June 1, 2020

Zuckerberg Stands With The Black Community In US

Zuckerberg Stands With The Black Community In U.S

June 1, 2020 5:00 pm

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook has said that he and his company will stand with the black community in the United States of America.

This, he said in reaction to the deaths of a number of African Americans at the hands of police brutality and racial injustice.

The Facebook founder mourned the murder of, not just George Floyd, but also Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others.

He condemned police brutality saying it “reminds us how far our country has to go to give every person the freedom to live with dignity and peace.”

Read Also: George Floyd: State Of Emergency
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First Human Trial Of Antibody Treatment For COVID-19 Begins

First Human Trial Of Antibody Treatment For COVID-19 Begins

June 1, 2020 5:00 pm

Eli Lilly and Company said Monday it has started the first human trial of an antibody therapy designed to treat Covid-19.

The first phase of the trial will test whether the therapy is safe and well-tolerated; those results are expected in late June. The first Covid-19 patients being treated with the therapy are hospitalized at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine in New York, Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles and Emory University in Atlanta, the company told CNN.
If the trial ultimately shows the treatment is effective against Covid-19, it could be available by autumn, according to the Indianapolis-based company.
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South Africans Cheer As Alcohol Goes Back On Sale

South Africans Cheer As Alcohol Goes Back On Sale

June 1, 2020 2:58 pm

Long queues have formed outside shops selling alcohol in South Africa after restrictions on its sale, imposed two months ago as part of measures to fight Covid-19, were lifted.

Social media posts showed people, who had braved the morning chill, cheering as buyers emerged with their bottles.

The alcohol ban was to allow police and hospitals to better focus on tackling the coronavirus, the authorities said.

Alcohol-fuelled violence is a huge problem in South Africa.

Doctors and police say the ban has had a dramatic impact, contributing to a sharp drop in casualty admissions.

But the country’s brewers and wine …

Breaking - Buhari Finally Reopens Churches, Mosques

Breaking: Buhari Finally Reopens Churches, Mosques

June 1, 2020 2:56 pm
The Nigerian Government has finally lifted the ban on religious gathering across the country.

The ban on religious gatherings had lasted for two months, a move taken to check the spread of Coronavirus.

However, at the briefing of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday, Chairman of the task force, Boss Mustapha, announced that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the relaxation of the ban for four weeks.

Read Also: Buhari To Take Decision On Reopening Schools, Churches

 

“The PTF submitted its recommendations and the President has approved the following for implementation over the next four weeks spanning

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Ex Imo Governors, Speakers Lambast Uzodinma Over Pensions Law Ban

Ex Imo Governors, Speakers Lambast Uzodinma Over Pensions Law Ban

June 1, 2020 2:56 pm
Controversies have trailed the recent abolition of pensions and privileges of former Governors, Deputy Governors, Speakers and Deputy speakers of Imo State as beneficiaries have threatened court action against the Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma.

Some of the beneficiaries are very aggrieved and are making moves to drag the Governor to court.

A beneficiary who spoke on conditions of anonymity said what the state government pays them as pension put together is not up to ₦7million (seven million naira) as against the billions of naira it alleged to pay the ex-government functionaries.

Read Also: Imo Assembly Passes Law Stopping Ex-Governors

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Names Of Occupied 350 Igbo Communities, Villages By Fulani And Arab Jihadists

Names Of Occupied 350 Igbo Communities, Villages By Fulani And Arab Jihadists

June 1, 2020 2:50 pm

This is a well articulated research/study.

Enugu: 72 Locations: Ibite Ogbaku, Akpugo, Achi, Inyi, Nachi, Ukpabi-Nimbo, Ukpata, Akegbe-Ugwu, Ugwuoba, Eka Aku, Igbo-Etiti, Amagunze, Amaechi Idodo, Ugwu-Onyeama, Egede, Adada, Nkpologwu, Afa, Uvuru, Ugwu Aboh, Waziri Estate-Nsukka, Enugu-Ezike, Neke-Uno, Akpogasi, Ugwuogo, Ekpebe, Madonna University Layout, Ihuokpa-3-Corner, Akwuke, Industrial Layout-Emene, Unity Layout, Ibagwa-Nike City Layout-Amokwe, Heritage Layout-Oyoho-Nike, Odo Rice-Emene, New Zion State Layout-Ugwu Onyeama, Phase 11, Independence Layout, 4-Corner (Enugu), Redemption Layout (Enugu), Amokpo, Ugbaka-Nkanu, Aninri, Umuabi (near FRSC Regional Training Headquarters in Udi), Awgu, Nenwe (in Aninri LGA) and Amiri Village in Nkanu West LGA. Others are: Eziani (Nsukka LGA), Ugwuogo-Nike, Oyoho …

Asari Dokubo Blasts Kanu, IPOB Again, Dares Them To Take Over Oil Fields

Dokubo Blasts Kanu, IPOB Again, Dares Them To Take Over Oil Fields

June 1, 2020 2:40 pm
Asari Dokubo, former Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, has challenged Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to stop “ranting”.

Dokubo, a former Niger Delta warlord has asked Kanu and the IPOB to stop ranting and take over oil fields in the Southeast.

He issued the challenge in a video posted on his Facebook page, on Monday.

Read Also: Presidency Should Dialogue With Kanu, Asari Dokubo – Ohanaeze

According to Dokubo: “I laugh at Igbo people, they should be able to reign in their rotten eggs and if they are not, others will generalise

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Pelosi Takes Position On Trump’s Comments About Protesters

Pelosi Takes Position On Trump’s Comments About Protesters

June 1, 2020 12:26 pm

US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has spoken on President Donald Trump’s controversial comments regarding the protest for the killing of an American, George Floyd, by a police officer in the United States.

Following the killing of Floyd last week, Americans, mostly of the black race have taken to the streets over police brutality with several US states activating National Guard troops.

George Floyd, an unarmed 46-year-old African-American man died at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis.

Read Also: House Speaker, Pelosi Endorses Joe Biden To Unseat Trump

So far, the officer who was seen in the viral video

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Sani Blames Govt After Killing Of APC Chairman By Bandits In Katsina

Sani Blames Govt After Killing Of APC Chairman By Bandits In Katsina

June 1, 2020 10:25 am
Senator Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the upper legislative chamber, has blamed the government for the recent killings in Katsina State.

The Katsina State police command yesterday said that unknown gunmen killed Alhaji Abdulhamid Sani, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Batsari Local Government Area of the state.

The Police Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed this in a statement in Katsina, saying that the incident happened at about 1:35 p.m on Sunday.

According to him, Sani was killed when he resisted to be kidnapped by the hoodlums.

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Ikpeazu Secures ₦27.4 Billion World Bank Funding For Aba Roads

Ikpeazu Secures ₦27.4 Billion World Bank Funding For Aba Roads

June 1, 2020 10:24 am

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has assured the people of Aba and the entire State that his administration will do an excellent job in the total reconstruction Ngwa, Uratta, Port Harcourt, Ohanku and Obohia roads.

Speaking for the very first time on the impending reconstruction works on the roads on a live radio programme on Magic FM Aba, the Governor made it clear that all preparations have been concluded to commence a total rebuilding of the aforementioned roads.

According to the Governor, the apparent delay in starting work on those roads was because his administration wanted to get a …

MASSOB Blasts Igbo Leaders - You're Not Ready To Defend Biafra

MASSOB Blasts Igbo Leaders – You’re Not Ready To Defend Biafra

June 1, 2020 10:24 am

Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB) has blasted the lacklustre attitude to which South-East leaders treat matters pertaining to the actualisation of the Independent Republic of Biafra

MASSOB Leader, Uchenna Madu, who disclosed this in a statement in Owerri yesterday, said the Igbo leaders’ action  was as a result of lack of unity among them, which he noted was not the case during the time of the late Odumegwu Ojukwu.

“The  leadership of Odumegwu Ojukwu and the people were enthusiastic and united in

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In A Sad Week For America, Trump Has Fled From His Duty

In A Sad Week For America, Trump Has Fled From His Duty

June 1, 2020 10:23 am
This past week has brought tragedy upon tragedy to our nation: the death toll from Covid-19 passed a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths; the brutal killing of George Floyd ignited mass protests in Minneapolis and beyond, and seven people were shot in protests demanding justice in Louisville.
But our President was mostly busy with other things: getting into a public fight with Twitter, condemning China over Hong Kong and terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization — an entity that once looked to the United States as the world’s leading institution in fighting pandemics.
President Donald Trump also
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