August 22, 2020

Global Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 800,000

Global Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 800,000

August 22, 2020 4:05 pm

The number of deaths from the new coronavirus has surpassed 800,000 around the world, according to an AFP tally based on official sources at around 1100 GMT on Saturday.

In total, 800,004 fatalities have been recorded globally, out of 23,003,079 declared infections.

Latin America and the Caribbean is the region the most affected with 254,897 deaths. More than half of global fatalities have been reported in four countries: the United States with 175,416, Brazil with 113,358, Mexico 59,610 and India 55,794.

The number of deaths has doubled since June 6, and 100,000 have been recorded in the last 17 days …

Luis Suarez Wants To Talk With Barcelona’s Bartomeu Over Future

Luis Suarez Wants To Talk With Barcelona’s Bartomeu Over Future

August 22, 2020 4:00 pm

Barcelona striker, Luis Suarez, has called on the club’s president, Josep Bartomeu, to provide him clarity over his future at Camp Nou.

Suarez’s future at Barcelona is uncertain, following the club’s disastrous 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last week.

Barcelona had put the Uruguay international up for sale with some other senior players after their exit from the Champions League.

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Speaking on the development, Suarez, who has just 12 months left on his current contract, demanded to speak with Bartomeu directly,adding that he has …

Libyan Rivals Declare Ceasefire

Libyan Rivals Declare Ceasefire

August 22, 2020 3:45 pm

Libya’s neighboring warring rival governments on Friday announced an immediate nationwide ceasefire.

Prime minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Sarraj, said he had instructed aligned forces to observe an immediate ceasefire and end all combat operations across the oil-rich country.

The international-backed government also called for demilitarizing the strategic city of Sirte, which is controlled by rival forces. Tripoli also announced that parliamentary and presidential elections will be held in March next year.

In a separate statement, Aguila Saleh, speaker of the eastern-based House of Representatives, also called for a cease-fire. That Parliament has the backing …

South African President Says Farm Attacks ‘Not Genocidal’

South Africa Needs Electoral System Overhaul

August 22, 2020 3:31 pm

The Constitutional Court’s decision in July 2020 to declare unconstitutional aspects of the Electoral Act which disallow individuals to stand as independent candidates for elections in provincial and national legislatures, will necessitate and lead to larger changes, whether directly or indirectly, to the country’s electoral system.

The groundbreaking judgement is likely to go beyond the remit of only allowing independent candidates to run for political office for provincial and national elections, but may compel Parliament to introduce wider electoral reforms to bring greater accountability which is so lacking in South Africa’s elective system.

South Africa’s governance system, the way

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Uganda: Officials Tried Over Torture of LGBT+ Youth

Uganda: Officials Tried Over Torture Of LGBT+ Youth

August 22, 2020 3:28 pm

A town mayor and senior prison official in Uganda have been summoned to appear before a criminal court over allegations of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment against a group of LGBT+ youth, the victims’ lawyers said on Friday.

The court’s move is seen as a positive step for sexual minorities in the east African nation, where gay sex carries a life sentence and homophobia and the persecution of LGBT+ people is widespread, yet rarely punished.

Witnesses and the victims say Hajji Abdul Kiyimba, chairman of Kyengera town council, beat members of …

FG Has No Plans For Re-Opening Of Universities – ASUU

FG Has No Plans For Re-Opening Of Universities – ASUU

August 22, 2020 3:24 pm

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has maintained it will not suspend the ongoing strike action.

National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi said this during a stakeholder’s meeting at the Union’s Secretariat at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Professor Ogunyemi said the federal government has continually failed to fulfill its Memorandum of Action agreed in 2019, insisting that the federal government may trigger another round of crisis should it force ASUU members into the IPPIS Scheme.

Read Also: ASUU Gives Condition For Resumption Of Talks With FG

He noted that unlike other sectors, nothing has been …

Gov Akeredolu Under Fire Over Move To Reduce School Fees

Ondo Local Govt Election, Complete Charade – SDP

August 22, 2020 3:21 pm

The Social Democratic Party, SDP has described the local government election held on Saturday in Ondo State as a charade.

The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party, Dr. Olu Agunloye who condemned the electoral process in the state said the election has further exposed the fact that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is no longer popular among the people.

According to Agunloye, “We have seen a charade called an election. We noticed that the APC government led by Akeredolu must have meant to design this election after winning the primaries to boost the impression created by APC but

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Southern Kaduna Killings: Sheath Your Swords – Army To Residents

Southern Kaduna Killings: Sheath Your Swords – Army To Residents

August 22, 2020 3:18 pm

The Commander of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau, Kaduna and Bauchi States, Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo has urged residents of Southern Kaduna to sheath their swords and embrace peace.

Okonkwo gave the advice at the Atyap Peace, and Reconciliation Summit organised to foster peaceful coexistence among residents of the Chiefdom on Saturday in Zangon Kataf.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Atyap Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State is one of the worst hit by the recent killings in southern Kaduna.

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‘Oshiomhole Must Be Investigated Over Misappropriation Of Fund’

‘Arrest Him’ Video: Channels TV Redeploys Cameraman To Senate

August 22, 2020 1:25 pm

There were indications yesterday that a video cameraman with Channels television attached to the Presidential Villa in Abuja had been redeployed to the Senate over a viral video, where the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, were allegedly discussing possible arrest.

Multiple sources confirmed the development, saying the decision may have been influenced by the Presidency, which must have felt embarrassed by the video of such a conversation making it to the public domain.

Read Also: Let Ize-Iyamu Market Himself – DG, APC

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Nigeria loses ₦1,085 trillion daily to fuel smuggling

NPDC Mulls Nationwide Crash Of Cooking Gas Price

August 22, 2020 1:23 pm

The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an Exploration and Production subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has mulled 600 million standard cubic feet (mmscf) of daily gas supply for domestic market, a move that would further dip the prices of cooking gas nationwide.

The company, which said it was looking at boosting its gas supply to the domestic market by the volume (600mmscf/d) in the next three to five years, also noted that it had revved up production in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 111 by 2,100barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and 27mmscfd of gas, thereby increasing …

BBC News Igbo's Lack Of Objectivity In Reportage

BBC News Igbo’s Lack Of Objectivity In Reportage

August 22, 2020 1:01 pm

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)  News Igbo was introduced in Nigeria on the 19th of February 2018. It was constituted to be a subsidiary of BBC News Nigeria in the new BBC Indigenous Language series.

Their reportage include Sports, Entertainment series and Political news encompassing the whole of Nigeria written in Indigenous Igbo language.

The moderators and chief publishers who are mostly Igbos have come under intense fire of recent for not representing the indigenous Igbo culture and traditions. This is because as the usual directive of the BBC corporation,  it has been demanded that BBC subsidiaries should not focus on …

First Lady Aisha Buhari, Daughter, Hanan, Escape Plane Crash

First Lady Aisha Buhari, Daughter, Hanan, Escape Plane Crash

August 22, 2020 10:08 am

Nigeria’s First Lady Aisha Buhari and her daughter, Hanan have reportedly escaped a plane crash.

The private jet both women were travelling on was reported to have lost control while on its way to Nigeria from the UAE

The private jet with registration number GIV N52MK is said to belong to her in-law, Mohammed Indimi.

Read Also: Nigerians React As Aisha Buhari Is Flown Abroad For Neck Pain

The jet reportedly lost complete control for 10 minutes while only one hour away from approaching the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

The members of the first family needed medical treatment and …

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