Nigeria news today headlines : Sunday 12th July 2020
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Ajayi’s Impeachment And Monkey Business In Ondo Assembly
AKURE – Ondo State House of Assembly has been a beehive of audacious activities since Tuesday, July 7, 2020 and consequently the state has been thrown into evitable crisis. The 26-member House had advertised its resumption in national dailies, a development that had initially raised suspicion that the lawmakers might be up to the usual …
Lagos Assembly In The Eye Of The Storm
LAGOS – The Federal Government, through its Ministry of Labour and Employment, unveiled details of its plan to employ at least 1,000 persons from each of the 774 local government areas in the country. The initiative, which was meant to start October 1, 2020, will see each of the beneficiaries earn N20, 000 monthly to …
North Korea Denounces UK For Sanctions On Organisations
North Korea denounced Britain on Saturday for announcing sanctions against two organisations that the British government has said are involved in forced labour, torture and murder in North Korean prison camps. The move against the two organisations, named as the Ministry of State Security Bureau 7 and Ministry of People’s Security Correctional Bureau, is part …
China’s Jiangxi Declares Highest Flood Alert
The southern Chinese province of Jiangxi issued its highest flood warning on Saturday, predicting a big overflow from a lake that joins the Yangtze River as torrential rain continued to batter much of the country, state media said. The provincial government raised its flood-control response level to I from II, the People’s Daily said, the …
Rouhani Calls For Ban On Weddings, Wakes
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for big gatherings such as weddings and wakes to be banned to stem a rise in coronavirus infections, but insisted the country’s economy had to stay open. Shortly after Rouhani’s televised speech, a police official in Tehran announced the closure of all wedding and mourning venues in the …
California To Release 8,000 Prisoners Due To Pandemic
The US state of California will release up to 8,000 inmates early from state prisons to slow the spread of COVID-19 inside facilities, state authorities said. Prisoners with a year or less left to serve will be eligible for release. Among prisoners excluded from early release are those convicted of violent felonies and s** crimes, …
Congo Justice Minister Resigns
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Justice Minister Celestin Tunda tendered his resignation on Saturday in the wake of a dispute with the president over proposed laws that would give politicians more control over criminal prosecutions. In a televised statement, Tunda gave no reason for his departure, which comes a week after President Felix Tshisekedi privately …
Panama Hospitals On Verge Of Shutdown As Virus Cases Surge
Hospitals in Panama are on the brink of collapse as coronavirus cases spike in the Central American country worst hit by the pandemic, where doctors are already exhausted. With a population of four million, Panama has gone from 200 cases a day to 1,100 over the last few weeks. “Our daily number of infected patients …
4,000 Volunteer To Test COVID-19 Vaccine In Germany
Some 4,000 volunteers have registered as subjects for a coronavirus vaccination study at the University Hospital in Tuebingen. “It’s a real luxury situation, unlike usual clinical trials,” study director Peter Kremsner told DPA news agency on Friday. “Normally we have trouble coming up with enough test subjects.”
How Gov Umahi Protects Ebonyi People From Ravages Of COVID-19
In this report, SAMSON NWAFOR x-rays the efforts of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, so far, in the fight against COVID-19 in the state. Ebonyi State Government arguably, was the first state in Nigeria to announce its preventative measures against the COVID-19 pandemic which was first reported in Wuhan, China. This was disclosed in a …
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