Pope Reacts As Leaders Begin Ease Of Lockdowns
Pope Francis, on Tuesday, appealed that people should obey rules aimed at preventing a second wave of infections as their leaders begin to ease Coronavirus lockdown. Read Also: Pope Calls For Global Solidarity Amid COVID-19 Crisis The Pope made this known during his daily private morning Mass, where he has been dedicating brief opening comments […]
100 Days In Office: I Met Empty Treasury – Gov Uzodinma
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, says he inherited an empty treasury and a disoriented civil service laced with monumental corruption when he took over office. The Governor disclosed this in a state broadcast, monitored by Africa Today News on Monday, to mark his one hundred days in office. Uzodinma said it was incredible to […]
Dokpesi, AIT/Raypower Chairman Tests Positive For Virus
Raymond Dokpesi Jnr., the Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, owners of AIT and Raypower, has tested positive for coronavirus. He made the disclosure in a text message to staff members of the company in Abuja on Monday. AIT reports that Dokpesi had been on self-isolation for about a week. Read Also: Coronavirus: FIFA Proposes Changes […]
The Deception Of Organised Religion On Africans
Organised Religion basically focuses on institutional beliefs of doctrine and dogma of various faiths. The most common ones practiced in Africa are those from Abrahamic origin particularly Christianity and Islam. Our people are so grossly enmeshed in them to the point that they now have a sort of slave-master relationship with those faiths. The most […]
Express Delivery: Mothers Rally To Donate Breastmilk
Whisked out of her Hong Kong home by medics in protective gear, Catherine Kosasih didn’t know if or when she would see her children — aged just four months and 21 months — again. Once in hospital, her COVID-19 diagnosis was confirmed, she was kept in isolation and her husband and children quarantined. Worse still, […]
Back At Work, British PM Warns Against Easing Lockdown
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday made his first public appearance since being hospitalised with coronavirus three weeks ago, sying Britain was beginning to “turn the tide” on the outbreak but rejecting calls to ease a nationwide lockdown. In a statement in Downing Street marking his return to work, looking thinner and with his trademark […]
Europe, US States Eye Relaxing Virus Lockdowns
Several European nations and a handful of US states began taking steps on Monday to reboot economies abruptly shut down by the coronavirus pandemic which has caused more than 200,000 deaths around the globe. But as schools and shops reopened in some parts of Europe, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson emerged after his own battle […]
Saudi Coalition Rejects South Yemen Self-Rule Declaration
The Saudi-led military coalition in war-torn Yemen on Monday rejected a declaration of self-rule by separatists in the country’s south and demanded “an end to any escalatory actions”. The breakaway declaration made Sunday threatens to reignite a “war within a war” in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, which is already gripped by what the United […]
Boeing Scraps $4.2bln Deal To Buy Embraer Aviations
Boeing announced Saturday it was pulling out of a $4.2 billion deal to acquire the commercial plane division of its Brazilian rival Embraer, the latest in a string of setbacks for the troubled US aviation giant. The companies had planned to form a joint venture in which Boeing would take an 80 percent stake in […]
Atiku’s Son Survives Coronavirus, Discharged
Son of Nigeria’s former Vice President, Mohammed Abubakar has survived the dreaded Coronavirus and has been discharged. He had been in isolation receiving treatment for the virus in the last 40 days. “I have just received my second consecutive negative result. My discharge is currently being processed, and I hope to be home this evening,” […]
Niger Govt To Send Almajiri Children Back to Home States
Niger State Government has concluded arrangements to repatriate all Almajiri children to their states of origin. The Secretary to the State Government and Chairman, Niger State Task Force on COVID-19, Ahmed Matane stated this in a statement on Monday in Minna. SSG Matane said that the decision is in compliance with the Northern Governors’ Forum […]
Woman Flogged By Policemen Demands ₦200m Compensation
The woman who was flogged by two police officers enforcing the coronavirus lockdown in Osun, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu, demanding a compensation of ₦200 million. Adetola Abdulazeez, mother of two and seller of beauty products, was flogged by the policemen on her way to buy drugs for her relatives at […]