Lockdown Rebellion In Mararaba Abuja
Residents of Mararaba, an Abuja suburb located in Nasarawa State have defied the stay-at-home and social distancing order by the state government. For them it was business as usual. The markets were open on Thursday and buying and selling was at frenetic pace in the various markets. Read Also: Wuhan’s ‘Wet Markets’ Struggle After Virus […]
Chevron Debunks Reports Workforce Stricken By Coronavirus
Chevron Nigeria Limited said on Thursday that its workforce, both expatriate and indigenous is free of the coronavirus. Mr Esimaje Brikinn, the company’s General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, added that it had also received no report of the virus in its operations. The oil firm denied reports that it was running a COVID-19 […]
14 Burnt To Death At Borno IDP Camp
No fewer than 14 people have been burnt to death at an Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, Camp in Borno State. The blaze broke out mid-morning in a camp holding some 70,000 people in the town of Gamboru, close to the border with Cameroon, the head of a government-backed militia told AFP. “We recovered 14 burnt […]
Wuhan’s ‘Wet Markets’ Struggle After Virus Lockdown
At a large food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, signs forbid the selling of wild animals and live fowl, while announcements calling for “victory” over COVID-19 play on a loop from speakers. China’s “wet markets” have been slammed internationally as the coronavirus roils the world, with the disease having seemingly emerged from stalls […]
Gold Glitters As Cash-Strapped Thais Sell Jewellery
Thais are flocking to Bangkok’s Chinatown to sell their gold jewellery as the price of the precious metal spikes and the economy tanks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gold surged to a seven-year high on Tuesday to $1,731.25 an ounce, following global moves led by the US to reinflate economies with trillions of dollars of […]
WWII Veteran, 99, Raises £13m For UK Health Workers
A 99-year-old British World War II veteran on Thursday completed 100 laps of his garden in a fundraising challenge for healthcare staff that has “captured the heart of the nation”, raising more than £13 million ($16.2 million, 14.9 million euros). “Incredible and now words fail me,” said Tom Moore, a captain who served in India, […]
We’ll Use Everything To Attack Virus Economic Damage: IMF
The severe economic crisis ignited by the coronavirus pandemic requires the rapid deployment of every available financial lifeline to help countries survive, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday. The uncertainty about the health emergency and the extent of the economic damage have driven governments and development lenders to rollout new and accelerated aid vehicles, in […]
Prince William Opens New Emergency Hospital In UK
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has opened an emergency COVID-19 hospital in Birmingham. He opened the NHS Nightingale Hospital via video link. The site is the National Exhibition Centre (NEC). The hospital, which has a 500-bed capacity, was built in eight days. Read Also: Tedros Replies Trump, Says WHO Not Only About Coronavirus However, […]
Russia Says It will Humbly Accept U.S. Ventilators
Kremlin on Thursday said that Russia would accept a “kind offer” from U.S. President Donald Trump to ship ventilators to the country if needed. The country had earlier shipped ventilators and protective gear this month to the U.S. after a phone conversation between Trump and President Vladimir Putin. Read Also: Russia Confirms 658 New Coronavirus […]
COVID-19 Has Killed Over 900 Africans
Over 900 Africans have been killed by COVID-19 as it bites harder on the continent, the Africa CDC said. Confirmed cases reached 17,247 and death toll is now 910 as at Thursday. . According the Africa CDC, the most severely affected African countries are South Africa with 2,506 confirmed cases and Egypt with 2,505 cases. […]
COVID-19: Soldiers Brutalize NTA Staff In Ondo
Soldiers of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army, Owena Cantonment, Akure, Ondo State on Wednesday brutalised a member of staff of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA. The victim, Jide Bello, a senior Engineer with the NTA, Akure ran into the soldiers while returning from work on Wednesday night during the curfew imposed by the State […]
Bello El-Rufai, Sex Abuse And Scapegoating Of Females
“Violence against women in Nigeria is almost accepted as a fact of life in some cultures that perceive women as the property of their husbands.” _ United Nations Nigeria is a country of anything-goes: the powerful ride roughshod on the hapless every minute; the political class are lords in a crazy manor; and the woman, doubly […]