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BREAKING: 292 Nigerians arrive in Abuja from Saudi Arabia
Kayode Oyero No fewer than 292 evacuated Nigerians have arrived in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, from Saudi Arabia, The PUNCH reports. It was gathered that the flight arrived late on Tuesday at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, confirmed this on Wednesday via his Twitter handle. He said a …
COVID-19: La Liga to use video analysis for contact tracing
La Liga will use a video analysis programme to help determine if a player is likely to have infected a teammate or opponent. According to a draft protocol drawn up by the league, this will be put into use if the player tests positive for the coronavirus once the season re-starts. The protocol was sent …
COVID-19 will worsen hunger in Africa – UN
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, warned that millions of people could be pushed into extreme poverty in Africa due to the coronavirus pandemic and called for “global solidarity” with the continent. “The pandemic threatens African progress. It will aggravate long-standing inequalities and heighten hunger, malnutrition and vulnerability to disease,” Guterres said in a statement accompanying a …
FG slashes salaries of airport workers
Kayode Oyero The Federal Government has slashed the salaries of airport workers in the country, The PUNCH reports. In a circular to staff dated May 19, 2020, the Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria said the reduction in salaries is due to airport closures occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. The memo signed by …
Lesotho’s new PM sworn in after Thabane’s resignation
Lesotho’s ex-finance minister Moeketsi Majoro was sworn in as Prime Minister on Wednesday following the resignation of Thomas Thabane who is accused of conspiring in the murder of his wife. Majoro, 58, took the took oath of office at a ceremony at the royal palace of King Letsie III in the small southern African kingdom, …
Ex-Mexican president’s son commits suicide
A son of Mexico’s former president Luis Echeverria Alvarez, who governed in the 1970s with an iron fist, has killed himself, authorities said Tuesday. Alvaro Echeverria Zuno, 71, died on Tuesday morning at his home in the state of Morelos, south of Mexico City, the local prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Former president Echeverria, …
COVID-19: Unpaid foreign domestic workers stranded in Lebanon
A week after her Lebanese employer kicked her out without her luggage, pay or passport, all Ethiopian domestic worker Sofia wants is to go home as Lebanon begins repatriations. “My madam threw me out. She owes me six-and-a-half months salary,” Sofia said, her hair draped in a red scarf. “I want to go back to …
Nigeria’s active oil rigs fall by 24% to 16
’Femi Asu The number of active oil rigs in the country fell by 23.8 per cent to 16 in April amid the coronavirus-induced collapse in prices and demand for crude. Data obtained from Baker Hughes Incorporated and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Tuesday showed that Nigeria’s rig count stood at 21 in March. …
PPPRA clears marketers to import petrol
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Private oil marketers have now joined the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in the importation of petrol. It was gathered from the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency on Tuesday in Abuja that permits had been given to several marketers to start importing petrol alongside the NNPC. Before the downstream oil sector was liberalised …
South Korea reopen schools
Hundreds of thousands of South Korean students returned to school on Wednesday as educational establishments started reopening after a coronavirus delay of more than two months. Students lined up for temperature checks and were given sanitisers to wash their hands as they entered school premises while teachers greeted them with smiles and occasional elbow bumps. …
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