Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 26th June 2020
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WWE’s Adam Pearce Tests Positive For COVID-19
Adam Pearce has become the latest WWE employee to confirm he has tested positive for the illness currently ravaging the planet. Broadcaster Renee Young was the first to confirm a positive test result. This came on the back of a Pro Wrestling Sheet story stating that multiple people within the company had been popped following last week’s …
Coronavirus: Cases In Belarus Top 60,000
The number of coronavirus cases in Belarus increased by 437 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 60,382, while five more patients died from virus-related causes, the national health ministry said via its Telegram channel. “60,382 people with positive tests for coronavirus were registered. Since the infection started spreading in the country, 367 …
Kim Jong-un Halts Military Action Against South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made a decision to suspend “military action plans” against South Korea, Yonhap reported citing the Korean Central News Agency. Kim presided over a preliminary Central Military Commission meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea through a video conference. “At the preliminary meeting, the WPK Central Military Commission took stock …
Ukraine To Detain 18 Foreign Ships
Ukrainian courts have ordered the arrest of 18 vessels for “violating the procedure of entry to Crimean ports.” Kiev intends to declare them wanted and to turn to other countries for assistance in carrying out these sanctions. “The Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (department of Prosecutor’s General Office of Ukraine, located outside …
Profit-Taking Persists As Nigerian Equities Market Sheds 0.12%
LAGOS – Weak sentiments continued to pervade the domestic equities market, as sell offs in eight stocks led the market to its fifth consecutive loss at the end of trading yesterday. In summary, the All-Share Index decreased by 29.81 basis points, representing a dip of 0.12 per cent to close at 24,625.24 points. Similarly, the …
Macy’s To Axe 3,900 Jobs
Macy’s Inc <M.N> said on Thursday it would lay off about 3,900 employees in corporate and management positions to help lessen some of the financial strain of dwindling sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The department store chain, which had about 123,000 employees at the end of January, said it expects to save about $365 …
Yossi Cohen Visits Jordan To Discuss Annexation
The head of Israel’s Mossad, Yossi Cohen, recently visited Jordan, passing a message to the country’s King Abdullah II regarding the annexation of Judea and Samaria. According to Walla!, Cohen visited Jordan, meeting with King Abdullah. An Israeli source on Thursday said that one of the central topics the two discussed in their meeting was Jordan’s …
CEC Entertainment Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company CEC Entertainment said Thursday that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after venue closures stemming from the coronavirus pandemic roiled its business. The company, which is owned by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, expects to continue operations throughout bankruptcy and will continue to reopen locations that were temporarily shuttered during the …
Poland’s First Nuclear Reactor To Be Ready In 2033
The Polish government’s plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure, Piotr Naimski, has told private radio RMF FM that Poland will build nuclear power plants with a capacity of 6-9 gigawatts (GW), and that the first reactor would be ready in 2033. President Andrzej Duda and his US counterpart Donald Trump announced in Washington on Wednesday that …
India, Pakistan Engage In Mortar Shelling
India and Pakistan, at odds over Jammu and Kashmir since independence, have been accusing each other of constant ceasefire violations across the Line of Control (LoC). While India claimed that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire over 2,000 times in 2020, Islamabad accused New Delhi of breaking the pact over 957 times. Pakistan resorted to firing …
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