May 2020

How To Cook, Abba Kyari Dominate Google Search In Nigeria

How To Cook, Abba Kyari Dominate Google Search In Nigeria

May 5, 2020 7:23 am
Google on Monday, said the trending search term on Google Nigeria over the past 30 days had been ‘how to make bread’, followed by ‘who is Abba Kyari?’.

Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google communication Officer, West Africa, in a statement, said the top 20 trending questions on Google Search Nigeria over the last 30 days were dominated by food and current affairs questions.

Kola-Ogunlade said that Nigeria like many other nations, had implemented lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

He said that forced to stay at home, and often unable to perform their usual work, many people across the globe, …

Australia Loses $2.5b Weekly To Virus Shutdown

Australia Loses $2.5b Weekly To Virus Shutdown

May 5, 2020 7:22 am

Australia is losing US$2.5 billion every week its virus shutdown continues, according to figures announced Tuesday.

A million workers have also lost their jobs.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the restrictions on movement and gatherings were dealing a heavy blow to the economy.

“For every extra week that the current restrictions remain in place, the Treasury estimates that close to $4 billion will be reduced in economic activity, from a combination of a reduced workforce participation, reduced productivity, and reduced consumption,” he said in a speech in Canberra.

Read Also: China Envoy Threatens Australia Boycott Over Virus Claims

Frydenberg revelation came …

Plane Carrying Coronavirus Medical Supplies Crashes

Plane Carrying Coronavirus Medical Supplies Crashes

May 5, 2020 7:21 am

Six people, including two pilots, were killed when a plane carrying medical supplies crashed in south-western Somalia on Monday.

“The cause of the accident is not yet known,” government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar Omar told the Germany’s news agency dpa.

The plane, which was carrying medical supplies needed in the fight against the coronavirus, took off from Baidoa airport in the Bay region.

It crashed shortly after, near the town of Bardaale where it was meant to land, Omar said.

Read Also: Plane Carrying Coronavirus Materials Crashes, Kills All

Gilbert Kibe, director general of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, confirmed to …

Egyptian Tennis Player Hossam Banned For Life

Egyptian Tennis Player Youssef Hossam Banned For Life

May 5, 2020 7:19 am

Egyptian player Youssef Hossam has been banned from professional tennis for life for match-fixing.

The ban came two years after his brother was also permanently excluded from the sport on corruption charges.

A statement from the Tennis Integrity Unit issued Monday said the 21-year-old Youssef Hossam, provisionally suspended since May 2019, had been banned for life.

This followed his conviction on multiple match-fixing and associated corruption charges.

The punishment was imposed by Jane Mulcahy QC, a senior English lawyer, following a three-day disciplinary hearing in London in March.

Read Also: German League Hopes For Go-Ahead Despite Virus Cases

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Tiwa Savage, Davido In Collabo For A Better Time

Tiwa Savage, Davido In Collabo For A Better Time Album

May 5, 2020 7:18 am
Nigerian Singers Tiwa Savage and Davido are working together for an upcoming album A Better Time.

The album is slated to come out in July.

Read Also: Taika Waititi To Direct New ‘Star Wars’ Film

Davido first revealed the new collabo in a Tweet on Monday night.

Tiwa confirmed it one hour later in another tweet:

Tiwa Savage

✔@TiwaSavage

Go time 🚀🚀🚀 🔥🔥 https://twitter.com/davido/status/1257379069076930562 …

Davido

✔@davido

Savage soldiers 👀👀👀👀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🛎🛎🛎🛎🛎🛎🛎🛎🍿🎥 get ready ! OBO X @TiwaSavage JULY !! #ABT

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Coronavirus - Amazonians demand for WHO emergency fund

Coronavirus: Amazonians Demand For WHO Emergency Fund

May 5, 2020 7:18 am
The Indigenous people in Brazil have written to the World Health Organization (WHO), asking for an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

Many of Brazil’s 850,000 indigenous people live in remote Amazon areas with little access to healthcare.

They have accused the government of President Jair Bolsonaro of not including them in national plans to fight the coronavirus.

In a letter to WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, they asked for help to provide protective equipment that is unavailable to them in tribal reservations and villages.

Read Also: Brazil Justice Minister Resigns, Blasts

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Nigeria Records 245 Virus Cases, Highest In Single Day

Nigeria Records 245 Virus Cases, Highest In Single Day

May 5, 2020 7:17 am
Nigeria has recorded 245 new cases of Coronavirus, the highest it has recorded in a single day.

With the sharp increase, Nigeria now has a total of 2,802 confirmed cases of Coronavirus.

In the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday night, Lagos recorded a sharp increase, ramping up 76 new infections, while Katsina recorded 37 new cases.

Read Also: President Macron Issues Warning On Coronavirus Vaccine

Jigawa also recorded sharp increase in infections, raking in 32 new cases, while Kano has 23 new infections.

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, followed, ramping up 19 new …

EU Spearheads $8 Billion Virus Fundraiser

EU Spearheads $8 Billion Virus Fundraiser

May 4, 2020 6:27 pm

Celebrities, world leaders and philanthropists pledged some 7.4 billion euros ($8.1 billion) on Monday for research into coronavirus vaccines, treatments and testing during an EU-led videoconference that was snubbed by the United States.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, who hosted the conference, said a vaccine was the best chance of beating the COVID-19 disease, which has so far killed nearly a quarter of a million people around the world — 140,000 of them in Europe.

Major European powers, along with Japan and Canada, made the biggest pledges but the lack of US representation raised the prospect of an …

German League Hopes For Go-Ahead Despite Virus Cases

German League Hopes For Go-Ahead Despite Virus Cases

May 4, 2020 6:25 pm

Germany’s football league insisted Monday the mass testing of players and backroom staff was “providing protection” after 10 cases of coronavirus across the top two divisions raised questions about whether it will get the green light to resume matches this month.

On Monday, the German Football League (DFL) reported that out of 1,724 tests, 10 had returned a positive result, three of which are already known to involve Bundesliga side Cologne.

“The tests carried out over the past few days have fulfilled their purpose of providing additional safety and thus protecting players as best as possible from infection during team …

Waititi To Direct New 'Star Wars' Film

Taika Waititi To Direct New ‘Star Wars’ Film

May 4, 2020 6:24 pm

New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi will write and direct a new “Star Wars” film, Disney announced Monday.

Waititi has shot from indie acclaim to mainstream Hollywood success in recent years, overseeing Marvel superhero smash hit “Thor: Ragnarok” in 2017 before winning a screenplay Oscar for Nazi satire “Jojo Rabbit” in February.

He also directed the first season finale of “The Mandalorian,” the hit television show set in the blockbuster sci-fi franchise universe.

No date was set for the new movie. But the first of three currently scheduled “Star Wars” on Disney’s release calendar is penciled in for December 2022.

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Italy Begins To Emerge From World's Longest Lockdown

Italy Begins To Emerge From World’s Longest Lockdown

May 4, 2020 6:22 pm

Stir-crazy Italians were free to stroll and visit relatives for the first time in nine weeks on Monday as Europe’s hardest-hit country eased back the world’s longest remaining coronavirus lockdown.

More than four million people — an estimated 72 percent of them men — returned to their construction sites and factories as the economically and emotionally shattered country tried to get back to work.

The sounds of banging and drilling echoed across Rome and a group of men drank espresso out of plastic cups in front of the Pantheon, the former Roman temple, as cafes reopened for takeout service.

“We …

President Macron Issues Warning On Coronavirus Vaccine

President Macron Issues Warning On Coronavirus Vaccine

May 4, 2020 2:48 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for international efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine.

Macron on Monday suggested that the vaccine be “given to the entire planet by the organisation chosen and not hoarded”

Read Also: Life Will Not Return To Normal Soon: President Macron

According to him, “the world is in a race against time to save lives.

“Faced with COVID-19, ‘everyone for themselves’ would be a major mistake.

“We can only come out the other side of this together,” Macron warned.

Macron further promised to help fund the vaccine efforts with 500 million euros (536 million dollars)

He

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