But he told fans on Sunday: “I have tested COVID negative, have been discharged. I am back home in solitary quarantine.”
Bachchan was one of the most high-profile figures to test positive amid India’s coronavirus outbreak. Hailed by many as the country’s greatest
Veteran filmmaker Omoba James Ademuyiwa Oyebanji has postponed the date for his proposed online filmmaking coaching classes.
He indicated that the reason for the postponement was due to numerous calls from interested individuals willing to partake in the film making, movie production, directing, and video editing classes.
The workshop has been moved to the 17th of August, 2020, and would still be held on the stipulated Google classroom page.
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“After so much calls and messages from individuals who signified interest in being part of this outstanding experience, I have decided to
The Rivers State Civil Society Organization, RIVSC, has condemned the suspension of three local government chairmen by Governor Nyesom Wike.
The reaction of RIVSCO follows the insistence of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, that the Governor was right in suspending the three LGA chairmen in the state.
The Rivers State secretary of ALGON and Chairman of Ahoada East Local Government Area, Ben Eke said Governor Wike did not err in law.
Eke said the law permits the governor as a chief security officer to suspend any council …
While there has been no sign yet of the ban he threatened on Friday to impose, his words were reportedly already adding to uncertainties for
The price of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency went up to $12,000 for the first time since August 2019.
One bitcoin currently equals ₦4,278,681.60 (i.e four million, two hundred and seventy-eight thousand, six hundred, and eighty-one Naira).
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According to the trading data on Sunday, Bitcoin was at $11,918 as at 04:03 GMT but later increased by 5.41 percent.
At the Binance cryptocurrency exchange trading platform, its value was increasing up to $11,980.
In the course of Sunday trading, the Bitcoin price reached the $12,000 mark for the first time since 9
Kasim Sumaina examines the newly-built Itakpe-Warri rail line and how its economic impact will open the oil-rich region of the South-south and industrious South-east with the agricultural and solid mineral hubs of the North-central and North-west linking the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
In 1987, a contract was awarded to build the central line, a standard gauge railway to connect the iron ore deposits at Itakpe to the Ajaokuta Steel Mill and the Atlantic Ocean port of Warri.The railway was originally planned for completion in five years, but sporadic funding stretched out its construction period over 30 years.
In August …
Vietnam’s coastal city of Danang plans to test its entire population of 1.1 million people for COVID-19, the governing authorities said on Saturday.
The announcement was made as 40 new cases linked to the tourist hot spot were reported across the country, taking total infections to 586, with three deaths.
Most of the new cases are linked to hospitals in Danang city, where the first locally transmitted infection in more than three months was detected last week.
The Health Ministry said on Saturday that up to 800,000 visitors to Danang have …
Russia reported 5,427 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing its nationwide tally to 850,870.
It is the fourth largest caseload in the world, after U.S., Brazil and India.
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Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 70 people had died over the last 24 hours.
This pushed the official death toll in the country of around 145 million people to 14,128.
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The Presidency has reacted to the position of Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, on power shift ahead of 2023 general elections.
Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Mamman Daura, a close relative of President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday, while reacting to claims by Nigerians that he dictates and imposes decisions on the President during an interview with BBC Hausa Service, stated that Nigerians should always go for competence in picking their leaders.
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But the Presidency in a statement signed by Garba Shehu, Buhari’s aide on Media and …
Recall that Chairman of Ocean Marine Security Limited (OMSL) Hosa Okunbo, had in an open letter, accused Governor Obaseki of influencing the cancellation of the contract.
Obaseki had also denied having a hand in the termination of the contract.
And in a statement on Saturday, Crusoe Osagie, Obaseki’s spokesman, said that the Minister vindicated Obaseki when he(Amaechi) appeared on an AIT programme on Friday, and gave reasons for the cancellation of …
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that Nigerian government has the capability to pay back loans collected for the construction of rail projects within the stipulated period of 20 years.
Amaechi, in a statement on Saturday, said China was the only country giving out loans with a low-interest rate of 2.8 percent.
He said no country in the world would give out a loan without a guarantee to pay back such loans.
…“The trade agreement between Nigeria and China, the ministry of transportation does not take loan, everything about loan is directed to the Ministry of Finance, so, I
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has said that the explanation given to him by the military field commanders on the attack on his convoy and general security situation in Baga town was not acceptable to the government and people of the state.
Zulum, who spoke to newsmen in Maiduguri on his experience during his trip to Baga, the fishing town in Borno, said he was saddened with what he saw and experienced in Baga.
He, therefore, called on the people of the state to rise up …
