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Indian Healer Who Kisses Hands To Cure diseases dies from Coronavirus

Jun 13, 2020 topnews

After infecting 20 of his followers, an Indian healer who claimed he could cure coronavirus by kissing people’s hands has died from the disease. The healer who is from Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh kissed the hands of his devotees and told them that the kisses would rid their lives of problems. He also claimed his ‘kiss-cure’ worked on coronavirus patients – despite the virus spreading through contagious droplets from the mouth or nose. According to health department officials, the man contracted coronavirus himself and tested positive on 3 June. He…

Aisha Buhari to IG: Release my aides from detention

Jun 13, 2020 topnews

Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to immediately release her aides who were reportedly detained based on the orders of the Chief Security Officer to the President, Idris Kassim Mrs Buhari stated this in a series of tweets on Friday. It was reported that a top aide to the President, Yusuf Sabiu aka Tunde, who had recently returned from another state, refused to self-isolate but forced his way to the Presidential Villa. Mrs Buhari’s aides were said to have forcibly…

Family seeks ex-President status for Abiola

Jun 13, 2020 topnews

Chief Olanrewaju Abiola, the Head of Abiola family in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to actualise the mandate that Nigerians gave to the late Chief Moshood Abiola on June 12, 1993, by conferring an official status of an ex-President of the country on him. Olanrewaju also asked that all the entitlements that should have accrued to his late brother from 1993 to date should be paid to the family. He made the demand at the family house in Abeokuta on Friday, advising Buhari to liaise with the…

Buhari Approves ₦123 Bilion For Ibadan-Kano Rail

Jun 13, 2020 topnews

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of $318m (about 123bn) as counterpart funding to the Chinese Government for the Ibadan-Kano standard gauge project. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi who disclosed this said work on the Ibadan-Kano segment of the Lagos-Kano line may commence by the end of August. It would be handled by the China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC). Amaechi who spoke in a Democracy Day interview on Friday night commended the Chinese Government which he said had been very helpful in funding the railway…

Manchester United lose friendly to Championship side West Brom

Jun 13, 2020 topnews

Manchester United’s preparations for the Premier League restart have hit a snag after they were beaten 2-1 by Championship side West Brom in a friendly on Friday. The Red Devils lost the first of two matches against the Baggies at Old Trafford, before rallying to win the second contest 3-1. Both games were played behind-closed-doors at the famous venue as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team prepares to take on Tottenham away on June 19 in their first league match since the coronavirus hiatus. United put out two different teams across the…

My disqualification unjust – Obaseki

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

Godwin Obaseki, the Governor of Edo State, has faulted his disqualification from the All Progressives Congress’ primary election in Edo State. He made this known via his Twitter handle after the APC Screening Committee announced that he is ineligible to contest. The governor tweeted, “We call on all party members and our teeming supporters to remain calm and await further directives, in the light of the announcement of my unjust disqualification to participate in @OfficialAPCNg primary election in Edo State by the screening committee.” The All Progressives Congress had declared Obaseki,…

Journalist remanded for criticising Lai Mohammed

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

Rotimi Jolayemi, also known as Oba Akewi, who was arrested for his Yoruba poetic song critical of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has been remanded by the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Anwuli Chikere ordered Jolayemi’s remand after he was arraigned on six counts including alleged spreading of an audio file said to have caused annoyance, ill will, hatred, and insults towards the minister. The judge ordered the defendant to be remanded in the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department headquarters,…

COVID-19: 44.2m workers sacked in the US

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, about 44.2 million workers have been sacked even as businesses try to reopen. Analysts warn of continuing damage to the world’s largest economy as COVID-19 shows few signs of abating. Wall Street stocks plunged Thursday, reversing recent momentum as traders became spooked by resurgent cases of the virus in parts of the country and new Labor Department data showed another 1.54 million workers filed for unemployment benefits last week. The massive layoffs have become routine since shutdowns to stop the coronavirus from spreading began in…

Kaduna Assembly impeaches deputy speaker, Lawmakers exchange blows

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

The deputy speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Mukhtar Isa Hazo, representing Milgoma constituency was on Thursday impeached and in his place, Isaac Auta, from Kauru was elected. Hazo was until his election, the House Committee Chairman on Local Government and Chieftain Affairs before his election as Deputy Speaker in February, 2020. The 24-member Assembly passed a vote of no confidence in Hazo. There was, however, a mild drama during the inauguration of the new deputy speaker when a member attempted to snatch the maze, the symbol of…

‘We’ve returned N2.7bn recovered from Okorocha to Imo’ – EFCC

Jun 12, 2020 topnews

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it had returned about N2.7 bn out of the N7.9 bn recovered from different bank accounts linked to Okorocha, to the state for payment of workers’ salaries and pensions. The EFCC Port Harcourt Zonal Head, Mr Imam Usman, said this on Thursday during a mid-year briefing on the activities of the commission. He added, “Also, properties worth billions of naira recovered in the course of the investigation have been forfeited to the Federal Government. “Out of the N2.7bn already returned to Imo State,…