Russia’s GRU military intelligence service appears to have got hold of many emails from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s constituency office in a 2015 hack attack on Germany’s parliament. Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday, without citing its sources. The report says federal criminal police and the federal cyber agency had...
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… As WHO warns virus could kill 190,000 people in Africa By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Despite a range of prevention and containment measures imposed by African countries against the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), confirmed cases of the pandemic have continued to soar. Available data on the pandemic indicates...
The Enugu State Government has announced another confirmed case of COVID-19 in the state, bringing the total to nine. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, disclosed this in a statement in Enugu. Obi said that the case was a nine-year-old child contact of the fourth case reported in...
The Presidency says Mansur Ahmed, an Executive Director, Dangote Group and President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) is to represent the Organised Private Sector on the Board of Trustees of the Police Trust Fund. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday approved the appointment of retired Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman...
A woman in Oklahoma opened fire on McDonald’s staff after being told the restaurant’s dining area was closed during the coronavirus pandemic, police said. It was one of several cases of sometimes deadly violence against employees trying to enforce social distancing rules across the U.S. in recent days, as...
Two men suspected of ambushing a black jogger and shooting him to death during an altercation were arrested on Thursday, authorities in the U.S. state of Georgia said. Father and son Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, who said they suspected Ahmaud Arbery was a burglar, were charged with murder...
Nigeria has recorded 381 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 3,526. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), confirmed this in a tweet on Thursday. The centre said this is the highest number of cases recorded in a single day...
By Israel Hayom Computing giant Intel is preparing to acquire Israel’s “urban mobility” public transportation app Moovit, the Globes business daily reported Sunday. The VC arm of Intel is already a shareholder in Moovit, which was founded in 2011. Moovit has attracted the attention of major Israeli startup players. Mobileye founder...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ten persons associated with the Lagos State House in Marina, the official residence of the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu, have tested positive for COVID-19. Professor Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, disclosed this on his Twitter page on Thursday. This revelation no doubt raises concern...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigerian Stock Exchange said it has committed a N100 million support in fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. In a release on Thursday, NSE explained that out of the sum, N60 million will be donated to the Capital Market Support Committee for...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Abuja has received personal protective equipment financed by the German Government to support it in its fight against the coronavirus. German Deputy Ambassador, Helmut Kulitz, handed over the equipment including hand sanitizer, disposable coveralls, sanitizing spray,...
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria on the 27th of February 2020. Just a little over two months ago and, yet, it feels like a lifetime has elapsed. The world we lived in then, is so much different from the one we are about to be...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi In the evening of Saturday 2nd May, 2020, a friend who is also a member of the self appointed group of people, who try to prevent crime in my area during the Federal Government directed lockdown period in Lagos, drew my attention to a post that read; private...
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the Senior Pastor of Christ Embassy, has continued to express his displeasure at the different measures put in place by the Federal government since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Oyakhilome in an online sermon on Tuesday, spoke against the wearing of facemask. He opined that the use of facemasks...
…Total infections now 3145 and 103 deaths By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has deployed a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to support Kano State Government in strengthening its COVID-19 response and repositioning its resources to address identified gaps. The global body which made this known on Wednesday in...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has denied social media reports alleging that about 155 people died of COVID-19 in the state. Governor Buni’s reaction is contained in a statement issued in Damaturu on Wednesday by his Director-General, Press Affairs & Media, Mallam...