Tag: US
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Obasanjo wades in on Adesina, urges AFDB to ignore undue pressure from US [Read OBJ’s letter]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the board of the African Development Bank to ignore calls for an independent investigation of Akinwumi Adesina by the US. Adesina, who is the president of the AfDB, was accused of favouritism and has been absolved of the allegations by the bank’s ethics committee. In a latter obtained by…
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World’s highest: U.S. passes 100,000 coronavirus death toll
The U.S. has surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths, the world’s highest. It reached the mark on Tuesday night as figures rolled in from the states. John Hopkins University estimated the death toll at 98,902 deaths as at 01:30GMT on Wednesday. But data company Dadax which runs worldometers.info said 100,579 people have died. On…
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Up to 2m Americans would have died in US without my actions -Trump
United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that, without the measures he had ordered during the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, up to 2 million people would have died of the disease in the country. He also reiterated his claims that China had been the source of the virus, while once again praising…
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Nigerian artiste in US begs for help over ‘slavery’ deal with Akon
Another artiste has cried out for help while Nigerians were still dealing with reviving the musical career of Cynthia Morgan who blamed Jude Okoye for her misfortune. And unexpectedly the artiste happens to be Samklef, who is a singer but well known as a music producer. Samklef, however, took to Twitter to share the devastating…
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US Warns China against destabilising Hong Kong
The United States on Thursday urged China to respect Hong Kong’s autonomy, warning that its proposed national security law for the city would be “highly destabilizing” and face global opposition. “Any effort to impose national security legislation that does not reflect the will of the people of Hong Kong would be highly destabilizing, and would…
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Evacuation criteria: FG broke, says Nigerians stranded abroad must pay N297k each for quarantine
Troubled by the cost of evacuating its citizens abroad, the federal government has unveiled a new policy that requires Nigerians stranded abroad to offset their two-week quarantine bill as a prerequisite for possible evacuation. Before now, the returnees were only required to pay for their flight while the government took care of their two weeks…
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COVID-19: FG raises alarm over persons evacuated from UAE, UK, US
The federal government has raised an alarm, warning Nigerians against visiting friends and relations recently evacuated from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)…
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In Africa, Trump’s Fate Is Worse Than A Laughing Stock – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene In a recent article in The Atlantic also widely used elsewhere, American journalist, Anne Applebaum, described the pathetic meltdown of US President Donald Trump, especially since the outbreak of the global health crisis, COVID-19. According to the journalist, not only has Trump become the butt of jokes in video games, the US President’s…
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Trump blames democrats as US Coronavirus deaths exceeds 80,000
The US coronavirus death toll passed 80,000, far and away the most reported deaths of any country in the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. America marked that grim death toll Monday as almost every state, except for Connecticut and Massachusetts, have made plans to partially reopen some businesses, CNN is reporting. In…
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US accuses China of attempting to hack COVID-19 vaccine research
US security agencies are preparing to issue a warning that China’s most skilled hackers and spies are working to steal American research in the crash effort to develop vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus. The efforts are part of a surge in cybertheft and attacks by nations seeking advantage in the pandemic. The warning from…