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Popular Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Bathaei dies of coronavirus
Popular Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Hashem Bathaei has die. He died on Monday after being infected with COVID-19 in the city of Qom. State news agency IRNA reported that Bathaei was admitted in hospital on Saturday and had become the latest of 14 Iranian officials to fall victim to the pandemic that has ravaged the country. Bathaei was a member of the Assembly of Experts, a religious body overseeing the Supreme Leader of Iran, which can designate or dismiss the top Ayatollah. The holy city of Qom is among the worst hit in the country, which itself has the highest concentration…
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Spanish Football Coach Francisco Garcia dies from Coronavirus at 21
A young football coach, Francisco García has died from coronavirus, after doctors also diagnosed him with leukaemia. The 21-year-old who was the youth team coach at Malaga-based club Atletico Portada Alta, had an unknown pre-existing health condition that resulted in him being more vulnerable to the virus than usual for an individual of his age, though he was only informed of having cancer after going to the hospital with symptoms of coronavirus, according to Spanish newspaper Malaga Hoy. While he was struggling to breathe, he was advised to seek further medical help which he did and was told that he had both…
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Abule Ado explosion: There is more to this than meets the Eye – FFK
Femi Fani Kayode, former minister for aviation, has reacted to the unfortunate explosion that rocked Abule Ado community in Lagos on Sunday by claiming that there is more to the incident than meet the eyes. Speaking via his official Twitter handle on Monday, Fani-Kayode further stated that the magnitude of the loss recorded in the explosion can not be caused by just pipeline explosion. He wrote : “What happened in Lagos yesterday was tragic. So much destruction &loss of life. Sad. They say it was caused by the explosion of a gas pipeline but I doubt that. Such massive &widespread…
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Nigerian Doctor dies of Coronavirus in Canada
The Minister of State for Health, Adeleke Mamora, has revealed that a Nigerian doctor, Olumide Okunuga, has died in Canada after contracting coronavirus. Dr. Okunuga who lived in Italy had contracted the disease during a visit to Canada. He died at the age of 63. The minister stated this while speaking to reporters in Abuja on Monday during a briefing on updates on the COVID-19 situation in the country. “We must be conscious of not being complacent, the price to pay for complacency is huge. I have heard people say that the black man’s gene is resistant and so COVID-19…
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Abule Ado explosion: Those who have a Hand in it must be punished, no matter how highly placed – Tinubu
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has condemned the pipeline explosion in Abule-Ado area of Lagos, demanding that those who have hands in the incident should be punished no matter how highly placed they might be in the society. In a statement on Sunday from his Media Office, signed by Tunde Rahman, Tinubu commiserated with families and relations of those who lost their lives in the unfortunate occurrence. “I strongly condemn this incident. I commiserate with families and relations of those who died. I also sympathise with those who lost their valued property, he said. “In…
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Suspected Case of Coronavirus is Negative – Enugu Govt
A suspected case of coronavirus was reported in Enugu yesterday about a lady who was reportedly in the UK in the last five months but came to Enugu through Owerri on March the 11th to visit her son. However, the case has been said to turn out negative. In a short statement by the permanent secretary, in the State’s Ministry of Health, Dr Ifeanyi Agujiobi, the result was also corroborated by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). He called on the public to go about their normal business activities, and urged them to, however, remain alert and vigilant observing…
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No record of how Obasanjo, Yar’adua and Jonathan spent Abacha’s $5bn loot – FG
The Federal Government has revealed that they have no records of the exact amount of public funds stolen by a former military head of state, Sani Abacha and no records of how the administrations of Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan spent about $5 billion of the loot recovered between 1999 and 2015. The disclosure was made after Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to Mr Abukabar Malami (SAN) Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning on “information on the exact amount of public funds stolen…
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Coronavirus Is God’s Punishment On The West – Zimbabwe’s Defence Minister Mocks Affected Nations
Zimbabwe’s defence minister has called the coronavirus pandemic a “punishment” of the US and Europe for imposing sanctions against members of the ruling regime over human rights abuses. Coronavirus has infected more than 150,000 people worldwide and killed almost 6,000 since it was first detected in China last December. “Coronavirus is the work of god punishing countries who imposed sanctions on us,” said Zimbabwe’s defence minister Oppah Muchinguri on Saturday, speaking at a rally in the northern town of Chinhoyi. “They are now staying indoors. Their economies are screaming just like they did to our economy.” The United States and…
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Government shuts down Chinese Restaurant in Lagos that does not serve Nigerians
The Nigerian government on Saturday sealed Haufei Restaurant & Mall located in highbrow Victoria Island, Lagos for what some citizens have termed racism. The owners had been reported to authorities for denying Nigerians their services. The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), in a Twitter post, said the staff of the restaurant confirmed that they do not sell to Nigerians as it was indeed a laid down rule by the management. A tweet by the government agency reads: “Today, FCCPC closed Haufei Restaurant & Mall 33 Aboyade Cole, VI based on credible intel & surveillance that the biz declines…
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Don’t let them drag you into partisan Politics – Shehu Sani tells Sanusi
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has taken to his Twitter handle to write a letter to former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi urging him not to allow himself to be dragged into partisan politics. He told him to rest and have a good time with his family, away from the burdens, the turbans and the gowns. Sani’s statement seems to be connected to the touting of the former CBN boss as a potential presidential candidate come 2023.
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Ganduje’s Aide reacts to Cartoon on Sanusi’s dethronement
Salihu Yakasai, spokesman of Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano state, has reacted to a cartoon depicting Kano state as a cage. The cartoon, by Mustapha Bulama of Daily Trust, saw Ganduje in a cage while recently dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II standing outside the cage, telling Ganduje to stay there. Reacting to it, yakasai described the cartoon as an insult to the state, saying Kano is not a cage but a state with a thousand year old history. He said via his Twitter handle: “I see this as a mockery & insult to the entire ppl of Kano.…
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Fani-Kayode blasts those calling for Sanusi to replace Buhari
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, has blasted those calling for the replacement of President Mohammadu Buhari come 2023 with the dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi. Since after his dethronement, there have been speculations that the erstwhile monarch may return to politics saying he is the man best fit to rule the country come 2023. However, Fani-Kayode wonders why the next President must come from the North, describing those making the call as accursed slaves. Fani-Kayode tweeted, “The kind of evil that some useful idiots and accursed slaves are wishing upon themselves with this SLS for 2023 thing baffles…
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