June 2020

Amaechi Explains Why Train Services Will Remain Suspended

Amaechi Explains Why Train Services Will Remain Suspended

June 21, 2020 6:02 am
Former Governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi has said that anyone who does not adhere to Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) rules will not be allowed to enter a train when they are reopened.

Amaechi stated this in a tweet via his official Twitter page on Saturday.

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He also said that trains would not move if passengers do not comply with rules amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We’re not in a hurry to start train operations because of the danger of COVID-19 spreading.

“When we start, all

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Speaker Orders Shutdown Of Enugu Assembly Complex

June 21, 2020 6:02 am
Mr Edward Ubosi, Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, has ordered a total shutdown and fumigation of the assembly complex.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman of the House Committee on Information and Communication, Mr Jeff Mbah on Saturday in Enugu.

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Mbah said that Ubosi gave the order as a precautionary measure following the death of Mr Chijioke Ugwueze, a member representing Isi-Uzo Constituency.

“The Speaker has ordered the immediate shutdown of the assembly complex for decontamination.

“Also, the suspension of all activities in the

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CAN suspends secretary over alleged N1.3m mismanagement

CAN Suspends Secretary Over Alleged ₦1.3m Mismanagement

June 21, 2020 6:01 am
The Adamawa State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has suspended its Secretary, Mr. Anthony Elishama, over alleged mismanagement of ₦1,350,000.

The suspension is to last three months, within which time he is to refund the money.

The suspension order was contained in a statement signed by the state Chairman of CAN, Bishop Stephen Mamza, who asked Anthony Elishama to return all official properties to the CAN State Secretariat in Yola immediately.

In the statement obtained Saturday evening by Africa Daily News, New York, Mamza explained that Elishama’s suspension was decided during the state executive meeting of

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Trump Fires Adamant New York Attorney Berman At Barr’s Prompting

Trump Fires Adamant New York Attorney Berman At Barr’s Prompting

June 21, 2020 6:01 am
President Donald Trump has fired by directly Geoffrey Berman, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan whose office is investigating Trump’s attorney Rudolph Giuliani.

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr revealed this on Saturday after Berman publicly refused to step down from his post.

In a letter to Berman, Barr said he was “surprised and quite disappointed” by Berman’s statement late on Friday night in which he refused to quit his job, saying Berman had chosen “public spectacle over public service.”

“I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and …

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Putin Orders Officials To Fully Clean Arctic Fuel Spill Area

June 20, 2020 5:29 pm

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

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Brazil Surpasses One Million Coronavirus Cases

Brazil Surpasses One Million Coronavirus Cases

June 20, 2020 5:20 pm

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

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North Korea Preparing Anti-South Leaflet Campaign - KCNA

North Korea Preparing Anti-South Leaflet Campaign: KCNA

June 20, 2020 4:18 pm
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

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

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

June 20, 2020 4:17 pm

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,

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Federal Judge Appears Skeptical Of Blocking Bolton Book Release

Federal Judge Appears Skeptical Of Blocking Bolton Book Release

June 20, 2020 2:34 pm
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

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

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

June 20, 2020 1:58 pm

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

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

June 20, 2020 1:54 pm
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.

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The track about empowerment and resilience centers on the recent

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Osinbajo Announces Fresh Plans For Nigerian Economy

Osinbajo Announces Fresh Plans For Nigerian Economy

June 20, 2020 11:38 am

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

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