According to the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday, Lagos came back to the top, with 62 new cases of the pandemic, while the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja ramps up 52 new infections.
Also, Kaduna State recorded high new infections, with 31 new cases; Sokoto, 13; Kebbi, 10; Yobe, nine; Borno, six; Edo and Bauchi, five cases each; while Gombe, Enugu and Oyo have four new cases each.
Others are: Zamfara, two; Nasarawa, two; Osun, two; Ebonyi, two; Kwara, two, …
Tara Reade, the former U.S. Senate staffer who alleged Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, has changed her story.
In an interview with AP, she now claimed she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that did not explicitly accuse him of sexual assault or harassment.
“I remember talking about him wanting me to serve drinks because he liked my legs and thought I was pretty and it made me uncomfortable,” Reade said.
“I know that I was too scared to write about the sexual assault.”
Reade said she described her issues with Biden but “the …
The Lagos State Ministry of Education has denied social media reports regarding a new set of guidelines for schools resumption in the state.
The Ministry, through its Public Affairs Head, Mr. Kayode Abayomi said “the Ministry wishes to clarify that the write up did not emanate from the State Ministry of Education and therefore should be disregarded.
“Moreover, the Office is designated as the Office of the Honourable Commissioner for Education and not for “Basic Education” as contained in the write-up.”
The ministry further stated that no decision has been made regarding any new guidelines for implementation as regards schools …
Bjornsson, who played the role of Ser Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane on the popular HBO series Game of Thrones, broke the record previously held by Briton Eddie Hall, who in 2016 became the first man to lift 500kg.
The event was streamed live on ESPN, and Bjornsson, 31, lifted the barbell that was bending and straining under the weights, holding it for two seconds …
The deadly Coronavirus has continued to inflict sorrows in families in Nigeria, as 17 people were killed by the virus on Saturday.
In the Coronavirus deaths released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, 17 more Nigerians were killed on Saturday.
The NCDC recorded 85 deaths for Nigeria, arising from the deadly pandemic.
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Of the 85 deaths, Lagos recorded 30, after two more people died on Saturday, while Borno recorded 11 deaths, with six recorded on Saturday and Kano, six deaths, with three new ones.
Also, Sokoto recorded eight deaths …
Christianity is a religion that appears harmless on the surface but in actuality, it is a tool of Western imperialism. This tool was the machination which the Western imperialists used greatly to further enslave Africans.
Many of us Africans have been falsely and ignorantly indoctrinated virtually all our lives with the gimmicks of Christianity.
Sameway, many were also indoctrinated with Islam. It’s pertinent to state here that all Abrahamic religions were created by the same Western imperialists who balkanised Alkebulan between Nov 15, 1884 and Feb 26, 1885 for different reasons.
These Western marauders left their continent to subjugate our …
London and New York stocks sank on Friday after US President Donald Trump lashed out at China over the coronavirus crisis, bringing back bad memories of a damaging standoff between both countries over trade.
The eurozone’s key equity markets were shut for a public holiday as were several exchanges in Asia.
Investor nerves were tested further by a weak bottom line for Amazon even after the retail giant’s revenues received a boost from online shopping under the coronavirus lockdown.
The company warned earnings in the second quarter would be entirely wiped out by expenses related to COVID-19.
“Global markets continue …
Ten years after sinking into its worst economic crisis in living memory, Greece once again faces the spectre of a grave recession in the midst of a global coronavirus lockdown.
Though the country has so far been spared the death toll of other European nations at fewer than 150 fatalities from COVID-19, it will not escape the resulting economic downturn, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned this week.
“The consequences of this coronavirus attack will undoubtedly be dramatic,” he told parliament on Thursday.
“We know with certainty that (the recession) will be deep… we don’t know how long the health crisis …
Three people have tested positive for coronavirus at Cologne and will be placed into a 14-day quarantine, the Bundesliga club said Friday in a potential blow to hopes of restarting the German football season this month.
“Cologne had the entire team and coaching staff, along with the backroom staff, tested on Thursday for COVID-19. Three people tested positive, all are symptom free,” the club said in a statement on its website.
“After an assessment of the cases by the responsible health authorities, the three people who tested positive will go into a 14-day quarantine at home.
“Cologne will not confirm …
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced an immediate ban on military-grade assault weapons in response to the country’s deadliest-ever mass shooting, a rampage that left 22 people dead last month.
“These weapons were designed for one purpose, and one purpose only: to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time,” Trudeau told a news briefing.
He said his government has approved a decree banning the sale, purchase, use, transport and import of 1,500 models of military-grade assault weapons and their variants.
“There is no use, and no place for such weapons in Canada,” Trudeau …
Riot police hit Hong Kong’s streets on Friday ahead of planned rallies by pro-democracy protesters who were looking to defy restrictions on gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic to voice anger against authoritarian Chinese rule.
The semi-autonomous financial hub was upended by seven months of violent protests last year, hammering its reputation for stability and leaving the city deeply divided.
Widespread arrests, the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing measures ushered in four months of comparative calm.
But small protests have bubbled up in the past week and activists are hoping to use May Day to muster numbers once more.
Pro-democracy unions …
A military report cited by AFP news agency said detainees at the Los Llanos prison on Friday staged “a disturbance of public order … resulting in 17 deaths and nine injuries”.
The army gave no reason for the upheaval, but a prisoners’ rights group and a legislator said the riot resulted from prison authorities banning prisoners’ relatives from bringing them food, as is customary in Venezuelan jails, as part of coronavirus containment efforts.
“The prisoners are upset
