September 2020

China Shows Off COVID-19 Vaccines For First Time (1)

China Shows Off COVID-19 Vaccines For First Time

September 7, 2020 12:50 pm
China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic.

High hopes hang on the small vials of liquid on show at a Beijing trade fair this week — vaccine candidates produced by Chinese companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm.

Neither has hit the market yet but the makers hope they will be approved after all-important phase 3 trials as early as year-end.

A Sinovac representative told AFP his firm has already “completed the construction of a vaccine factory” able to produce …

Nearly 300 Rohingya migrants reach Indonesia ‘after seven months at sea’ (1)

Nearly 300 Rohingya Migrants Reach Indonesia After 7 Months

September 7, 2020 12:45 pm
Nearly 300 Rohingya migrants reached Indonesia early Monday claiming to have been at sea for seven months, United Nations officials said, in one of the biggest landings by the persecuted Myanmar minority in years.

 

The migrants — including more than a dozen children — were spotted at sea on a wooden boat by locals who helped them land near Lhokseumawe city on Sumatra’s northern coast, officials said.

“From their testimonies, they said that they were seven months adrift,” said UN refugee agency coordinator Oktina, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

“We have seen their condition is very …

Cocaine traffic booming amid COVID-19 – Europol (1)

Cocaine Traffic Booming Amid COVID-19 – Europol

September 7, 2020 10:00 am
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) says cocaine trade boomed during the coronavirus pandemic.

Traffic from South America to Europe has reached “record amounts”, Sascha Strupp, a Strategic Analyst told Dpa.

Strupp called narcotics trade a “growing market”, adding that “coronavirus did not have any influence on smuggling via sea routes.”

From January to June, more than 25,000 kilogrammes of cocaine were seized in the port of Rotterdam.

Read Also: Army Officers Arrest Peddler With 60 Wraps Of Cocaine

The amount is more than double of what was found in the same period of 2019.

In August,

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World's Oldest Professional Footballer Miura Playing At 53 (1)

World’s Oldest Professional Footballer Miura Playing At 53

September 7, 2020 9:59 am

The second round of the Japanese League Cup is not normally international news. But when top-division side Yokohama FC played Sagan Tosu last month, it made headlines around the world. Why?

Because the Yokohama captain, Kazuyoshi Miura, was 53 years old.

Miura’s never-ending career fascinates football fans around the world. His contract extensions are reported by the BBC and CNN. He holds the Guinness record for “world’s oldest goalscorer”.

Even his inclusion in the FIFA 20 computer game – after first appearing in it 24 years ago – made headlines.

So who is “King Kazu” and why does he keep …

President Buhari Sacks NDE DG, Argungu

Buhari Government Moves To Stop Future Scams Like P&ID’s

September 7, 2020 9:59 am

The Buhari administration has moved to tighten the bureaucratic loopholes that will ensure scams such as the one attempted by an Irish firm, Process, and Industrial Development (P&ID), never occurred again.

Abubakar Malami, Justice Minister and Attorney-General gave an insight on the measures, in an interview with Channels TV on Sunday night.

Read Also: FG Uncovers New Fraud In P&ID Contract

“The first thing that has been done is to ensure that there are consequences for wrongdoing and those elements in respect of which investigations have been concluded, were charged, arraigned before the court and convicted.

“As well, we have

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Ecobank announces new date for ‘Africa Trade Conference 2020’ (1)

Ecobank Announces New Date For ‘Africa Trade Conference 2020’

September 7, 2020 9:04 am
Ecobank Nigeria, a member of the pan African banking Group has concluded plans to host its first Regional Trade Conference.

The virtual forum with the theme “Facilitating Regional Trade in the emerging AFCFTA era” is slated for the 22nd of September.

The conference, which will feature presentations and panel discussions by highly experienced subject matter experts and thought leaders in relevant industries, will provide an opportunity for exporters and importers within Africa to engage, creating a marketplace experience.

The Ecobank Nigeria ‘Africa Trade Conference 2020’ earlier slated for March was postponed due to the lockdown restrictions following the outbreak …

WikiLeaks Assange’s U.S. extradition case resumes today in London (1)

WikiLeaks Assange’s US Extradition Case Resumes Today In London

September 7, 2020 9:04 am
The extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Australian Julian Assange will resume at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey in London today.

The court would weigh evidence whether Assange should be extradited to the United States to face trial over the publication of secrets relating to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Assange, 49, is currently being held on remand at a high-security jail.

He faces 18 counts from US prosecutors that could see him jailed for up to 175 years.

The hearing at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, is due to last three to four weeks. It …

Donald Trump's Campaign Runs Out Of Cash

Why Many Americans Don’t Want Trump Back For A Second Term

September 7, 2020 8:32 am

Trump’s reelection seems implausible to many people, as implausible as his election did before November 2016. With less than two months until the 2020 elections, Americans are deeply unhappy with the state of the country. As the United States simultaneously struggles with a pandemic, an economic recession and protests about police violence and racial justice, the share of the public saying they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country has plummeted from 31% in April, during the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak, to just 12% today.

To be re-elected, Donald Trump knows he has to …

History Will Be Kind To Buhari – Presidency Defends Fuel Price Hike (1)

History Will Be Kind To Buhari – Presidency Defends Fuel Price Hike

September 7, 2020 4:18 am

The presidency has declared that history will be kind to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Sunday.

He said years after the All Progressives Congress (APC) came to power, the administration has worked hard to meet many expectations.

Shehu noted that to stop the mismanagement of taxpayer money, eliminate corruption associated with subsidies on petroleum products, power, fertilizer among others, the government took the decision to implement long-delayed reforms, withdraw and allow the market to determine their prices.

Read Also; Kebbi State Is Our Focal Point To Produce Rice Locally – Buhari

He …

Police Nab Kaduna Sex Party Organisers

Police Teargas Journalists During Cross River PDP Senatorials

September 7, 2020 4:17 am

Journalists in Cross River State have alleged that the men of the Nigeria Police tear-gassed them during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Cross River North Senatorial primary election in Ogoja.

The Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Cross River State Council, Comrade Victor Udu, who led a delegation to cover the event in Ogoja, condemned the mayhem that trailed the exercise.

Read Also: Buhari Hails Veteran Journalist, Femi Onayemi

Udu said: “I have not seen anything near this scale before where the security men refused to recognise anybody, even when journalists identified themselves with their tags.

“The security men

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Birmingham knife attacker arrested, faces murder charge (1)

Birmingham Knife Attacker Arrested, Faces Murder Charge

September 7, 2020 4:17 am
Police in the UK city of Birmingham have arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the horrific knife rampage in the city centre on Sunday.

His arrest early today, three miles from the scene of rampage, followed the release of the CCTV footage about the attacks in four parts of the city.

He now faces a charge of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. .

His knife attacks in four parts of the city left a 23-year-old man dead, while a woman, 32, and another …

What Led To Increase In Fuel, Electricity Price – Reno Omokri (1)

What Led To Increase In Fuel, Electricity Price – Reno Omokri

September 7, 2020 4:17 am

Former presidential media aide and social media commentator, Reno Omokri, has revealed what led to the hike in electricity and fuel price.

Power distribution companies implemented new electricity tariffs on September 1, while a new ex-depot price of petrol was also announced on September 2.

However, Omokri in a tweet via his Twitter account on Sunday, claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari was initially afraid to raise the prices of fuel and electricity.

According to him, the President went ahead with the decision after he observed that the Big Brother Naija show had completely distracted Nigerian Youths.

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