May 2020

Gambari - Arewa Attacks Fani-Kayode On Islamisation Speech

Gambari: Arewa Attacks Fani-Kayode On Islamisation Speech

May 15, 2020 2:05 pm

The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has attacked former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode over comment that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari was appointed to ensure the Islamization of Nigeria.

Fani-Kayode had attacked Buhari for appointing Gambari, saying this was the first time in the history of Nigeria that the nation would have a Fulani President and a Chief of Staff.

He said the appointment was aimed at helping Buhari islamise Nigeria,

But AYCF’s President-General, Yerima Shettima stated that there was no way the north could islamise Nigeria.

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Jumia Nigeria Shuts Site To Mourn Victims Of Protests In Nigeria

Jumia Records €2.5m Profit As Consumers Hit 6.4m

May 15, 2020 1:42 pm

Jumia has recorded €2.5 million profit as consumers reach a record high of 6.4 million.

The report released by the company stated that the €2.5m gross profit was reached after the fulfillment of all expenses including taxes, levies and others, while its monetisation development increased its gross profit to €18.4m, a year-over-year increase of 21 per cent.

The Q1 report also emphasised that its operating loss decreased by 4 per cent year-over-year within the period, adding that the Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) was €190m, a year-over-year decrease of 11 per cent compared to GMV adjusted for perimeter changes as well …

Obiano Criticised For Delay In Anambra Airport Opening

Erosion: 10 Buildings Collapse In Anambra

May 15, 2020 1:41 pm

No fewer than 10 buildings including a school and church have collapsed at Obeleagu St. and Nkissi Aroli axis of Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra following erosion caused by downpour.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obeleagu community in Onitsha metropolis has been threatened by gully erosion which has turned into an unending nightmare for the people of the area.

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The Minister of State for Environment, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor accompanied by the Deputy Governor of the state, Dr Nkem Okeke had in October 2019, inspected the erosion …

85,974 Americans Are Now Dead From Coronavirus

85,974 Americans Are Now Dead From Coronavirus

May 15, 2020 1:40 pm
There is no respite in the United States as 85,974 Americans are now dead from the Coronavirus pandemic still sweeping across the country.

According to tally from Johns Hopkins University, the United States has recorded at least 1,419,998 cases of coronavirus and 85,974 related deaths.

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The totals includes cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.

New York, the epicentre of the pandemic in the US has so far recorded 343,051 cases and 27,641 deaths from the virus, while New Jersey has …

Coronavirus Drives Germany Into Recession

Coronavirus Drives Germany Into Recession

May 15, 2020 1:40 pm
Germany is in recession after its economy saw two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

The country’s GDP shrank 2.2% in the first quarter of 2020, the German economy’s worst performance since the financial crisis.

Growth for the fourth quarter of 2019 was also downgraded to -0.1%.

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At a press briefing on Friday, Federal Statistics Office official Albert Braakmann warned that the country’s economic downturn due to the coronavirus pandemic is expected to accelerate in the current quarter.

According to CNN, most forecasts predict the economy contracting by about 10% in the second quarter …

Uzodinma Denies Paying Herdsmen N8m For Missing Cows

Uzodinma Denies Paying Herdsmen ₦8m For Missing Cows

May 15, 2020 8:52 am
  • Accuses PDP as sponsors of fake news

Imo State Government Thursday denied paying ₦8million to herdsmen, who allegedly lost their cows at Ezinihitte Mbaise describing the report making round on social media as fake news orchestrated by the opposition.

In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Hope Uzodinma, Oguwike Nwachuku disclosed that in the said fake news, “the criminals also purportedly wrote that the Governor met with the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) at the Government House, Owerri.”

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He said: “Those …

Canada Blocks Nigerian Airline Sent To Evacuate Citizens

Canada Blocks Nigerian Airline Sent To Evacuate Citizens

May 15, 2020 8:51 am
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, says Canada denied Nigerian carrier landing rights for a scheduled evacuation of Nigerians.

He, however, assured that further diplomatic negotiations were ongoing on the matter.

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Onyeama made the disclosure at the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID- 19 in Abuja.

“It is true the Canadian Government denied landing rights to a Nigerian carrier scheduled for an evacuation duty, on grounds that the airline does not have a licence to undertake commercial flights to Canada”, he said,

He noted that

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Nigeria Becoming Divided, A Basket Case Under Buhari – Obasanjo

Obasanjo Joins World Leaders To Demand For Vaccine

May 15, 2020 8:51 am

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has joined about 140 current and ex-presidents across the world in calling for “a people’s vaccine” against COVID-19.

The call is contained in a petition they signed on Thursday in which they urged all governments to push for a free COVID-19 vaccine for all when developed.

The petition was initiated by the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating the HIV/AIDS virus.

Obasanjo, who led Nigeria as a Civilian Head of State between 1999 and 2007, is a

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Wanted Rivers PDP Youth Leader Speaks From Hideout

Wanted Rivers PDP Youth Leader Speaks From Hideout

May 15, 2020 6:16 am
The wanted Eleme Local Government Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth leader, Princewill Osareojiji, who has a ₦5m bounty placed on his head by the Rivers State Government, has accused a serving Commissioner in Governor Nyesom Wike’s cabinet for his current travails.

Osareojiji, who spoke for the first time with Nigeriainfo FM, Port Harcourt, from hiding alleged that he was framed by some senior PDP members from Eleme and a certain Commissioner who is also his kinsman.

He also dismissed the allegation of leading some hoodlums to Prodest Hotel to attack members of COVID-19 Taskforce in Eleme.

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Don’t Drink Bleach, You Will Die – FG Warns Nigerians

Don’t Drink Bleach, You Will Die – FG Warns Nigerians

May 15, 2020 6:14 am
The federal government has warned Nigerians to stop consuming just anything because of coronavirus.

The government lamented that some people were heard suggesting that bleach could cure the disease.

“Bleach is poisonous; it could kill. It is not a cure for COVID-19″, said Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.

NAN reports that the official spoke in Abuja on Thursday at the daily briefing of the PTF.

Aliyu also directed that all essential workers be allowed free movement across the country.

He appealed to security agents to

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FG Reveals Why Madagascan Cure Has Not Arrived Nigeria

FG Reveals Why Madagascan Cure Has Not Arrived Nigeria

May 15, 2020 6:14 am

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has revealed why the Madagascan Coronavirus cure has not landed in Nigeria yet.

He also said Nigeria did not ask Madagascar for its Coronavirus herbal medicine cure.

According to SGF, it was the Madagascan Government that donated the therapy to African countries, adding that the small African country did so in the spirit of love.

Mustapha, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said this during the daily press briefing of the PTF on Thursday.

He was responding to

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NDLEA Arrest Illegal Drug Peddlers In Abia

NDLEA Arrest Illegal Drug Peddlers In Abia

May 15, 2020 6:13 am

Men of Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), led by the Abia State Commander, Mr. Akingbade Bamidele, have raided the hideout of a gang of criminals and illegal drug peddlers around the Ngwa Road by Mosque Street in Aba.

The State Command of the NDLEA, in a successful operation conducted in the area on Wednesday, arrested four suspected criminals, seizure of some illicit substances and destruction of the hideout used by the criminals as a haven for their operations.

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This came following repeated complaints by the members of the public over …

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