May 2020

Torrential Rains Kill Scores In Tanzania

Torrential Rains Kill Scores In Tanzania

May 17, 2020 5:33 am
Police authorities say no fewer than 11 people, including four from the same family, have been killed by torrential rains in Tanzania’s eastern region of Morogoro.

Wilbroad Mutafungwa, the Morogoro Regional Police Commander, said the four members of the same family were killed on Friday night after a landslide from nearby mountains pushed down walls of their house.

“The walls fell on the victims, including a five-year-old child,’’ he told a news conference in Morogoro, adding that the grisly incident occurred in Matombo ward.

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Mutafungwa said another seven people, including five children, were …

Obama Hits Trump Again On Pandemic Management

Obama Hits Trump Again On Pandemic Management

May 17, 2020 5:29 am
Former U.S. President Barack Obama indirectly criticised his successor Donald Trump during a virtual graduation ceremony Saturday, in a rare public judgment during the coronavirus pandemic.

“More than anything this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,” Obama told graduates from several dozen historically black colleges and universities.

“A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge,” he said as he discussed the implications of the pandemic during the online event, without naming any specific leaders.

Obama has kept a low profile …

Uzodimma To Reposition Imo State University

Uzodimma To Reposition Imo State University

May 17, 2020 5:28 am

The Imo Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday announced his administration’s plan to reposition the Imo State University (IMSU) for academic excellence.

Uzodinma who made the announcement while receiving a report from the institution’s visitation panel in Owerri said that the state was poised to take the university to a competitive and admirable height.

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“It is either Imo State University becomes a university or never. We will exhaust all extant rules to reposition the tertiary institution for academic excellence and to bequeath same to our society”, he said.

According to …

Wanted Rwandan Arrested In Paris Over 1994 Genocide

Wanted Rwandan Arrested In Paris Over 1994 Genocide

May 17, 2020 5:25 am

French authorities said on Saturday that they had arrested a Rwandan man with a 5-million-dollar bounty on his head and who is among the most wanted for the 1994 genocide in the East African country.

Felicien Kabuga was arrested in Paris as a result of a joint investigation with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) at the UN Office of the Prosecutor, the authorities in France said.

Rwandan prosecutors welcomed the arrest and said the country would continue to collaborate with the UN body to ensure the delivery of justice.

French police said they arrested Kabuga in a …

COVID-19 Patient Gives Birth To Baby Boy In Lagos

COVID-19 Patient Gives Birth To Baby Boy In Lagos

May 17, 2020 5:22 am
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced that a Coronavirus patient was delivered of a baby boy by frontline health workers in the state.

The Ministry made the announcement in a tweet on Saturday, stating that both mother and child are in good health.

The tweet reads “COVID19Lagos Update.

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“A pregnant woman diagnosed with COVID19 was delivered of a baby boy weighing 2.9kg by our frontline health workers at Gbagada Isolation Centre today.

“Both Mother and Baby are doing well.

“Also, frontline health workers at LUTH on Thursday took delivery of a

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Jonathan Disowns Speech On Biafra, Niger Delta Agitation

Jonathan Disowns Speech On Biafra, Niger Delta Agitation

May 17, 2020 5:22 am

Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has disowned an online statement credited to him concerning the relationship between the South East and the people of the Niger Delta, describing it as a fabricated speech.

The report claimed that the former President spoke on the position of Niger Delta over agitations for Biafra in a speech he presented recently in Texas, United States.

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However, a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze, on Saturday described the report as false, declaring that the former President could not have presented …

Nigerian Comedian Taaooma Hits 1m On Instagram

Nigerian Comedian Taaooma Hits 1m On Instagram

May 17, 2020 5:21 am
Comedian Taaooma has hit one millions fans on Instagram.

“THANK YOU! One million Family! 😩😩

“Thank you for bringing me this far, this would have been nothing without you guys! 🎥 : @_abula @thegreenadecompany”, she announced on the social media platform on Saturday.

And she is really excited about the feat as she swayed and danced in a video.

Taaooma’s real name is Apaokagi Adedoyin Maryam.

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She was born and raised in Ilorin, Kwara state , where she had her early education.

She also spent most of her years growing …

FG Told To Adopt 5G Network In Nigeria Immediately

FG Told To Adopt 5G Network In Nigeria Immediately

May 17, 2020 5:20 am
Electrical and Electronics experts have called on the Nigerian government to adopt the 5G mobile technology now so that the country would not be left out of the ongoing global technological industrialisation and development.

They made the call at a 5G Health Symposium webinar organised by the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NIEEE) on Saturday, NAN reports.

Speaking on controversies around 5G and radiation from antennas, the experts said that 5G mobile technology was faster and safer and used less oxidation and energy, making it safer than its predecessors.

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American Idol To Encore Charity Song ‘We Are The World’

American Idol To Encore Charity Song ‘We Are The World’

May 16, 2020 1:42 pm

“We Are The World”, the celebrity-packed 1985 charity singer, is getting an encore this weekend, courtesy of the stars of “American Idol”.

“Idol” judges Lionel Richie, who co-wrote the song with late Michael Jackson, Katy Perry and country singer Luke Bryan will perform it on Sunday alongside former stars and winners of the television talent show, broadcaster ABC said on Friday night.

ABC said it will be the first television performance in 35 years of the song.

The song was originally written to raise money for African famine relief and featured musicians including Jackson, Diana Ross, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, …

30 migrant workers killed in India lockdown crashes

30 Migrant Workers Killed In India Lockdown Crashes

May 16, 2020 1:41 pm

At least 30 Indian migrant workers were killed Saturday in road accidents as they tried to return to their home villages during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, officials said.

The accidents, in central and northern India, were the latest involving some of the millions of labourers left stranded and jobless by the seven-week shutdown.

Scores have died in road and rail accidents and even from exhaustion walking home.

In the most deadly incident, a truck carrying about 40 labourers struck another vehicle also carrying workers and their families that was parked at a roadside cafe in Uttar Pradesh, local magistrate Abishek …

Trump Fires State watchdog said to be probing Pompeo

Trump Fires State Watchdog Said To Be Probing Pompeo

May 16, 2020 1:40 pm

Donald Trump’s move to fire a government watchdog reportedly investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo amounted to a potentially illegal act of retribution, according to senior Democrats leading an angry backlash Saturday.

Trump notified House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi late Friday that he planned to dismiss State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.

It was his third abrupt dismissal of an official tasked with monitoring governmental wrongdoing since April.

Democrats denounced it as part of what they said was a troubling pattern of the president undermining the traditionally independent watchdogs.

Read Also: Trump Hints On Ending Trade Relationship With China

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Facebook Acquires Animated Graphics, GIPHY

Facebook Acquires Animated Graphics, GIPHY

May 16, 2020 1:39 pm

Social media and tech giant, Facebook said Friday it had acquired the animated graphics startup GIPHY and would integrate the company in its Instagram visual social network.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the news site Axios said the California-based tech giant was paying $400 million.

GIPHY is a platform and search engine for “stickers” and other products using the graphics interchange format or GIFs.

“GIPHY, a leader in visual expression and creation, is joining the Facebook company today as part of the Instagram team,” Facebook said in a statement.

“GIPHY makes everyday conversations more entertaining, and so …

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