May 2020

Sani Raises Alarm As Dokpesi Reveals His 'COVID' Drugs

Sani Raises Alarm As Dokpesi Reveals His ‘COVID’ Drugs

May 16, 2020 5:09 am

A former Nigerian lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the revelations made by some discharged Coronavirus patients.

Media mogul, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, had revealed that every drug they were given while in isolation were malaria medications.

This was after Dokpesi, the founder of DAAR Communications, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) and RayPower FM, was discharged earlier in the week. He declared that he was confused.

Many other recovered patients, including the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, and a former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, all made similar revelations.

But

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Fresh, Strange Facts About Coronavirus

Fresh, Strange Facts About Coronavirus

May 16, 2020 5:08 am

Scientists around the world are building up their knowledge about the coronavirus, as they frantically search for a cure and vaccine.

The virus, first reported in Wuhan, China last December, has killed over 300,000 people worldwide.

It has also infected over 4.5million people.

Everyday, scientists build up a dossier on the virus as they unlock new information.

Here are five strange facts now known about the virus:

Read Also: 85,974 Americans Are Now Dead From Coronavirus

 

1. Survives heat up to a point

The coronavirus can survive long exposure to high temperatures, according to a French study.

While …

Health Minister Resigns After Disagreement With President

Health Minister Resigns After Disagreement With President

May 16, 2020 5:07 am
Nelson Teich, Brazil’s Minister of Health, has resigned.

Teich resigned on Friday after a month in office amid differences with President Jair Bolsonaro over handling of the growing COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

The Minister’s office disclosed on Friday that he had handed in his resignation and would hold a press conference later in the day.

Read Also: 85,974 Americans Are Now Dead From Coronavirus

Brazil President Bolsonaro has been pushing in recent days for wider use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus, a move the Minister was not in agreement with.

The Minister and the President also disagreed

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Biafra - Nnamdi Kanu Is A Coward – Uwazuruike Counters

Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu Is A Coward – Uwazuruike Counters

May 16, 2020 5:07 am

The fratricidal war of words between leaders of the two foremost Biafra agitation groups, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, founder of Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), which was rekindled earlier in the week, has gotten messier.

Kanu had berated Uwazuruike for allegedly taking the issue of Biafra to the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) in The Hague, Netherlands; a move he said was belittling as several Igbo groups had taken Biafra’s matter to United Nations which was a far more recognized body.

The …

N-Power Beneficiaries Will Be Paid Soon – FG

N-Power Beneficiaries Will Be Paid Soon – FG

May 16, 2020 5:06 am
Nigerian Government has announced that beneficiaries of the Social Investment Programme, N-Power, will receive their April stipend next week.

The beneficiaries have been lamenting the continuous delay in the payment of their stipends for some months now.

They are now clamouring for their April payment since the announcement of the lockdown in some states owing to the outbreak of coronavirus.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, however, gave the assurance on Friday, adding that the payment process was at the final stage.

Farouq, who spoke on Friday at the daily briefing by members of …

China Threatens US On Latest Huawei Ban

China Threatens U.S. On Latest Huawei Ban

May 16, 2020 5:04 am

China has urged the United States to stop the “unreasonable suppression of Huawei and Chinese enterprises”.

It also threatened retaliation against the US for the move by putting major U.S. firms on an “unreliable entity list”, according to Communist Party tabloid Global Times.

US tech giants Apple, Cisco, Qualcomm and plane maker Boeing are among the firms that may be targeted, the report said.

The reaction came after Washington announced new export controls to restrict Huawei’s access to semiconductor technology.

Read Also: Trump Hints On Ending Trade Relationship With China

The latest restrictions on the world’s second-largest smartphone manufacturer, which …

P/Harcourt In Total Darkness, As Angry Youths Shut Afam Power Station

Nigerian Electricity Workers Threaten Strike

May 16, 2020 5:03 am

The electricity workers under the umbrella of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) has threatened to embark on a fresh strike following the unlawful sack of its President, Dr. Chris Okonkwo, and other anti-labour activities of the management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

The Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Umar Mohammed, had on April 24 issued the letter dismissing Okonkwo.

Read Also: No Electricity Disconnection During Lockdown – IBEDC

Okonkwo was the company’s General Manager, Special Duties.

The letter reads: “After servicing TCN for a period of about six years, please be informed that …

Fears mount over migrants dying 'out of sight' in Mediterranean

Fears Mount Over Migrants Dying In The Mediterranean

May 15, 2020 3:43 pm

More and more migrants are crossing, Europe is closing its ports and no humanitarian ships are carrying out rescues. As the coronavirus pandemic dominates headlines, activists fear the Mediterranean is the scene of an overlooked “tragedy”.

A handful of migrant landings have taken place in recent weeks, including 79 people who arrived last weekend in Italy — a country under fire even before the outbreak for refusing to allow private vessels carrying migrants to dock.

International organisations and NGOs say the situation is bleak, as all rescue operations were ceased as of last week.

“If there is no help at …

Afghan hospital attackers 'came to kill mothers' - MSF

Afghan Hospital Attackers’ Came To Kill Mothers’: MSF

May 15, 2020 3:42 pm

Gunmen who stormed a hospital in the Afghan capital this week had come to “kill the mothers” at the maternity ward, medical charity Doctors Without Borders has said.

At least 24 people were killed — including newborns, mothers and nurses — when three armed men rampaged through the maternity ward of the hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, in an attack that sparked international outrage.

The United States later said the deadly assault was carried out by the Islamic State group.

“What I saw in the maternity hospital demonstrates it was a systematic shooting of the mothers,” said Frederic Bonnot on …

Persons Without Face Masks To Risk 3yr jail Term In Qatar

Persons Without Face Masks To Risk 3yr jail Term In Qatar

May 15, 2020 3:41 pm
Qatar’s interior ministry has announced that wearing masks will be mandatory for everyone going outside starting on Sunday in the country.

The minister disclosed that violators will be fined up to 200,000 riyals ($53,000) or jailed up to three years.

The statement made available on the ministry’s Twitter account said those exempted from compulsory mask usage are persons driving alone in a vehicle.

Read Also: Qatar, Russia Deny Buying World Cup Rights In Bribe Case

The decision will be effective from Sunday, till further notice.

The tweet read: “Starting from Sunday, May 17, 2020, wearing facemasks is mandatory for all

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Celebrating African Indigenous Records

Celebrating African Indigenous Records

May 15, 2020 3:23 pm

It is no news that Africa and Africans have suffered and continued to suffer the double misfortune of, being underappreciated and despised. In spite of stupendous continental impact and individualistic human achievements in every area of human endeavors, both in the past and now the present. Foreshorteness continues to trail Africa’s contribution in the human histories.
The European invasion carpeted the black, for their own elevation. They inserted themselves in an overrated picture after African histories had been destroyed and their particularistic features ceded. Perilously Africa had been plunged into patrilineal self-abnegation and condemnation since the unhallowed contact with Westerners, …

Buhari Sends Message To Dele Momodu

Buhari Sends Message To Dele Momodu

May 15, 2020 2:05 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday felicitated with journalist/publisher, Ayobamidele Abayomi Momodu, popularly known as Dele Momodu, on the occasion of his 60th birthday on May 16, 2020.

The President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in Abuja, congratulated Momodu on hitting the milestone in good health and a sound mind.

President Buhari wished the Publisher of Ovation International greater contributions to the further emancipation of Nigeria in the years and decades to come.

Read Also: Abolish Amotekun Now – Yoruba Forum Urges Buhari

The president rejoiced with the family, friends, and professional …

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