August 20, 2020

Libyan Rivals Declare Ceasefire

Surging COVID-19 Deepening Libya Crisis – Red Cross

August 20, 2020 5:26 pm

Coronavirus cases have skyrocketed 15-fold in Libya since June, the Red Cross said Thursday, warning this was further deepening the dire humanitarian crisis in the conflict-ravaged country.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said known COVID-19 cases in Libya had soared from 571 in June to more than 9,000 on Thursday.

“There is a continuous degradation of the humanitarian situation in Libya,” ICRC president Peter Maurer told reporters, pointing out that after nine years of violent conflict, many families have seen any reserves they once had fully depleted.

Maurer, who travelled to Libya earlier this week, said the number …

European Stock Markets Surge On Vaccine Hopes

Stocks Slide As US Jobless Data Fuel Economy Concerns

August 20, 2020 4:00 pm

Stock markets slid Thursday as worse-than-expected US jobless data stoked concern about the outlook for the world’s biggest economy.

The dollar fell against the euro in response to the news that just over 1.1 million people filed new claims for jobless benefits last week, a steeper rise than anticipated.

Stock prices, already in the red earlier in the session, continued lower as a result, pulled down by early losses on Wall Street.

Already on Wednesday, a sobering Federal Reserve assessment of the US economic outlook had soured sentiment on stock markets across the globe.

“The fallout from the Fed minutes …

Official Cargo Plane With Eight Aboard Missing In DR Congo

Republic Of Congo To Reopen Air Borders On Monday

August 20, 2020 3:42 pm

The Republic of Congo next Monday will reopen air borders that it closed in late March to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials said Thursday.

Land, river and sea borders will remain closed, except for the transport of cargo, which has been authorised.

The national coronavirus management committee has approved the opening of air borders from Monday, according to Thierry Moungalla, the minister of communication.

In an internal message seen by AFP on Thursday, the foreign ministry instructed embassy and consular workers to take steps to return to their place of work from Monday.

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CAN Reacts As ISWAP Confirms Abduction Of Missing Rev. Zango

ISWAP Insurgents Take Hundreds Hostage Near Lake Chad

August 20, 2020 3:41 pm

Islamists from a Boko Haram splinter group have taken large numbers of people hostage in a northeastern Nigerian town. Many of the victims had just returned to the town after fleeing a bloody attack there two years ago.

Members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) jihadi group overran the northeastern Nigerian of Kukawa late on Tuesday, taking hundreds of hostages, locals and militia sources said on Wednesday.

Local militia head Babakura Kolo said many of those seized had just been resettled in the town by the government after spending nearly two years in displacement camps after fleeing an …

Africa: WHO, UNICEF Urge Safe School Reopening In Africa

Africa: WHO, UNICEF Urge Safe School Reopening In Africa

August 20, 2020 3:38 pm

The unprecedented and prolonged school closures aimed at keeping students safe from COVID-19 are harming them in other ways, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said today, urging governments in Africa to promote the safe reopening of schools while taking measures to limit the spread of the virus.

A WHO survey of 39 countries in sub-Saharan Africa found that schools are fully open in only six countries. They are closed in 14 countries and partially open (exam classes) in 19 others. Around a dozen countries are planning to resume classroom learning in September, which is the start of the academic …

Fresh Lockdown Looms in Uganda As COVID-19 Cases Spike

Uganda: U.S. Sanctions Four Over Adoption Scandal

August 20, 2020 3:36 pm

Two Ugandan judges, a lawyer,and her husband have been restricted from traveling and transacting any business with the United States over corruption allegations.

The four are suspected of being involved in a mega corrupt child adoption scheme.

Their assets in the US have been frozen by the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

According to the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, the four – retired judge Moses Mukibi (66), Saroti resident judge Wilson Musalu Musene (64), lawyer Dorah Mirembe (48) and her husband Patrick Ekobu (45), who is also her associate, lured parents from vulnerable families …

Ex-Trump Adviser, Bannon Arrested Over Fraudulent Online Scheme

Ex-Trump Adviser, Bannon Arrested Over Fraudulent Online Scheme

August 20, 2020 2:45 pm

U.S. President, Donald Trump’s former political adviser Steve Bannon was on Thursday arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme.

Bannon and three others, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, and Timothy Shea, were indicted for their roles in defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign known as “We Build the Wall“.

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A statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, started that the fraudsters raised more than 25 million dollars.

According to the statement, all the

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More Stranded Nigerians Evacuated From South Africa

More Stranded Nigerians Evacuated From South Africa

August 20, 2020 2:40 pm

The Federal Government of Nigeria has continued to evacuate citizens stranded in other countries as 186 Nigerians were flown out of South Africa on Thursday.

The media aide to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sarah Sanda revealed that an Air Peace flight conveying the evacuees took off from OR Tambo International Airport at about 4.30 pm local time on Thursday.

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The federal government since the COVID-19 became a global disaster had evacuated Nigerians in their thousands stranded in different countries around the world.

“The last Evacuation flight from South …

Trump Faces Tough Questions About African-Americans

Iran Will Never Have A Nuclear Weapon – Trump Insists

August 20, 2020 12:55 pm

U.S President Donald Trump has vowed that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon and demanded the reinstatement of all suspended United Nations sanctions on Iran.

In 2018, Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal orchestrated by the Obama regime which has Russia, Germany, Iran, UK, France, China and the EU as signatories.

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According to Trump, Iran was cheating on the deal and was on its way to making a nuclear bomb.

The US’ withdrawal from the deal forced other major powers such as China, Russia and the EU …

Insecurity: CAN Declares 3-Day Nationwide Prayer

CAN To FG: CAMA Law Is Satanic, It’s A Time Bomb

August 20, 2020 12:54 pm

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (CAMA), saying appointing a supervising minister to suspend church trustees and appoint new one is Satanic.

CAN said the new act would snuff life out of the church and rank the church as a secular institution under secular control.

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo had condemned the CAMA law and rejected it in totality.

President Muhammadu Buhari had on August 7 signed into law, the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, 2020. The bill which has been passed by the National Assembly …

Edo State Guber Polls: The Top Four Gladiators

August 20, 2020 12:51 pm

As the September 19 date of the gubernatorial election in Edo State approaches, campaigns are being intensified by the participating political parties, trying to sell their respective candidates to the electorate in ward-to-ward campaign, in compliance with the COVID-19 directive outlined for the election.

Fourteen political parties are fielding candidates for the election. They are: African Alliance (AA), Action Congress (ADC), Action Democratic Party (ADP), All Progressives Congress (APC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Allied People’s Movement (APM), Action People’s Party (APP) and Labour Party (LP)

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‘Connect Aba to Lagos' – Nigerians React To FG's $1.9bn Rail Line

Buhari Approves Appointment Of NDPHC MD, Executive Directors

August 20, 2020 12:49 pm

President Mohammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Mr. Joseph Chiedu Ugbo as the Managing Director of Niger Delta Power Holding Company.

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In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Laolu Akande on Thursday, the President also approved the appointment of Messrs Babayo Shehu and Ifeoluwa Oyedele as Executive Directors respectively.

“Following the development, the renewal of office will take effect from August 25, 2020 for a period of four years.

“ Also, the appointment of three additional directors have also been

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