May 2020

Brazil Topples Russia As Coronavirus World Hot Spot No.2

Brazil Topples Russia As Coronavirus World Hot Spot No.2

May 24, 2020 5:02 am

Brazil registered 16,508 cases of coronavirus on Saturday, taking the national total to 347,398.

Fatalities also increased by 965 on Saturday.The death toll is now 22,013.

Skeptics, however believed that the actual number of cases and deaths is higher than the official figures disclosed by the government.

The suspicion arose because the testing capacity of Latin America’s largest country lags.

Brazil has now surpassed Russia’s 335,882 cases to become the world Number 2 virus hot spot.

Read Also: Brazil Health Minister Sacked Over Stay-At-Home Measure

Only the United States, which has 1,666,828 cases is ahead.

On Friday, Dr. Mike Ryan, …

British PM’s Advisor Breached Lockdown Rules – Reports

British PM’s Advisor Breached Lockdown Rules – Reports

May 24, 2020 5:02 am

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings has been reported to have breached the country’s coronavirus travel restrictions more than once.

The Guardian and the Mirror initially reported Friday that Cummings had traveled some 430 kilometres from London to his parents’ home in County Durham at the end of March while he had coronavirus symptoms.

He was reportedly seen in Durham again on April 19, after he had already recovered and returned to work in London, the two newspapers reported in their Sunday editions.

An eyewitness cited by The Sunday Mirror and The Observer also said he saw …

India’s Coronavirus Death Toll Rises To 3,867

India’s Coronavirus Death Toll Rises To 3,867

May 24, 2020 5:01 am

The novel Coronavirus death toll in India has clocked 3,867 according to the country’s federal health ministry.

The department on Sunday morning said 147 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 6,767 positive cases were reported within Saturday and now.

The new deaths have made the number to climb to 3,867 and total cases to 131,868.

Data showed it is the highest one day spike in COVID-19 cases so far in the country.

“As on 8:00 a.m. (local time) Sunday, 3,867 deaths related to novel Coronavirus have been recorded in the country”, the ministry said in a release.

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Please Don’t Go On Strike – Akinlade Begs Ogun doctors

Please Don’t Go On Strike – Akinlade Begs Ogun doctors

May 24, 2020 5:00 am

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, has appealed to resident doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, in Ogun state to rescind their decision to embark on strike.

Akinlade, who was the Ogun governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) in 2019, said a strike at OOUTH will not augur well for the state at this crucial time when their services are required to save humanity.

Instead, the former lawmaker urged them to initiate a dialogue with the appropriate authorities in the state so as to resolve their grievances.

In a statement made

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Uganda’s Coronavirus Cases Rises To198

Uganda’s Coronavirus Cases Rises To 198

May 24, 2020 5:00 am
Uganda’s coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have risen to 198 as 23 new cases were recorded on Saturday.

According to the country’s health ministry, 23 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the last 24 hours.

This has brought the total number of infections to 198 in the East African country.

Read Also: Uganda Records High Spike In Coronavirus Cases

The ministry said in a statement that out of 1,187 samples collected from cross-border drivers and the community, 19 Ugandan truck drivers and four contacts of previously confirmed truck drivers under quarantine tested positive for the virus.

It included that a …

N-Power - Nigerian Govt Finally Pays Beneficiaries

N-Power: Nigerian Govt Finally Pays Beneficiaries

May 24, 2020 4:59 am
The federal government has announced the payment of April stipends to N-Power beneficiaries.

Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, said this in a statement on Saturday

She recalled that the promise of payment was made last week.

Read Also: N-Power Beneficiaries Will Be Paid Soon – FG

The official said they encountered some delays on the GIFMIS platform, “but I can now announce that all N-Power beneficiaries from Batch A and B have been paid their April stipends.

Farouq disclosed that the ministry was working hard to streamline the programme for greater efficiency and to provide opportunities for more

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Unknown Liquid Found In 2,000-Year-Old Bronze Pot

Unknown Liquid Found In 2,000-Year-Old Bronze Pot

May 24, 2020 4:59 am

A 2,000-year-old bronze pot freshly unearthed in central China’s Henan Province has contained more than 3,000 ml of unknown liquid.

Archaeologists discovered the pot with a curved neck in the shape of a swan in a tomb in the city of Sanmenxia. Also unearthed from the tomb included a bronze helmet, a bronze basin and swords made of iron and jade.

The unknown liquid in the pot was yellowish-brown in color with impurities. The sample was sent to Beijing for further tests.

Preliminary judgment based on the form of the tomb indicates the tomb was built at the turn of …

Belly Fat Can Cause Premature Death - Nkasiobi

Belly Fat Can Cause Premature Death – Nkasiobi

May 24, 2020 3:53 am

“Beer bellies”, Belly fat or abdominal fat is very harmful to human health says Family Nurse Health practitioner Nkasiobi Violet Uluocha, MSN, APRN, BS, FNP-BC.

“Fat in itself is not bad since our bodies need it to thrive, but there are particular types of fats that usually damage the blood vessels and the heart and these kinds of fats are called Belly fat or abdominal fat.”

“These fats are all over the abdominal cavity and they surround your intensities inside out.”

“It doesn’t matter if you are slim or fat and it is very irrelevant of your weight as long …

Pochettino wants Premier League return

Pochettino Wants To Return To Premier League

May 23, 2020 4:51 pm

Mauricio Pochettino says returning to the Premier League is his “priority”, stating he is eager to manage again six months after being sacked by Tottenham.

The 48-year-old transformed Spurs’ fortunes during his five-and-a-half-year reign but failed to win a trophy and was sacked less than a year after leading them to the Champions League final.

The Argentine has now ended his six-month “gardening leave”, meaning he is free to join another club.

He has been heavily linked with Newcastle if their proposed Saudi Arabia-backed takeover goes through, while speculation over the Manchester United job has never gone away.

“After …

E-Tournament - Euro 2020 kicks off without footballers

E-Tournament: Euro 2020 Kicks Off Without Footballers

May 23, 2020 4:50 pm

Euro 2020 may have been swept from the calendar due to coronavirus, but UEFA’s video-game eTournament version kicks off on Saturday regardless.

Instead of Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane or Cristiano Ronaldo racing around the pitch, gamers will slug it out, contesting the first ever eEuro from their armchairs.

“The weight of the whole thing is on our shoulders,” said 21-year-old Frenchman Lotfi Derradji, who comes from the Paris suburbs but ‘plays’ for Monaco where he was crowned French champion in 2018.

“We will represent France not on the pitch but on the Euro 2020 console, we’re getting huge amounts of …

Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash that killed 97

Survivor Recalls Horror Of Pakistan Plane Crash That Killed 97

May 23, 2020 4:49 pm
All but two of the 99 people on board the PIA plane were killed when it crashed into a Karachi residential neighbourhood

One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people on board has described jumping from the burning wreckage of the aircraft after it hurtled into a residential neighbourhood.

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane came down among houses on Friday after both engines failed as it approached Karachi airport, the airline said.

Its wings sliced through rooftops, sending flames and plumes of smoke into the air as it crashed onto a …

Osinbajo Must Have Been Killed By The Fulani Cabal - Nnamdi Kanu

Osinbajo Might Have Been Killed By The Fulani Cabal – Nnamdi Kanu

May 23, 2020 1:31 pm

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and director of Radio Biafra has taken to his official Facebook page to cry out on Vice President Osinbajo’s absence.

He stated that the Vice President has been missing in action for so long and that there were strong speculations that he might have been killed by the Fulani cabal who run the affairs of the country.

In his words:

WE ASK AGAIN & AGAIN, YORUBA WHERE IS YOUR SON YEMI OSINBAJO?

Once they start photoshoping your pictures and claiming you are too busy to address the people LIVE, …

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