Trump’s White House Under Lockdown As Protests Reach Washington

Trump’s White House Under Lockdown As Protests Reach Washington

May 30, 2020 8:56 am
Protests over the killing of an African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis reached Washington on Friday, with the White House put under lockdown.

According to reports, a massive group of demonstrators converged on the White House to protest the killing by a now dismissed policeman, Derek Chauvin.

Tension ran high between marchers and police, prompting the Secret Service to place the building on lockdown.

The protesters briefly shut down traffic on a major thoroughfare before reaching the White House.

Read Also: George Floyd Murder: A Chauvinistic Approach?

A heavy police presence of policemen, barricades and a huge crowd of demonstrators could …

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