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COVID-19: Fiji Airways cuts workforce by half
Pandemic-hit Fiji Airways fired more than half its workforce Monday, as travel restrictions put the islands’ vital tourism sector in deep freeze and reduced the national carrier’s revenue to “virtually zero”. Chief executive Andre Viljoen said that after “exhausting all other options” the airline had decided to let 758 staff go — some 51 percent …
Burundi presidential election results expected Monday
Burundi’s electoral commission is to announce provisional results from last week’s presidential election Monday, with the outgoing head of state’s handpicked successor Evariste Ndayishimiye poised to be declared the winner. The announcement is set for 2:00 pm (1200 GMT), according to an official press invitation received Sunday. Definitive results will be published on June 4. …
Oyo confirms six more COVID-19 cases in Ibadan firm
Wale Oyewale, Ibadan Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has confirmed six more COVID-19 cases at iSON Xperiences in Ibadan South West Local Government Council Area of the state. The total number of cases from iSON Xperiences has risen to 149. The governor, who heads the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, made the disclosure via …
COVID-19: Trump bars travel from Brazil
President Donald Trump on Sunday suspended travel from Brazil, which has emerged as a major new hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said. Non-Americans who have been in Brazil in the 14-day period prior to when they seek admittance to the US cannot come to America, said White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. …
I’m too busy to eye Anambra gov seat — Ngige
Tony Okafor, Awka The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said he is too busy serving the nation at the national level to consider a shot at the 2021 Anambra State governorship election. Ngige who spoke to reporters in his country home in Alor, in Idemili Local Government Area, of the state …
COVID-19 reduces developing, advanced countries to same level – Buhari
Our Reporters The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said on Sunday that he observed the Eid-el-Fitr prayers at his State House residence because of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. He explained that his decision was in compliance with the measures put in place by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 which prohibited mass gatherings. Buhari …
Police storm Anambra carjackers’ den, recover vehicles, guns
Tony Okafor, Awka The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Anambra State Police Command, on Sunday, stormed a carjackers’ den in the state and arrested three suspects. It also recovered a bus and a Sport Utility Vehicle as well as arms and ammunition from the suspects. A Toyota Highlander SUV, it was gathered, was snatched from one …
India’s Olympic athlete, Singh, dies at 95
Balbir Singh, who won three Olympic hockey golds for India and became one of his country’s biggest sporting heroes, has died at the age of 95, his family said Monday. Singh was in teams that won the Olympic title in London in 1948 and Helsinki in 1952 and led the side that won in Melbourne …
Landlords worry about COVID-19 impact on commercial properties
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Commercial landlords are increasingly concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their tenants and property portfolio, a new report has said. The report quoted a commercial property solicitor, Paul Hinchliffe, to have said he had been approached by landlords asking for advice on how they could balance their own books …
Amotekun nabs four suspected burglars in Osun
Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo Four suspected burglars were, on Sunday, arrested by men of the Amotekun Corps in Ila Odo, Odo Otin Local Government Area of Osun State. The leader of the gang, Sola Taiwo, two other members and their spiritualist were accused of attacking the house of a resident about two weeks ago and stealing many …
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