May 2020

COVID-19 Vaccine Coming Sooner Than Later – Trump

COVID-19 Vaccine Coming Sooner Than Later – Trump

May 4, 2020 6:23 am
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he thinks there will be a vaccine against the new coronavirus disease in the United States by the end of 2020.

“I think we’ll have a vaccine by the end of the year. We’ll have a vaccine much sooner rather than later”, Trump said in the Fox News virtual Town Hall at the Lincoln Memorial.

Trump also said that he would like schools and universities in the country to open in September.

“This virtual teaching is wonderful, but [students] will be fine. We have to go back”, the US president said.

The United States …

Sanwo-Olu Delays Resumption Of Civil Servants

Sanwo-Olu Delays Resumption Of Civil Servants

May 4, 2020 6:23 am

The five-week lockdown imposed by the Federal Government on Lagos State and two other states to combat Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) will be eased on Monday, but Lagos State Government has asked all its civil servants not to resume for work immediately.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a briefing on Sunday at the State House in Marina, said the delayed resumption of the State’s workforce is a deliberate attempt to prevent a development that may lead to a crowding of people on the roads and public places.

“Only emergency workers and those on essential duties will be allowed to work on Monday,” …

Coronavirus Cases Top 3.5 Million Worldwide

Coronavirus Cases Top 3.5 Million Worldwide

May 4, 2020 6:20 am

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with deaths nearing a quarter of a million.

There was a silver lining though: the rates of fatalities and new cases have slowed from peaks reached last month.

North America and European countries accounted for most of the new cases reported in recent days, but numbers were rising from smaller bases in Latin America, Africa and Russia.

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Globally, there were 84,004 new cases over the past 24 hours, according to the Reuters tally that is based on official government data, taking total cases …

Recession - 2020 Will Be Difficult Year – Okonjo To Buhari

Recession: 2020 Will Be Difficult Year – Okonjo To Buhari

May 4, 2020 6:18 am

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Okonjo-Iweala, has warned that recession and difficult times are ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Iweala said this during an interview on Channels TV.

She urged the Buhari-led government and other African countries to diversify the economy and look for other means of revenue as difficult times are ahead occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

When asked on the effect of oil prices on economies around the world, Iweala said: “What Nigerian government needs to do is to make the economy less dependent on these commodities and that is why for the longer time, restructure the economy so

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Lagos Coronavirus Infections Hit 1,107, With 39 New Cases

May 4, 2020 6:17 am
The total number of confirmed Coronavirus infections in Africa’s largest Mega City, Lagos has reached 1,107, with 39 new cases recorded on Sunday.

Despite the huge rate of infections, Lagos is beginning what it called ‘Controlled easing of lockdown’ of the state on Monday.

Many people have predicted a spike in infections as from Monday as people will rush out in large number after the state had been locked for five weeks by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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However, Lagos recorded a drop in infections going into easing the lockdown today. The state’s …

U.S.-China Trade Tension Drags Down Oil Prices

U.S.-China Trade Tension Drags Down Oil Prices

May 4, 2020 6:17 am

Oil prices fell in early trade on Monday, paring last week’s gains, on worries the global oil glut may persist as U.S.-China trade tension could hold back an economic recovery.

The pessimism in the market emerged even as coronavirus pandemic lockdowns start to ease in Europe and the United States.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell as low as $18.32 a barrel and were down $1.46, or 7.6%, at $18.27 at 0008 GMT. The benchmark contract rose 17% last week.

Brent crude futures were down 90 cents, or 3.4%, at $25.54, after touching a low of $25.53. Brent …

Updated - 68,566 Americans Killed By Coronavirus

Updated: 68,566 Americans Killed By Coronavirus

May 4, 2020 6:16 am
At least, 68,566 Americans have died from the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States.

While Johns Hopkins University put its death tally at 67,498 by 23.26GMT, another tracking site, worldometers.info estimated it at 68,566.

According to John Hopkins, there were at least 1,156,924 cases of coronavirus in the United States Sunday night.

Again, worldometers.info gave a much updated figure of 1,187,233 cases, with 26,459 new ones reported.

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The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and US territories, as well as repatriated cases and those in the …

Europe Prepares To Ease Lockdowns As Pandemic Ebbs

Europe Prepares To Ease Lockdowns As Pandemic Ebbs

May 3, 2020 6:25 pm

European nations on Sunday prepared for further cautious easing of coronavirus restrictions following signs the pandemic may be slowing, with hard-hit Italy set to follow Spain in allowing people outside after weeks of confinement.

More than 243,000 people have been killed and 3.4 million infected worldwide by the virus, which has left half of humanity under some form of lockdown and pushed the global economy towards its worst downturn since the Great Depression.

With signs that the spread of the disease is coming under control, parts of Europe, Asia and the United States have begun to lift restrictions to try …

MGM Pitches Plan For NBA To Finish Season In Vegas

MGM Pitches Plan For NBA To Finish Season In Vegas

May 3, 2020 6:23 pm

MGM Resorts International has pitched a proposal to the NBA to complete the coronavirus-halted 2019-20 season on courts in Las Vegas convention centers, the New York Times reported.

The plan, according to the newspaper, would have players and their families, plus other essential personnel, stay in a quarantined area in MGM hotels along the Las Vegas Strip while practicing and competing on courts in the same facilities.

Players and broadcasters would have access to the usual resort facilities while in the protected area under the plan by MGM, which has 13 Vegas resort properties.

The plan would convert MGM convention …

North And South Korea Exchange Gunfire At Border - Seoul

North And South Korea Exchange Gunfire At Border: Seoul

May 3, 2020 6:22 pm

North Korean troops fired multiple gunshots towards the South in the DMZ dividing the peninsula on Sunday, prompting South Korean forces to fire back, Seoul said.

The rare exchange of gunfire comes a day after North Korean state media reported that leader Kim Jong Un had made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks following an absence that triggered intense speculation about his health and fears about the stability of the isolated nation.

A South Korean guard post was hit by several shots from the North, the joint chiefs of staff (JCS) in Seoul said in a statement, adding …

US Secretary Of State, Pompeo’s COVID-19 Test Result Revealed

Pompeo Steps Up US Pressure On China Over Pandemic

May 3, 2020 6:21 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday stepped up a US campaign to hold China accountable for the spread of the deadly coronavirus, asserting there is “enormous evidence” the virus originated in a laboratory in the city of Wuhan.

The high-security bio-containment facility, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, has called such claims “impossible”.

Pompeo, speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” did not elaborate on what he also described as “significant amounts of evidence”. But Pompeo’s words clearly sought to buttress repeated criticism from Donald Trump about China’s role in the pandemic.

The US president has said that by playing down the …

World Press Freedom Day - Journalists Still Under Attack

World Press Freedom Day: Journalists Still Under Attack

May 3, 2020 2:45 pm

To mark World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, the One Free Press Coalition has called for the immediate release of all imprisoned journalists amid increasing threats to press freedom worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic.

Each month, the coalition, which comprises prominent news organisations and publishers, including Al Jazeera Media Network, brings to the public’s attention the 10 “most urgent” cases of journalists whose freedoms are being suppressed or whose cases are seeking justice.

Throughout the years, the campaign has highlighted the plight of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who was killed inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018, as

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