May 2020

UK Minister Douglas Ross Quits Over Dominic Cummings Row

UK Minister Douglas Ross Quits Over Dominic Cummings Row

May 26, 2020 4:37 pm

A UK minister, Douglas Ross has resigned as public anger deepens over PM Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings’ breaching of the coronavirus lockdown.

Ross, the Minister for Scotland and a Tory whip, announced Tuesday on Twitter he is quitting because he was unconvinced by Mr Cummings’ defence of the journey to Durham.

Read Also: “An Insult”: Johnson Risks Party Wrath For Backing Aide Cummings

“I haven’t commented publicly on the situation with Dominic Cummings as I have waited to hear the full details.

“I welcome the statement to clarify matters, but there remains aspects of the explanation which I

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“I’m Back” - Mike Tyson Offered Upward Of $20M To Fight Again

“I’m Back”: Mike Tyson Offered Upward Of $20M To Fight Again

May 26, 2020 11:38 am

For some reason, there are people out there who think it’s a good idea to fight Mike Tyson.

However, one challenger is now ready to put his money where the former champ’s fist might wind up.

“I think I know what we need to do to make this thing happen,” Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship president David Feldman told Bleacher Report, which reported that the organization is set to offer Mike Tyson more than $20 million to come out of retirement.

The 53-year-old Brooklyn native hasn’t fought in 15 years, but video or recent workouts showing Iron Mike training with the …

South Africa’s Currency Climbs To 8 Week High Against Dollar

South Africa’s Currency Climbs To 8 Week High Against Dollar

May 26, 2020 11:36 am

South Africa’s rand raced to its highest in more than eight weeks against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, as optimism about a global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic boosted riskier assets, with investors looking past Sino-U.S. trade tensions.

At 0605 GMT, the rand traded at 17.4700 per dollar, 0.91 percent firmer than its previous close.

The currency was at its strongest since March 27.

Read Also; South Africa’s Daily COVID-19 Cases Surpass 1,000 Mark

“The optimistic recovery narrative is holding within markets, keeping the dollar subdued and seeing the rand remain on a stable footing following last week’s rally,” Bianca …

Kano State Abandons Govt’s COVID-19 Palliatives Under Sun

Kano State Abandons Govt’s COVID-19 Palliatives Under Sun

May 26, 2020 11:35 am
Federal Government’s grains meant for palliative in Kano State have been left wasted under the sun and in the rain in the state.

The 139 trucks of grains that were sent to Kano late two weeks ago were kept at an open place at the premises of Kano Agricultural Supply Company [KASCO] around Firm Center in Kano and not covered by officials.

The Federal Government two weeks ago delivered the food items as palliative to the state to be distributed to the vulnerable and the poor due to the devastating effect of COVID-19 lockdown.

Read Also: FG’s Palliatives Huge

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Nigerian Officials In Trouble As FG Probes Leakage Of Memos

Nigerian Officials In Trouble As FG Probes Leakage Of Memos

May 26, 2020 11:35 am

President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has reacted angrily to the leakage of memos to the public allegedly by government officials.

The Nigerian government bemoaned that state documents, including classified ones, were being sent out by public officers.

Announcing that the matter is under investigation, it described the development as, “embarrassing.”

Read Also: FG’s Palliatives Huge Scam, Give Account – PDP Dares Buhari

The federal government declared that perpetrators will be dismissed and prosecuted.

Head of Civil Service of the Federation, (HOSF) Folasade Yemi-Esan, gave the admonition in a circular to the presidency, ministries, departments, agencies, security agencies, among others.

The circular

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How The American Idiot Made America A Failed State

How The American Idiot Made America A Failed State

May 26, 2020 11:34 am

A death toll approaching 100,000 lives. A Greater Depression on the cards. A nation “reopening” despite all that. Congress offering no real support or aid, gridlocked. A lunatic President telling people to inject bleach. Guess what he’s doing this weekend? Golfing. Do I really need to go on?

About a decade ago, I did something unusual. I warned that America was on the way to becoming a failed state, in the august pages of Harvard Business Review. Now, the reaction was swift and furious. Americans tend to react to things they don’t like in the only way they know …

Adesina Sends Message To AfDB Stakeholders

AfDB Feud: The Bell Tolls Not For Adesina But For Africa

May 26, 2020 9:45 am

COVID-19 is severely testing Africa’s social, economic and political resilience. While it is true that our countries are taking bold actions to slow down and contain the spread of the virus, it is also undeniable that recession looms in our continent.

The Central African sub region is one of the areas most exposed to an economic recession. We face a double danger. On the one hand, we are fighting COVID-19 with a scarcity of financial resources and fragile health systems. On the other hand, we are trying to mitigate the adverse economic effects of this pandemic, and safeguard our economies …

Officials Begin Inquiry Into Australian Bush Fire

Officials Begin Inquiry Into Australian Bush Fire

May 26, 2020 9:45 am
An inquiry on Australian bush fires has heard that an estimated 445 people died and thousands injured, with health costs exceeding 2 billion dollars (1.3 billion US dollars).

Reports showed that between August 2019 and March 2020, bush fires burnt more than 12 million hectares of land.

It also destroyed more than 3,000 homes and killed people across six of the country’s eight states and territories.

Air quality due to smoke from the fire was ”hazardous” in major Australian cities including Sydney and the capital Canberra.

Read Also: Bushfire-Hit Australians Still In Tents As Virus Slows Recovery

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Akinwumi Adesina of AfDB

Kaduna-Kano Rail Will Never Be Completed – Ganduje’s Aide

May 26, 2020 9:44 am
Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a media aide to Governor Ganduje of Kano state, said the Kaduna-Kano rail project will never be completed.

Yakasai stated this on Twitter.

Minister of Transportation, Amaechi, in 2019 had said that the Federal Government had secured a loan for the project.

He said the rail line would run to Lagos via Ibadan, conveying about 30 million tons of cargoes.

Read Also: Legislators Asked To Impeach Ganduje, Zulum, Other Northern Govs

He also stated that the project will kick-start “soon”

A twitter user, on Monday, then asked Amaechi when the Kaduna-Kano rail project will kick-start.

Reacting to

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Hon. Philip Ejiogu Takes On Imo State Educational Sector

Hon. Philip Ejiogu Takes On Imo State Educational Sector

May 26, 2020 7:54 am

The performing lawmaker representing Owerri North State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Engr. Philip Ejiogu, popularly called Mr Integrity, continues to make giant strides in his efforts to eradicate illiteracy in Imo State.

He has announced his upcoming broadcast session on Imo State Radio Darling FM (107.3) where he will be breaking down issues with the Educational Sector of Imo State and how it can be strengthened out to suit all citizens and inhabitants of the state.

He will also be talking on the newly signed Financial Autonomy of the Legislative Arm Of Government which …

Legislators Asked To Impeach Ganduje, Zulum, Other Northern Govs

Legislators Asked To Impeach Ganduje, Zulum, Other Northern Govs

May 26, 2020 5:09 am
An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Tuesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sanction governors of Kano, Borno, Nasarawa, Jigawa, and some other states for allegedly defying the Federal Government’s pray-at-home directive on Eid-el-Fitr day.

MURIC said Buhari must not allow the erring governors to go scot-free because their action to allow public prayer during the celebration was grossly irresponsible.

Reports had indicated that Kano, Borno, Nasarawa, Jigawa and some other states allegedly defied the Federal Government’s (FG) pray-at-home directive on Eid-el-Fitr as well as the advisories of the Jamaatu Nasril Islam (JNI) and the

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Stop Pampering Fulani Terrorists – HURIWA Blasts Defence Minister

HURIWA Blasts Lai, DSS Over Detention Of Journalists

May 26, 2020 5:09 am

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has deplored the arrest and detention of Nigerian journalists, Rotimi Jolayemi (aka Oba Akewi), Kufre Carter, and a legal practitioner, Gabriel Ogbonna

The body, in a statement on Monday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act on horrendous violations of citizens’ rights to freedom of expression.

HURIWA, in a statement by Emmanuel Onwubiko, the National Coordinator called for the arrest of Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, over Jolayemi’s incarceration because of a critical poem.

Read Also: Buhari Has Planted More Animosity Than Biafran Civil War – HURIWA

The body noted that “feudalistic

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