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Abacha Breaking - FG Gets $311.7m Abacha’s Loot From US

Breaking: FG Gets $311.7m Abacha’s Loot From US

May 4, 2020 1:08 pm

The Nigerian government on Monday said it has received $311.7 million looted by the late despotic leader, Gen. Sani Abacha from the United States.

The loot was reportedly repatriated from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

A statement issued by Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Monday stated that the government received approximately $311,797,866.11 of the Abacha loot from the US and Jersey.

Read Also: US Senator Vs EFCC On Abacha’s $300m Loot

The statement said the amount increased significantly from …

COVID-19 Vaccine Coming Sooner Than Later – Trump

COVID-19 Vaccine Coming Sooner Than Later – Trump

May 4, 2020 6:23 am
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he thinks there will be a vaccine against the new coronavirus disease in the United States by the end of 2020.

“I think we’ll have a vaccine by the end of the year. We’ll have a vaccine much sooner rather than later”, Trump said in the Fox News virtual Town Hall at the Lincoln Memorial.

Trump also said that he would like schools and universities in the country to open in September.

“This virtual teaching is wonderful, but [students] will be fine. We have to go back”, the US president said.

The United States …

U.S. Deepens Charge Against China’s Wuhan Lab

U.S. Deepens Charge Against China’s Wuhan Lab

May 3, 2020 2:32 pm

The United States has doubled down on its accusation that China’s Wuhan lab unleashed the disruptive coronavirus into the world.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that there was “enormous evidence” that the virus originated in the lab.

“There is enormous evidence that this is where it began,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Read Also: China Says That All Wuhan Virus Patients Discharged

But while highly critical of China’s handling of the matter, Pompeo declined to say whether he thought the virus had been intentionally released.

President Donald Trump has been increasingly critical of China’s role in …

Trouble For Trump As Pelosi Gets Support Of Republican Reps

House Speaker, Pelosi Endorses Joe Biden To Unseat Trump

April 27, 2020 3:25 pm

United States House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden as president.

She made her declaration for the former vice president on Monday.

Pelosi stated that Biden can help guide the U.S out of the Coronavirus crisis.

The House Speaker eulogized Biden as she recalled his efforts in recent months.

“As we face Coronavirus, Joe has been a voice of reason and resilience, with a clear path to lead us out of this crisis,” Pelosi said in a video.

“When our nation faced the Great Recession, it was Joe Biden who led the implementation — and the accountability — of

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US States Start To Reopen, Death Toll Surpassed 50,000

US States Start To Reopen, Death Toll Surpassed 50,000

April 24, 2020 2:13 pm

Health officials at Johns Hopkins University reported more than 3,300 new coronavirus deaths in the US in the last 24 hours, one of the deadliest days since the outbreak began. There have now been more than 890,000 cases in the US since the virus was first detected in the country.

New York remains the hardest-hit state, with more than 263,000 confirmed cases and nearly 16,000 deaths. Though New York is

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New York Reports Lowest Virus Death Toll In Two Weeks

New York Reports Lowest Virus Death Toll In Two Weeks

April 18, 2020 6:21 pm

New York state, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, has experienced its lowest one-day death toll in two weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday.

Cuomo said 540 people had died in his state of 20 million inhabitants in the preceding 24 hours, and he suggested New York may now be on the downslope after a recent plateau in deaths.

That would be the lowest total since 432 deaths were registered on April 2, according to data from the authoritative Covid Tracking Project.

Read Also: Coronavirus: Concerns Over Negligence In US Care Homes

On April 3, the …

China 'Come Clean' - US Presses China On Coronavirus

‘Come Clean’: US Presses China On Coronavirus

April 16, 2020 1:33 pm

The United States stepped up its pressure on China over the coronavirus pandemic with President Donald Trump saying his administration was trying to determine where the deadly disease originated from.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also called on Beijing “to come clean” on what it knows.

At a White House news conference on Wednesday, Trump was asked about reports of the virus escaping from a laboratory in Wuhan, where the coronavirus first appeared.

Read Also: China Approves Two Coronavirus Vaccines For Human Trials

“We are doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation that happened,” he said.

Asked if …

How False Results Are Complicating COVID-19 Testing

How False Results Are Complicating COVID-19 Testing

April 11, 2020 12:56 pm

As COVID-19 tests become more widely available across the United States, scientists have warned that there is one growing concern: The tests are not 100 percent reliable, meaning people with negative results might actually have the virus.

That could have devastating implications as a global recession looms and governments wrangle with the question of when to reopen economies shuttered as billions of people were ordered to stay home in an effort to halt the transmission of the deadly disease.

The majority of tests around the world use a technology called PCR, which detects traces of the coronavirus in mucus samples.

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World May Never Return To Normal – US Diseases Institute

World May Never Return To Normal – US Diseases Institute

April 8, 2020 7:15 am

The United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says the world may never return to the “normal” known before the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Director, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said this at a press briefing on the global pandemic.

He predicted that when normalcy returns in countries, the virus will be a looming threat even with a vaccine

Read Also: Spain Hits Over 13,000 Coronavirus Deaths

“When we get back to normal, we will go back to the point where we can function as a society,” Fox quoted Fauci as saying.

“If you want to get back to pre-coronavirus, that

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US Evacuates 44,000 Americans From Nigeria, Other Countries

US Evacuates 44,000 From Nigeria, Other Countries

April 7, 2020 1:20 pm

The United States Government on Tuesday gave an update on the evacuation of its citizens in Nigeria and other countries amid the COVID-19 global crisis.

On Monday, Ethiopian Airlines evacuated 385 Americans to Washington D.C.

They were airlifted with a B777-300 aircraft from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

A ‘Fact Sheet on Repatriation of American Citizens from Nigeria’ sent to DAILY POST on Tuesday by the U.S. Embassy said the Department of State’s priority was the safety and security of all citizens overseas.

“We are rising to meet the historic challenge posed by the COVID-19 epidemic, every day, all

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Coronavirus - U.S. Faces ”Hardest And Saddest Week”

Coronavirus: U.S. Faces ”Hardest And Saddest Week”

April 6, 2020 6:37 am

The United States is entering what a senior official warned on Sunday would be the “hardest” week of the coronavirus crisis as the death toll mounted, but some saw glimmers of hope from a slight slowing of fatalities in hard-hit New York.

New York, the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, reported on Sunday that for the first time in a week, deaths had fallen slightly from the day before. But there were still nearly 600 new fatalities and more than 7,300 new cases in the state.

Louisiana has become a hot spot for the virus, reporting a jump in …

Russia Ready To Cooperate On Cutting Oil - Putin

Russia Ready To Cooperate On Cutting Oil – Putin

April 4, 2020 6:17 pm

Russia is ready to cooperate with Saudi Arabia and the United States to cut oil production, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.

Putin said Russia was willing to make agreements within the framework of the OPEC+ group and that “we are ready for cooperation with the United States of America on this issue,” according to a statement published by the Kremlin.

“I believe that it is necessary to combine efforts in order to balance the market and reduce production.”

Read Also: Coronavirus: Russia’s Top Doctor Tests Positive

Oil prices have tumbled in recent weeks in the face of a drop in …

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