June 20, 2020

Putin Congratulates Biden As Electoral College Confirms Victory

Putin Orders Officials To Fully Clean Arctic Fuel Spill Area

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government Friday to fully repair environmental damage from a massive fuel leak in the Arctic.

A power plant in the Siberian city of Norilsk leaked 20,000 tons of diesel fuel into the ecologically fragile region, the worst such accident in decades.

Putin said told top officials during a video conference call that “it’s necessary to not just quickly clean up the mess, but to ensure high-quality recuperation of soil and waterways.”

The leak occurred when a storage

Brazil Surpasses One Million Coronavirus Cases

Brazil Surpasses One Million Coronavirus Cases

Brazil passed the bleak milestone of one million coronavirus cases Friday, reporting a new one-day record number of infections as the pandemic continues to surge in Latin America’s largest country.

The health ministry said it had recorded 54,771 new infections, a jump it said was largely due to “instability” in its reporting system, which meant some states were reporting figures from multiple days.That brought the total number of infections in Brazil to 1,032,913, with 48,954 deaths — second only to the United States worldwide.Experts say under-testing means the real numbers are probably much higher.

Despite the grim figures, the infection

North Korea Preparing Anti-South Leaflet Campaign - KCNA

North Korea Preparing Anti-South Leaflet Campaign: KCNA

Tensions are high on the Korean peninsula, with Pyongyang ramping up pressure on Seoul over anti-North leafletsPyongyang has recently issued a series of vitriolic condemnations of Seoul over anti-North leaflets, which defectors based in the South send across the border — usually attached to balloons or floated in bottles.

North Korea has upped the pressure over the campaigns with a dramatic demolition of a building on its side of the border that symbolised

Mexican President Says He Ordered Release Of 'El Chapo's' Son

Mexican President Says He Ordered Release Of ‘El Chapo’s’ Son

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday said he personally ordered the release of Ovidio Guzman, one of the sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, after his brief detention during a military operation.

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Scenes of mayhem during the operation caused Lopez Obrador’s government considerable embarrassment in October as security forces briefly captured Ovidio in Culiacan, capital of western Sinaloa state, only to let him go hours later as security forces were overwhelmed by cartel forces.

Likely tipped off ahead of the operation,

Federal Judge Appears Skeptical Of Blocking Bolton Book Release

Federal Judge Appears Skeptical Of Blocking Bolton Book Release

A federal judge appeared skeptical on Friday about the Trump administration’s effort to block former national security adviser John Bolton from releasing his new tell-all book next week.
Judge Royce C. Lamberth said there seems to be little he could do to stop the book titled “The Room Where it Happened: A White House Memoir” from being made widely available at this point, with stores across the country set to put it on sale Tuesday.

“The horse, as we used to say in Texas, seems to be out of the barn,” Lamberth said.

“It certainly looks difficult to me about

B-Haram - Nigerians In Diaspora Seek Working Solutions From US, UK

B-Haram: Nigerians In Diaspora Seek Working Solutions From US, UK

The Association of Nigerian Professionals in Europe (ANPE) has challenged the United States, United Kingdom and European Union to support Nigeria with a working solution against Boko Haram terrorists. 

In a statement signed by its President, Dr. Agwu Oyekwe and 13 others, ANPE believes threats posed by the terrorist group has assumed both regional and international dimension, such that only collaborative effort can bring it to a halt.
 While acknowledging the sacrifices of the Nigerian government, the group said that much more can be achieved with added support of world’s superpowers.
In the regard, ANPE expressed disappointment at the
Beyonce Drops Blistering ‘Black Parade,’ Co-Written by Jay-Z

Beyonce Drops Blistering ‘Black Parade,’ Co-Written by Jay-Z

Beyonce surprise-dropped a new song, “Black Parade,” at the tail end of the Juneteenth holiday and heading into what promises to be a tense weekend as supporters of divisive President Donald Trump gather in Tulsa.
Written by Beyonce and co-produced by Derek Dixie, “Black Parade” also features her husband Jay-Z as co-writer along with Dixie (the Emmy-nominated  music director of “HOMECOMING: A Film by Beyonce Knowles”), Kaydence, Denisia “”@blu_june” Andrews and Brittany “@chi_coney” Coney for @NOVAWAV, among others.

The track about empowerment and resilience centers on the recent

Osinbajo Announces Fresh Plans For Nigerian Economy

Osinbajo Announces Fresh Plans For Nigerian Economy

The President Muhammadu Buhari administration has announced its post-COVID-19 plans for Nigeria’s economy.

The federal government assured that it would improve the healthcare infrastructure and economy, while creating more jobs for millions of Nigerians in different sectors, supporting small businesses, local production and manufacturing, as well as extending the social safety net for the most vulnerable in society.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, stated this during his participation as a guest panelist in the Emmanuel Chapel’s “Economic Sustainability Beyond COVID-19” webinar.

Buhari last week Thursday at the Council Chambers received the Osinbajo-led Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) Plan entitled “Bouncing Back: The

Discharged COVID-19 Patients Suffer Memory Loss, Lung Damage

Discharged COVID-19 Patients Suffer Memory Loss, Lung Damage

A report by Israeli TV Channel 12 said many of the discharged COVID-19 patients are discovering new health problems such as long-term debilitating physical, cognitive and psychiatric damage.

According to an investigation by the Channel, recovered patients, including those with mild symptoms, are suffering from phantom pains, memory loss, personality changes, psychological issues and extreme fatigue, along with lungs that won’t heal.

The health fallout is being experienced months after being discharged from hospital.

Israel has recorded just over 20,000 COVID-19 cases, with some 300 fatalities, reports the Times of Israel, which carried the Channel 12 report.

49-Year-Old Enugu Lawmaker, Chijioke Ugwueze, Passes Away

49-Year-Old Enugu Lawmaker, Chijioke Ugwueze, Passes Away

The member representing Isi-uzo Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr. Chijioke Ugwueze is dead.

The death of the lawmaker came three days after the death of the Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area, Chief Patrick Omeje.

Confirming the development in Enugu on Saturday, the immediate younger brother of the deceased, Mr. Ejike Ugwueze said his brother died of heart failure.

Ugwueze said that the late brother, who was 49 years old, was hypertensive before now and complained symptoms of malaria on Friday morning.

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Can Governor Uzodinma Possibly Account For The ₦272 Billion?

Edo APC Rejects Uzodinma-Led Committee

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has rejected the Hope Uzodinma-led committee constituted by the National Working Committee of the party to conduct a direct primary for the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

The factional chairman of the APC, Anslem  Ojezua, disclosed this in a statement in Benin yesterday.

“Our attention has been drawn to reports that a primary election committee has been inaugurated by the Hilliard Eta-led faction of the National Working Committee of our party to conduct a party primary in Edo,” he noted.

He said Eta’s purported inauguration was reported to have been

Racism – Nigeria Needs To Take The Lead Again In Africa

Racism – Nigeria Needs To Take The Lead Again In Africa

Several years ago, my team, IICC Shooting Stars FC, went to play a continental club match in Malawi.

On the day we arrived, a few of us decided to watch a movie in a cinema down the road from our hotel downtown Blantyre, the capital city.

We arrived at the cinema a few minutes after the movie had started.

We bought our tickets and were allocated seats. We were ushered into the dark cinema hall by a steward with a torch who led us to the row allocated to us. We went in, sat down and settled to watch our …