AfDB crisis: 15 ex-African leaders send strong signal to US, back Adesina

  Fifteen concerned African leaders, mainly former presidents across the continent, have sent a strong signal to the United States (U.S) against its call for an independent probe of the President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina. They unanimously called on all the shareholders of the Bank including the US to respect its rules, procedures and governance structures. In a joint statement issued Friday, they also warned against distracting the AfDB President, Dr. Adesina. Adesina, who is bidding for a second five-year term as president of the bank, had been under…

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Another death looms in Aso Rock, Gambari’ll run into crisis — Nigeria’s Primate Ayodele

  Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari’ll lose another aide as another death looms in Aso Rock, the seat of power. A prominent Christian cleric and leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, who declared this in a new series of prophesies, warned that unless President Buhari engages in fervent prayer, his Presidency would be struck by this tragedy. It should be recalled that the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, died in April after falling ill due to the Coronavirus Disease. Ayodele, who also predicted winners of…

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How 82-year old hypertensive widow recovered from COVID-19 in Nigeria’s Osun state

  An 82-year-old widow who is also suffering from hypertension has recovered from the coronavirus disease after receiving nine-day treatment at the Isolation and Treatment Centre, Asubiaro, Osogbo, in Osun State. She was confirmed positive and admitted at the State isolation centre on the 13th of May, 2020. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, who disclosed this in a statement released on Friday in Osogbo, said the Septuagenarian’s recovery from the virus beats the odds as elderly people with chronic diseases are the highest risk group because  most of…

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Chevron slates 6,750 staff for mass sack 

  Cuts 30% off 2020 spending over COVID-19   Chevron Corporation, America’s super oil major, has slated 6,750 staff for sack in one of the biggest global mass disengagment of work force. The mass sack, the company with major footprint in Africa said, represents a cut of between 10 per cent to 15 per cent of its worldwide workforce as part of an ongoing restructuring at the second-largest U.S. oil producer. Spokeswoman for Chevron, Veronica Flores-Paniagua confirmed this according to a report by Bloomberg, maintaining that Chevron, which has 45,000…

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COVID-19: Switzerland reopens brothels with ‘safe’ sex positions from June 6

Switzerland has given the green light for brothels to open on June 6 as the country exits lockdown, with strict health rules including keeping your faces ‘one forearm length apart’ during sex. Doggy style and reverse cowgirl positions are among those which would comply with the new rule – but threesomes are out and ‘anal practices’ will require gloves, reports dailymail.co.uk. Anonymity is also a thing of the past, because clients’ personal details will have to be kept for four weeks in case they are needed for contact tracing. Rules…

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