The coronavirus pandemic has left at least 10 percent of American workers jobless in the past three weeks after a record 6.6 million new claims for unemployment benefits were filed last week. Daily Mail reports. Nearly 10 million people applied for the benefits in the last two weeks of March as COVID-19 spread throughout the country and businesses closed. The number likely increase because many states are still clearing out backlogs of applications for unemployment aid. More companies are also resorting to layoffs to save money as they run through their cash cushions as virus-related shutdowns persist. Economists say up…
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Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau has issued a threat to President Iddris Deby following the killing of his fighters in an offensive led by the Chadian leader. The Chadian army had taken the war to the insurgents, killing 100 of its members in Magumeri, a local government in the northern Borno, and setting Nigerian soldiers held captive free. In a 5 minutes audio message obtained by The Nation, Shekau said his fighters will be coming after President Deby. The Boko Haram leader who insisted that the Chadian leader is fighting against the enthronement of Islam, claimed that Allah made his fighters kill over…
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has pulled-down from its website an advertorial video of Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, MERIDIAN SPY, can report. In the video , the comic actress, was seen preaching social distancing and measures for advanced personal hygiene to curtail the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the country. The sensitisation video which was pulled-down on Sunday came as the agency’s reaction to Funke Akindele’s disregard to what she had preached in the video. The actress and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skillz, were seen on tape hosting a number of guests in her…
Popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, has been arrested by men of the Nigerian Police Force. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, in a press release made available to the media, confirmed the arrest. The said statement stated that Funke Akindele was arrested for violating the restrictions order in Lagos. The police, however, advised Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley, Abdul Rasheed Bello a.k.a. JJC Skillz and others seen in the party video been circulated on the social media to report themselves or risk being declared wanted.
Boris Johnson, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, has been admitted to a hospital due to ongoing symptoms related to coronavirus, according to the BBC. The prime minister “continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus,” a spokeswoman said. She called Johnson’s hospitalization a precautionary step. Johnson, 55, revealed he tested positive for the virus on March 27 and had been quarantining in his official Downing Street residence since then. In the U.K., there have been more than 47,000 cases of coronavirus and 4,934 deaths from the illness, according to the government.
A 63-year-old man was shot dead in the Philippines after threatening village officials and police with a scythe at a coronavirus checkpoint, police said on Saturday. A police report said the man is believed to have been drunk when he threatened village officials and police manning the checkpoint in the town of Nasipit in the southern province of Agusan del Norte on Thursday. According to the report: “The suspect was cautioned by a village health worker … for not wearing a face mask. “But the suspect got angry, uttering provoking words and eventually attacked the personnel using a scythe.” The suspect was shot dead by a police officer…
“Between 100,000 to 240,000 people will be killed by Covid 19 in Amerca if we take the right measures but if we do not take the right measures up to 2.2 million Americans will die”- CNN. If CNN is quoting the experts in the medical field and saying that up to 2.2 million people will die in America alone if the right measures are not taken to tackle Covid 19, can anyone hazard a guess about how many millions we will lose in Nigeria and Africa if care is not taken and we do not do the right thing? The…
According to a statement from Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II will give a rare televised address on tonight to address the coronavirus pandemic. It will be only the fourth time the Queen has made a special broadcast. The last one being in 2002 following the death of the Queen Mother. She also did a televised address ahead of Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997 and one about the First Gulf War in 1991. The palace said the speech was recorded at Windsor Castle and will be broadcast to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth “in relation to the coronavirus outbreak.” The…
A coronavirus patient has been discharged at the Infectious Disease Hospital IDH in Yaba, Lagos, bringing the total discharge patients to 24 in the state. Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure at a press briefing on Saturday. The identity of the patient remains unknown but the governor expressed optimism that more patients would be discharged soon. Meanwhile, Sanwo-Olu said the lock down in the state may be extended if the need arises. He said: “This is just day five. So, in the first 14 days, we still have about eight or nine days to go. “So, I’m sure…
Nigerian music superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido reacted to claims by singer, Peruzzi and top music producer, Kiddominant that they wrote some of his hit songs. Peruzzi and Kiddominant, in an instagram live session, revealed that they wrote most of Davido’s hit songs. During the live video, Peruzzi revealed he wrote davido’s FIA, Nwa Baby, Risky and Assurance, while Kiddominant said he wrote hits like Dodo, Fall, The Money, and Like Dat. The Assurance crooner who was being discussed, appeared to be watching the live video and he dropped a comment to let viewers know he too had written hits himself.…
Tyson Fury says he is ready to beat Deontay Wilder again as they will meet for the third time. The pair had fought twice, once in 2018 which controversially ended a draw and the recent match in Las Vegas in February ending in a victory for fury, after Wilder’s corner threw in the towel in the seventh round. After the match, Wilder activated the rematch clause in his contract, thereby delaying Fury’s possible match-up with Anthony Joshua, after he displayed his mouth guard designed with the Nigerian colour. The Wilder-Fury rematch was set for July 18, but was postponed due…
Nigeria has confirmed twenty new cases of coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC made the disclosure on Monday evening via its official Twitter handle. More to follow….