August 24, 2020

Tesco Unveils 16,000 Jobs As Online Food Sales Surge

Tesco Unveils 16,000 Jobs As Online Food Sales Surge

August 24, 2020 5:29 pm

Tesco will create 16,000 permanent UK jobs to meet a coronavirus-fuelled surge in online grocery demand, the supermarket giant said Monday in a boost for the country’s embattled retail sector.

Britain’s biggest retailer added in a statement that it expects “the majority” of jobs to be filled by temporary staff drafted in during the pandemic to cope with soaring home food deliveries amid the country’s lockdown.

“Since the start of the pandemic, our colleagues have helped us to more than double our online capacity, safely serving nearly 1.5 million customers every week and prioritising vulnerable customers to ensure they get …

First Volunteer Receives Italian Anti-COVID-19 Vaccine

First Volunteer Receives Italian Anti-COVID-19 Vaccine

August 24, 2020 5:25 pm

An Italian hospital said on Monday it had inoculated a first volunteer with an anti-COVID-19 vaccine as part of human trials expected to last six months.

The woman, in her 50s, received the first dose developed by Rome-based biotech company ReiThera at the capital’s Spallanzani Institute for infectious diseases.

The trials, developed between ReiThera and Spallanzani researchers, will be carried out on 90 volunteers divided into groups by age to test the efficacy of different dosages of the vaccine, developed since March.

If the first results of Phase 1 of the human trials prove positive, researchers say they will be …

European Stock Markets Surge On Vaccine Hopes

European Stock Markets Surge On Vaccine Hopes

August 24, 2020 5:22 pm

European stock markets surged Monday on hopes of a coronavirus vaccine, while the dollar waned on continued deadlock over a new US stimulus deal, dealers said.

Looking ahead to a key meeting of central bankers this week, traders sent London’s benchmark rallying 2.0 percent and major eurozone indices were almost 2.5-percent higher approaching the half-way stage.

American authorities on Sunday announced that doctors could use blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment against the disease that has killed more than 176,000 in the US.

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The move by …

2023: I’m Not A Politician, Stop Distracting Me – Amaechi

APC Crisis: Amaechi, Sylva Finally Reconcile, Agree To Work

August 24, 2020 5:19 pm

Minister of Transport, Chibuike Ameachi and the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva have reconciled their differences.

The political heavyweights have agreed to join forces to reposition the ruling APC in the two south-south region.

They were reconciled by the Caretaker/Extra Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the party led by Governor Mai Mala Buni

There had been political differences between Amaechi and Sylva in the recent past, a situation that took a toll on the party’s fortunes in the South-South.

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The politicians disclosed …

ECOWAS Court Orders Nigeria To Pay German ₦63.6m, $10,000

FG Borrowed Food From ECOWAS – Ministry Of Agric

August 24, 2020 5:14 pm

The Nigerian Government has disclosed that it borrowed over 5,000 metric tonnes of grain from ECOWAS to feed citizens.

This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Baba-Shehuri on Monday.

He stated this while receiving the 3,999 tonnes of cereals donated to Nigeria by ECOWAS.

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According to Shehuri, “The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria loaned 5,000MT of assorted grains from ECOWAS Stock which was agreed to be paid back on grain for grain basis.

“Modalities had been put in place to

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End SARS: Trade Unions, Opposition Parties Failed Nigerians – Sani

Sani Condemns Killing Of IPOB, IMN Members By Security Operatives

August 24, 2020 5:11 pm

Senator Shehu Sani has condemned the use of force against members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN.

Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Assembly said instead of attacking unarmed people, the government should use its power against terrorists and bandits operating and causing mayhem in different parts of the country

Africa Daily News, New York reported yesterday that an unknown number of members of the IPOB were killed in Enugu when they clashed with security operatives.

Read Also: DSS Vs IPOB: Stop This Madness – FFK Attacks Buhari Govt

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ASUU Vows To Continue Strike, Nigerians React

ASUU Vows To Continue Strike, Nigerians React

August 24, 2020 1:15 pm

Many Nigerians have reacted to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU’s decision to continue the ongoing strike action until the Federal Government meets all its demands.

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Biodun Ogunyemi, who spoke at the University of Port Harcourt, weekend, during an interactive meeting with critical stakeholders, noted that the demands of ASUU were genuine and in the interest of the nation as it concerns implementation of 2012 universities needs assessment.

Ogunyemi bemoaned that the Nigerian universities lecturers still receive the same salary scale of 2009 in 2020, noting that the sad reality …

Seven Killed In South Sudan Plane Crash

Seven Killed In South Sudan Plane Crash

August 24, 2020 11:48 am

Four passengers and three crew were killed Saturday when a cargo plane belonging to a local operator crashed near South Sudan’s capital Juba, the transport minister said.

The aircraft crashed shortly after its early morning takeoff in the Kameru neighbourhood around seven kilometres west of the city’s international airport.

“There were eight people on board, three passengers and five crew. A single person from among the passengers survived and she is in good health,” Transport Minister Madut Biar Yol told AFP.

Read Also: UN Condemns Attacks On Humanitarian Aid Workers In South Sudan

“The four other passengers and the …

Ivory Coast Leader Urges Peace As He Files Candidacy For Elections

Ivory Coast Former President, Ex-Rebel Rejected In Election Bid

August 24, 2020 11:45 am

Ivory Coast election authorities rejected appeals by former President Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro to be allowed to run in the country’s October election, an official said Friday.

President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to contest a third term in October has already triggered outrage among opposition and civil society groups, who labelled it a “coup” that risked triggering chaos.

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Gbagbo and Soro had appealed to the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) against a decision to not include them in electoral lists for the ballot.

“The decisions have been posted …

IPMAN Constitutes Taskforce Against Scarcity, Price Hike

DPR Warns Against Use Of Mobile Phones In Petrol Stations

August 24, 2020 11:44 am

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, on Monday warned motorists against using mobile phones in petrol stations.

DPR warned that the usage of mobile phones while refuelling at filling stations could spark off a fire outbreak.

The Osun State’s DPR Operation Manager, Olusegun Daboh gave the warning in Osogbo, the state capital.

Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Daboh said using mobile phones in filling stations is dangerous because “petrol is highly inflammable’’.

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He appealed to motorists to always turn off their car engines before refuelling.…

Emir Advocates Rights Of Women, Youths, Children In North

Emir Advocates Rights Of Women, Youths, Children In North

August 24, 2020 11:43 am

The Emir of Anka who doubles as the chairman, Zamfara State council of chiefs, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad Muhammad has urged policymakers both at the local, states and federal levels to formulate policies that will promote youths development, empowerment and general well-being of young people, so as to reduce insecurity in the country.

The Emir gave the advice during a chat with newsmen in Gusau, Zamfara State Sunday.

He further called on the policymakers to come up with policies and programs that will protect the rights of women and children, pointing out that such policies were imperative because of the need …

Nigeria Deserves More At 60 – Gov Fintiri

Gov Fintiri Hails CAN Chairman For Disclosing COVID-19 Status

August 24, 2020 11:37 am

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has commended the state Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Stephen Mamza, for publicly declaring his COVID-19 positive status.

Stephen Mamza who is also the Catholic Bishop of Yola announced on Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, thus becoming the first prominent person in Adamawa State to publicly declare his status.

Governor Fintiri while commending Bishop Mamza’s openness said his action would spread the message to the doubting masses, against the backdrop that many people in the state still do not believe in the reality of COVID-19.

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