Snakebites Kill 1.2 Million Indians
An estimated 1.2 million Indians died from snakebites over the past two decades, a report by eLife said. It said nearly half of the snakebite victims were aged 30-69, and over a quarter of them were children under 15. The report said people living in densely populated low altitude agricultural areas in the states of […]
Turkey Turns Iconic Hagia Sophia Museum Into Mosque
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on Friday ordering Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia museum to be handed over to the country’s religious authority and reopened as a mosque. Erdogan shared the decree on Twitter with the caption “congratulations’’. It was not immediately clear when the compound, originally built in the 6th century, would […]
Amazon Makes U-Turn After Asking Employees To Delete TikTok App
American tech giant, Amazon has said an email sent to employees asking them to remove the video-sharing app TikTok from any mobile device that can access their company email was sent in error. The firm in an internal memo had asked its employees to delete video app from their cellphones, citing “security risks”. Employees had […]
Iran Executes Man For Drinking Alcohol
Iran’s Human Rights Organization (IHR) announced on Friday, July 10, that authorities have executed a prisoner in Mashhad Central Prison for “drinking alcohol.” Citing the prisoner’s attorney, the Norway-based IHR confirmed that the man was hanged early Thursday, without giving his name. Some Iranian activities on social media said his name was Morteza Jamali and […]
Nigeria Heading For Recession In Q4 2020 — Zainab Ahmed
Nigeria is heading for another recession in the fourth quarter of this year, the Federal Government declared on Friday. According to the government, findings showed that the country’s Gross Domestic Product for the second and third quarters of 2020 were projected to be negative. This, it said, implied that the country would slide into a […]
Nigerians Sabotaging Okonjo-Iweala’s WTO Campaign – Media Adviser
The Media Adviser to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Paul Nwabuikwu, has alleged that some Nigerians were sabotaging the campaign of Okonjo-Iweala for the leadership of the World Trade Organisation. He said this in a statement on Friday with the title, “Ongoing efforts to misrepresent Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s campaign for director-general of the World Trade Organisation.” Nwabuikwu […]
COVID-19: Port Harcourt International Airport Reopens
Port Harcourt International Airport on Saturday resumed operations after three months of COVID-19 shutdown. An Air Peace flight – 5N EUV from Lagos was the first to arrive the Port Harcourt International Airport terminal at 7.50 a.m. Mr Abayomi Akinbinu, the Regional Manager, South-South and South-East, FAAN, at the arrival of the first flight said […]
House Of Representatives Disagree With FG On WASSCE
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education, Julius Ihonvbere on Friday questioned the new directive of the Federal Government on West Africa Examination Council (WAEC). The House of Representatives Lawmaker in a press statement frowned at the directive to halt participation of students in the forthcoming examination due to COVID-19. He […]
NEMA Writes To Governors Over Imminent Flood
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned 102 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 28 states in the country of high probable flood risk this year. AVM Muhammadu Mohammed, the Director-General of NEMA, raised the alert at a news conference on the agency’s plan for the ‘2020 Flood Preparedness, Mitigation and Response’, on Friday in […]
More Troubles For Akeredolu As Ondo Workers Threaten Strike
All seems not too well with the Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu-led government in Ondo State following the threat by workers to embark on strike. The civil servants in a letter addressed to the governor gave him 5 days ultimatum to shut down the state if their demands were not met. Africa Today New, New York gathered […]
Atiku Recommends Okonjo-Iweala For WTO Appointment
A former vice-president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has recommended Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala for the post of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a tweet on Saturday, Atiku noted that her “experience and the enormous related works she has done confirms without equivocation that her leadership shall be a blessing to the WTO […]
Ex-President Park Geun-Hye’s Sentence Reduced To 22 Years
Court in Seoul, South Korea on Friday reduced former President Park Geun-hye’s sentences for corruption and bribery by 10 years, taking her total sentence to 22 years in jail. Park Geun-hye had been indicted for corruption and abuse of power, as well as bribery in a separate case, following a scandal in 2017 that led […]