President Donald Trump has threatened to pull the US out of the World Health Organization, accusing it of botching the global coronavirus response and of being a “puppet of China.” The American leader has been locked in a bitter spat with Beijing, alleging it covered up the initial outbreak in central China late last year before the disease unleashed death and economic devastation across the planet. More than 317,000 people have died of COVID-19 out of nearly 4.8 million infections worldwide, and governments are scrambling to contain the virus while seeking ways to resuscitate their hammered economies. With more fatalities…
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While Nigerian football followers have been celebrating the country’s league on its 30 anniversary, former Super Eagles coaches, Adegboye Onigbinde and Joe Erico say they are disappointed with the performance of the competition. Onigbinde told The newmen at the weekend that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and stakeholders have not set out guidelines for the development of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL), adding that the competition in the 1960s up to 1980s was better in terms of entertainment and production of great talents recognised in Africa and the rest of the world. Onigbinde said youths of that era already…
There was a mild drama yesterday as Waziri Bulama was sworn in as Acting National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bulama, who hails from Borno State, replaced Mai Mala Buni, who was elected governor of Yobe State on the APC platform in last year’s polls. However, APC’s National Vice Chairman (North East), Mustapha Salihu, who had been at the forefront of those opposed to Bulama nomination for the position created a scene when he interrupted National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole shortly after commencement of proceedings. Salihu, who claimed he was unaware of the swearing in ceremony,…
Concerned stakeholders in Nigeria have raised the alarm over the danger of politicising the country’s management of COVID-19 pandemic currently affecting the globe. In separate interactions recently, these concerned Nigerians said there was need for a more seriousness approach to managing the dreaded coronavirus, adding that adequate measures should be put in place to confront the pandemic. A member of Social Democratic Party (SDP) and former Minister of Defence, Dr. Olu Agunloye, Coordinator for the Africa Health Budget Network, Dr. Aminu Magashi Garba, former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, former National Legal Adviser of…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has begun moves to finalise Super Eagles Manager, Gernot Rohr’s new contract within one week, with a view to getting the German ready to continue working on getting the senior national team to the top of the world game. The NFF’s new deal proposal for the former Bordeaux defender has some clauses, which the coach must agree to if he desired to continue managing the Super Eagles. Among the conditions is that he must reside in Nigeria to monitor the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) players. This is aside accepting that his salary would be…
President Donald Trump on Monday made the surprise announcement that he is taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that his own government experts say is not suitable for fighting the novel coronavirus. Trump, noting that he has tested negative for the virus and shows no symptoms, said he’d been taking the drug as a preventative measure for about a week and a half. “I take a pill every day,” he said, adding that he combines this with zinc. Asked why, he said: “Because I think it’s good. I’ve heard a lot of good stories.” Trump has shown interest for weeks in…
The predictions were sombre and the statistics scary. A calamity of immense proportion would hit the continent, leaving it worse off than other regions of the world. But months since COVID-19 struck, Africa with its notorious poor health infrastructure has recorded the least deaths. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) had in April predicted: “Anywhere between 300,000 and 3.3 million African people could lose their lives as a direct result of COVID-19.” The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned African countries to “prepare for the worst”, while Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in…
Police authorities and officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are looking for a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), who tested positive for COVID-19, but fled when a team came to evacuate him at the weekend. It was gathered that the CSP (names withheld) attached to 21 Police Mobile Force (PMF), Nyanya, Abuja, was billed to be evacuated from his residence at Garki Barracks around 2pm on Friday. The officer, have been quarantined and undergoing treatment at the National Hospital Abuja Isolation Centre, after he tested positive for the virus. It was however not clear how and why…
An unidentified doctor in Bauchi State was said to have infected 10 members of his family including his last child, a nine year-old son, after testing positive for coronavirus. Chairman, State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA), Dr. Rilwanu Muhammed, who disclosed this in Bauchi, the state capital yesterday, said though nine of the family have been discharged, his son remained in isolation. Dr. Mohammed further disclosed that the doctor may have contracted the virus while treating Covid-19 patients but he refused to allow himself to be treated, thereby exposing his family members to the deadly virus. ”The doctor and…
A 13-year-old girl has reportedly committed suicide in Warri, Delta State, after being beaten up for engaging in sex. It was gathered that the teenager, who lived with an elder sister, was seen with a man presumed to be her lover. Her sister beat her up, and she drank an insecticide and died behind a petrol station, a source said. “The girl’s elder sister beat her up for having a lover at her age, and she went inside and drank Angle 90, an insecticide,” the source said. Police spokesman, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya said, “Maybe the matter was not reported to…