May 2020

UK Coronavirus Death Toll Over 35,000

UK Coronavirus Death Toll Over 35,000

May 19, 2020 4:34 pm

Coronavirus death toll in the UK today shot past the 35,000 mark, after 227 new deaths were reported.

The national total is now 35,023.

NHS England announced 174 deaths, Scotland recorded 29 and Wales 17.

Northern Ireland has the lowest, just seven deaths.

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Figures show the daily deaths are consistently trending downwards – by comparison, there were 627 new fatalities last Tuesday and 693 the week before.

On Monday, officials declared 160 new deaths, the lowest tally since March 24 – the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the …

Coronavirus - Erdogan Announces First Nationwide Lockdown

Coronavirus: Erdogan Announces First Nationwide Lockdown

May 19, 2020 1:51 pm

Turkey is to impose its first nationwide lockdown before Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The four-day lockdown is to start on Saturday, on the eve of Eid festivities, across all 81 provinces, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.

Turkey has not had a stringent countrywide curfew since it reported its first positive case on March 11, resorting instead to weekend curfews in certain provinces.

Erdogan said that some mosques would also gradually reopen for afternoon worship after Friday prayers on May 29.

Congregational prayers …

Trump Hooked On COVID-19 Drug Hydroxychloroquine Without Prescription

Trump Hooked On COVID-19 Drug Hydroxychloroquine Without Prescription

May 19, 2020 1:49 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump admitted on Monday that he has been on self-medication for about 10 days, taking the malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine.

He told reporters he has been taking it with a zinc supplement to lessen COVID-19 symptoms should he contract it.

So far, the drug is unproven for fighting COVID-19.

Trump spent weeks pushing the drug as a potential cure for COVID-19.

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This was against the cautionary advice of many of his administration’s top medical professionals.

The drug has the potential to cause significant side effects in some patients and …

Yobe State Chief Judge Nabaruma Is Dead

Yobe State Chief Judge Nabaruma Is Dead

May 19, 2020 1:48 pm

Justice Musa Nabaruma, the chief judge of the northeastern state of Yobe is dead.

He died on Monday night at the National Hospital, Abuja after a protracted illness.

He will be buried today.

Nabaruma was born in Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State.

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He was appointed nine years ago as the Chief Judge and was the longest serving judge, though not an indigene.

The state was yet to make an official statement on the death.

 

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‘No Individual Or Political Party Is Bigger Than The State’

‘No Individual Or Political Party Is Bigger Than The State’

May 19, 2020 1:48 pm

Here in this interview, Edo State gubernatorial contender on the platform of the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN), Iyoha John Darlington, speaks about Edo politics and others factors that impede the progress being made by the incumbent administration under Governor Godwin Obaseki.

 

Excerpts:

Sir, recently we stumbled onto an article in the Daily Trust of February 25, 2020 titled “Edo 2020: My fact-finding visit to Government House”. What prompted you to embark on this visit?

I did matter-of-fact make that visit on invitation by His Excellency, Rt. Hon Philip Shiabu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State. Bound by …

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US Embassy Congratulates Afeez Hanafi For Winning Citi Journalistic Excellence Award

May 19, 2020 12:50 pm

The United States Embassy for Nigeria took to their verified Facebook page to congratulate Afeez Hanafi, a correspondent with The PUNCH newspaper for winning the 2020 Citi Journalistic Excellence Award.

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They wrote:

Congratulations to Afeez Hanafi, a correspondent with The PUNCH newspaper for winning the 2020 Citi Journalistic Excellence Award, a competition sponsored by Citi Bank. His winning entry focused on the fading glory of a model training and research farm abandoned and brought to the brink of ruin by local authorities. I

n 2021, Hanafi will join other winners from

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PSG President Shows Admiration For Ronaldo

PSG President Shows Admiration For Ronaldo

May 19, 2020 10:04 am

Paris Saint-Germain president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, has openly declared his admiration for Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo for his unique determination and professionalism.

“Year after year, he shows a unique determination, an extraordinary strength of character,” Al-Khelaifi, said while speaking to France Football.

He continued; “He remains motivated by this desire to improve every day, and he always pushes his limits.

“I admire this relentless will; he is a great example for all athletes of the future,” added said.

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Ronaldo has been linked with PSG in the past, with the mega-rich Ligue 1 champions …

Popular Pastor Who Laid Hand On Coronavirus Patients Dies Of The Virus

Popular Pastor Who Laid Hand On Coronavirus Patients Dies Of The Virus

May 19, 2020 10:03 am

A popular Cameroonian pastor, Frankline Ndifor, who laid hand on Coronavirus patients to recover from the virus has died of the pandemic.

Fear has now gripped large number of his followers following his death.

He had prayed for hundreds of his supporters to get cured of the coronavirus.

Cameroon police used force to gain access to his residence in the economic capital city Douala, as some of his supporters blocked entrances, praying for his resurrection, Voice of America reports.

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Hundreds of followers sang Sunday morning at Ndifor’s Douala residence that the man …

Orji Kalu Recruits Six SANs, Six Others To Secure Release From Prison

Orji Kalu Recruits Six SANs, Six Others To Secure Release From Prison

May 19, 2020 10:03 am

Former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has recruited the service of 12 lawyers, including six Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs to secure his release from prison.

The Supreme Court had nullified his trial where he was jailed for 12 years over money laundering to the tune of N7.65 billion, and ordered fresh trial.

But Kalu was still being kept in prison despite the Supreme Court’s judgment.

However, the former governor filed a motion on notice against the Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking to set aside his trial and conviction of last December 5.…

Oshiomhole Swears In Bulama As New APC Scribe

Oshiomhole Swears In Bulama As New APC Scribe

May 19, 2020 10:02 am
The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday sworn in Alhaji Waziri Bulama as the new acting National Secretary of the party.

The Oshiomhole-led APC National Working Committee (NWC) inaugurated Bulama at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

The position of national secretary of the ruling APC has been vacant since 2019.

It was formerly occupied by Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe who vacated the office to contest for governorship during the 2019 general election.

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Oshiomhole said that the party consulted President Muhammadu Buhari and other relevant …

NDE Trains Kano Women On Face Mask Production

NDE Trains Kano Women On Face Mask Production

May 19, 2020 10:02 am

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Kano State says the training of women on face mask production is part of the agency’s continuous efforts to tackle unemployment.

The Kano State Coordinator of NDE, Alhaji Iliyasu Ahmed, made this known on Monday at a training organised for the beneficiaries at the NDE Skills Centre in Kano.

‎Ahmed said that the training was organised in collaboration with Future Assured Initiative of First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari.

He said that the women who were tailoring trainees of NDE would produce 20,000 safety ‎face masks for the people of the state.

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NASU Threatens 14-Day Warning Strike

NASU Threatens 14-Day Warning Strike

May 19, 2020 8:42 am

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) says it will begin a 14-day warning strike in Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education, over shortfall in payment of its members’ salaries.

Mr Peters Adeyemi, General Secretary of NASU, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

Adeyemi said that the non-teaching staff union was protesting the short-payment of its members’ salaries since February 2020 through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

According to Adeyemi, the association has filed the Trade Dispute Act CAP 432, Trade Disputes (Essential Services) Act, CAP 433 of the …

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