June 2021

How UK Man Tested Positive For Virus For 10 Straight Months

How UK Man Tested Positive For Virus For 10 Straight Months

June 25, 2021 1:53 am

A 72-year-old British man tested positive for coronavirus for 10 months in what is thought to be the longest recorded case of continuous infection, researchers have hinted.

 

Dave Smith, a retired driving instructor from Bristol in western England, has opened up on how he tested positive 43 times, was hospitalised seven times, and even made plans for his funeral at the time.

‘I’d resigned myself, I’d called the family in, made my peace with everybody, said goodbye,’ he told reporters

His wife, Linda, who quarantined with him at home, said: ‘There was a lot of times when we didn’t …

Tokyo Olympics Nigeria Seal Women’s Relay Qualification

Tokyo Olympics: Nigeria Seal Women’s Relay Qualification

June 25, 2021 1:47 am

Team Nigeria’s women 4x400m relay team will be among the 16 nations that will appear for the event at the delayed Olympics after the team ground out a 3:26.84 African lead yesterday at the ongoing Lagos Open Athletics Championship in Lagos.

The team which is steered by Patience Okon-George has now jumped to the front of the queue for the four available slots on offer for the event in Tokyo.

The quartet of World U-18 fastest girl so far this year, Imaobong Nse Uko, NCAA 200m finalist Favour Ofili, Knowledge Omovoh, and Okon-George is now ranked 13th in the ranking …

Togo Launches West Africa’s Biggest Solar Plant

Togo Launches West Africa’s Biggest Solar Plant

June 25, 2021 1:42 am

Togo has inaugurated the largest solar plant in West Africa a strong move aimed at increasing access to electricity and develop renewables in the small coastal country.

The 50-megawatt facility, located in central Togo, will provide power to more than 158,000 households and save more than one million tonnes of CO2 emissions, Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe said on Twitter late Tuesday.

‘This project is the fruit of our ambition to bring universal access to electricity and provide clean and renewable energy to all.’

‘I am thrilled it was done in record time’ (18 months), he added.

Read Also: UAE Commences

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Fresh Air Strike Leaves 64 Dead In Ethiopia

Fresh Air Strike Leaves 64 Dead In Ethiopia

June 25, 2021 1:38 am

No fewer than 64 people were killed and a further 180 were injured in an air strike on a market in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, a local health officer in the country has confirmed.

This is coming even as the army has for the umpteenth time denied targeting civilians.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that details of the bloody attack on Togoga town were too slow to emerge on Tuesday partly because soldiers initially blocked emergency workers from accessing the area.

However, yesterday’s reports have it that hospitals in Mekele were treating at least 73 people, including young …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Is A Terrorist

Buhari Not Behind Media Bills – Presidency

June 25, 2021 1:28 am

The Presidency has maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari has nothing to do with the ongoing attempt by the House of Representatives to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act as insinuated in some quarters by Nigerians.

Africa Daily News. New York reports that the Newspapers Proprietor Association of Nigeria (NPAN), the Nigeria Guild of Editor, and other media stakeholders had voiced its concerns against the proposed amendments seen as an attempt to muzzle the press while pointing accusing fingers at the Buhari led presidency.

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, while fielding questions from State …

Nigeria Now Self-Sufficient In Rice, Ready For Export — RIFAN

Nigeria Now Self-Sufficient In Rice, Ready For Export — RIFAN

June 25, 2021 1:22 am

President of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Alhaji Aminu Goronyo has boasted that with 9 million metric tons of annual rice production, Nigeria is now self-sufficient in rice and almost ready for exportation.

He made the assertion when he spoke in Kaduna on Thursday when the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and RIFAN flagged off the sales of nine million metric tons of rice paddy to millers.

They also flagged off the distribution of implement,  fertilizers, and inputs to rice farmers for the 2021 wet season farming.

The RIFAN President, however, pointedly noted that the feat was achievable only …

Ikoyi: I’m Not Owner Of 21-Storey Building – Osinbajo

Insecurity Will Soon Become History In Nigeria ― Osinbajo

June 25, 2021 1:16 am

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed great optimism that the current security challenges bedevieling Nigeria would soon become a thing of the past.

The Vice President also explained that the federal government has intensified efforts aimed at adequately securing the country with the recent supplementary budget sent to the National Assembly for approval for the procurement of military hardware for the use of the military and other security agencies.

Read Also: Nigeria’s Unity Must Not Be Compromised – Osinbajo

Professor Osinbajo made this known when he received in audience the Oluyin of Iyin Ekiti, His Royal Majesty, Oba …

Army, Police Supply Weapons To Bandits, Gumi Alleges

Army, Police Supply Weapons To Bandits, Gumi Alleges

June 25, 2021 1:05 am

Popular controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has accused some police and army officers of adding bandits in the country with weapons and drugs.

The Kaduna based cleric said this in an interview on Thursday calling on the army and police hierarchy to identify and flush out all the bad eggs.

Gumi also said that some officers aid the activities of these criminals by collecting bribe from them.

‘I know we have bad elements in the security and I think it’s high time that those found to be taking bribes, aiding banditry by selling weapons should be flushed out of …

North Korea Says Talks With US Would Lead ‘Nowhere’

North Korea Says Talks With US Would Lead ‘Nowhere’

June 24, 2021 9:04 am

North Korea’s foreign minister has ruled out the possibilities of holding any talks with the United States, insisting that dialogue with Washington would ‘get us nowhere’.

His comments coming just a few after Sung Kim, the top US envoy in charge of North Korea negotiations, visited South Korea this week in a bid to restart diplomacy with the nuclear-armed nation.

But US hopes for a revival of talks were rebuffed by influential official Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader, hinting that Washington had ‘wrong’ expectations for dialogue.

Read Also: North Korea Accuses Biden Of Pursuing ‘Hostile Policy’

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Colombia Pick Q'Finals Ticket Despite Defeat To Brazil

Colombia Pick Q/Finals Ticket Despite Defeat To Brazil

June 24, 2021 8:21 am

Colombia qualified for the quarterfinals of the Copa America despite losing 2-1 to hosts Brazil in controversial circumstances.

Porto winger Diaz opened the scoring in Rio de Janeiro in the 10th minute, when Juan Cuadrado lobbed a cross from just outside the penalty area.

Read Also: Barcelona Offer Griezmann, Coutinho In Deal To Sign Ronaldo

Brazil’s second-half equalizer, a Roberto Firmino header, was preceded by a Neymar pass that glanced off Argentine referee Nestor Pitana.
Colombia heatedly argued afterward that play should have been stopped, but Pitana ruled neither side was hindered and allowed the match to continue.

The resentment …

Ivorian Ex-Prime Minister Rejects Life Sentence

Ivorian Ex-Prime Minister Rejects Life Sentence

June 24, 2021 8:18 am

A former prime minister of Ivory Coast, Guillaume Soro has rejected a verdict that sent him to prison for life describing it as unfair.

In a statement published on Twitter which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, he said; ‘I totally reject these unfair verdicts, which have been handed down in violation of all the rules of law, and which are solely based on political reasons.’

According to him, the aim of the trial had been to put an end to his political ambitions.

According to him, the trial showed how the Ivorian judiciary could easily be …

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