May 2020

160 Nigerians From U.S. Return To Abuja (Photos)

160 Nigerians From U.S. Return To Abuja (Photos)

May 10, 2020 10:55 am
The first batch of Nigerians stranded in the U.S. in the wake of coronavirus travel ban returned to Abuja on Sunday.

The Boeing 787 Ethiopian Airlines plane which conveyed them, touched down at the airport at about 11am.

It departed the Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Saturday night.

All the returnees, 152 adults and eight infants, will be quarantined for 14 days.

Nigerians queue to board the Ethiopian airline plane in Newark

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The Ethiopian Boeing 787 in Newark

Thereafter, they would disperse to their various destinations.

The …

Ethiopia Admits Shooting Down Kenyan Med Supply Aircraft

Ethiopia Admits Shooting Down Kenyan Med Supply Aircraft

May 10, 2020 10:55 am

Ethiopia on Saturday admitted it was behind the shooting down of a privately owned Kenyan plane in Somalia earlier this week, resulting in the deaths of all six people on board.

The plane was shot down on Monday by Ethiopian troops protecting a camp in the town of Bardale in southwestern Somalia, the Ethiopian army said in a statement to the African Union (AU).

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The aircraft had been carrying humanitarian and medical supplies to help the country fight the spread of coronavirus when it went down in Bardale, about 300km (180 …

Sani - Buhari Has Failed Woefully, Jonathan Was A Disaster

Sani: Buhari Has Failed Woefully, Jonathan Was A Disaster

May 10, 2020 10:54 am
Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, on Sunday said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has failed Nigerians woefully.

Sani lamented that indices on ground point to the fact that Buhari and the ruling class may have failed because they underestimated the problems facing the country while at the same time making impossible promises.

In a statement he posted on his Facebook page on Sunday, the former lawmaker also berated the immediate past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.

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He said Nigerians won’t easily forget that Jonathan’s administration was a

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Obama Blasts Trump In Leaked Virtual Call With Ex-Staff

Obama Blasts Trump In Leaked Virtual Call With Ex-Staff

May 10, 2020 6:30 am

Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic” in a conference call with former members of his administration.

Obama has largely kept out of the fray even as Trump has blamed him and his Democratic administration for a variety of problems related to having sufficient supplies to battle the pandemic that has killed more than 75,000 Americans.

But in his call on Friday with 3,000 members of the Obama Alumni Association, people who served in his administration, Obama urged his supporters to get behind Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who is trying …

End SARS: Critics Mock Bishop Oyedepo Over Silence

Police Warn Oyedepo Over Decision To Reopen Church

May 10, 2020 6:28 am
The police in Ogun State have sent strong warning to Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) over his plan to reopen his church.

Bishop Oyedepo, in a viral video, on Friday, said he had declared churches open, saying anybody against the reopening of churches will die.

Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church is headquartered in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government area of Ogun State.

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In a veiled reference to Oyedepo, the police said they have information that some religious leaders in Ogun are preparing to open their religious centres

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Coronavirus-Related Disease Kills Kids In New York

Coronavirus-Related Disease Kills Kids In New York

May 10, 2020 6:22 am

Three children in New York have died from a rare inflammatory syndrome believed to be linked to the novel coronavirus.

Governor Andrew Cuomo disclosed this on Saturday.

The disease, which has also been reported in Chicago, Illinois, may augur a pandemic risk for children.

Cuomo had on Friday disclosed the death of a 5-year old linked to the coronavirus.

He also disclosed a syndrome that shares symptoms with toxic shock and Kawasaki disease, the first known fatality tied to the rare illness in New York.

The governor told a daily briefing on Saturday that the illness had now taken the …

Nigeria Records Highest COVID-19 Deaths In 24 Hours

Nigeria Records Highest COVID-19 Deaths In 24 Hours

May 10, 2020 6:20 am
Nigeria on Saturday recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day.

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday reported 11 fatalities.

As of Friday, the total number of deaths resulting from COVID-19 was 117.

But according to the data released on Saturday, the total number of deaths in the country stood at 128.

Nigeria has also exceeded 4000 confirmed cases with 745 discharged.

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NCDC had on Saturday, reported ”239 new cases of COVID-19; 97-Lagos, 44-Bauchi, 29-Kano, 19-Katsina, 17-Borno, 7-FCT, 6-Kwara, 5-Oyo,3-Kaduna,3-Sokoto, 2-Adamawa, 2-Kebbi, 2-Plateau, 2-Ogun, 1-Ekiti

“4151 cases of

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Fans Pay Last Respects To Carlovich 'Soccer God'

Fans Pay Last Respects To Carlovich ‘Soccer God’

May 10, 2020 6:19 am
Hundreds of supporters paid their respects on Saturday to former Argentine footballer Tomas ‘Trinche’ Carlovich, a player Diego Maradona called the best in the world.

The event took place at an open-air wake at a stadium in Rosario, the birthplace of Lionel Messi.

With the country in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, fans filled out the stands wearing red and blue face masks, the colours of the Central Cordoba club with whom Carlovich made his name, to bid farewell to a player Maradona regarded as his superior.

Carlovich died on Friday at the age of 74 after he was …

Two-Time World Cup Winner Alex Morgan Welcomes Baby Girl

Two-Time World Cup Winner Alex Morgan Welcomes Baby Girl

May 10, 2020 6:18 am

Two-time women’s World Cup winner Alex Morgan and husband Servando Carrasco have welcomed a new player to their team, baby daughter Charlie Elena Carrasco.

Morgan tweeted that the baby was born on Thursday.

“At 1130am on May 7 weighing 8lbs5oz, Charlie Elena Carrasco made her grand entrance into the world.

“She made us wait longer than expected, but I should have known she would do it her way and her way only. My super moon baby”, Morgan wrote.

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Alex Morgan, 30, was due to give birth in April and said on ABC’s …

Osinbajo Breaks Silence On His Whereabouts

Osinbajo Breaks Silence On His Whereabouts

May 10, 2020 6:16 am

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, gave an insight into his whereabouts in the past few weeks.

Osinbajo, who spoke through his spokesperson, Akande Laolu, disclosed that he has been attending to official matters on how to improve Nigeria’s economy.

Laolu, in an Instagram post shared with DAILY POST, after he was contacted on Osinbajo’s whereabouts, urged Nigerians to ignore fake claims regarding President Muhammadu Buhari and the Vice President’s whereabouts.

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He recalled that the Vice President on Thursday met with the Governor of Central Bank, CBN, Kaduna

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Drogba Edges Ibrahimovic For Top Striker Title In Ligue 1

Drogba Edges Ibrahimovic For Top Striker Title In Ligue 1

May 10, 2020 6:09 am

Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has narrowly beaten Zlatan Ibrahimovic to be named Ligue 1’s greatest striker of the last 20 years.

Drogba, now 42, saw off the Swede by collecting 51 per cent of the 40,094 votes cast on Ligue 1’s official Twitter account by fans.

And he took to the social media platform to thank fans for handing him the honour.

He tweeted: “Waaaw what recognition from the fans, thank you @EAGuingamp @OM_Officiel for allowing me to experience these incredible emotions.

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“Great respect to all strikers who have played in the …

COVID-19 - First Batch Of Stranded Nigerians Depart U.S.

COVID-19: First Batch Of Stranded Nigerians Depart U.S.

May 10, 2020 6:03 am

About 160 Nigerians, including eight infants, who made the first batch of Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are on their way back home.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the evacuees are returning aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft under the special flight arrangements by the Federal Government for nationals stranded abroad.

In line with the government’s pre-departure infection prevention control guidelines, temperature checks were conducted on the passengers by a special medical team.

The plane departed the Newark International Airport, New Jersey, on Saturday around 8:20 p.m. local time …

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