Day: August 18, 2019

Measles claims over 2500 lives in DRC

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A measles epidemic has caused more than 2,700 deaths between January and early August in the DRC, killing more people in seven months than Ebola in one year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported in a tweet read on Saturday. “The measles epidemic declared on June 10 is the deadliest that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has known since 2011-2012 Between January and early August 2019, it infected more than 145,000 people and resulted in 2,758 deaths” , according to the MSF-DRC tweet dated Friday. “Despite the magnitude of the…

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Guardiola Unhappy With Refereeing Inconsistencies In Man City Home Draw Against Spurs

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Pep Guardiola insists the use of VAR must be more consistent after Manchester City were denied a late winner in the 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Gabriel Jesus thought he had slammed in a last-gasp third goal for City, only for VAR to chalk the strike off due to a handball from Aymeric Laporte – in scenes similar to those from the epic Champions League clash against Spurs last season. While the video review system came to Spurs’ rescue, it did not aid City…

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Waiter shot dead for being ‘too slow with sandwich’

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Apparently enraged at being made to wait for a sandwich, a customer shot a waiter dead at an eatery on the outskirts of Paris. The waiter’s colleagues called police after he was shot in the shoulder with a handgun in the Noisy-le-Grand suburb east of Paris on Friday night, a source said. Attempts to revive the 28-year-old failed and he died at the scene. The gunman, who a witness said lost his temper “as his sandwich wasn’t prepared quickly enough”, fled the scene. Police said a murder investigation has been…

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GTBank Declares Profit Before Tax Of N115.8b

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Audited financial results of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has been released for the half year ended June 30, 2019 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. The half year result shows positive growth across key financial metrics and reflects GTBank’s leading position as one of the best managed financial institutions in Africa. The Bank reported a Profit Before Tax of N115.8 billion, representing a growth of 5.6 per cent over N109.6 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2018. The Bank’s loan book grew by 1.0 per cent from N1.262…

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Ekweremadu assaulted by IPOB members in Germany

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Sen. Ike Enweremadu, the immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, has confirmed a physical assault on him by some members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday. Enweremadu confirmed the attack in a statement released by his Media Assistant, Uche Anichukwu in Abuja. Reports has it that a 64-second video about the attack had gone viral on the social media earlier on Saturday. In the video, Ekweremadu was seen being violently questioned over his alleged conspiracy with the Federal Government to proscribe the…

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