Day: June 2, 2020

Nigeria now second highest COVID-19 ravaged country in Africa – WHO

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Cases in continent surge pass 150, 000   Nigeria has recorded the second-highest cases of COVID-19 in Africa, the World Health Organisation, (WHO) has declared. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, made this known via its official Twitter handle. WHO reported on Tuesday that as of June 2nd, COVID-19 cases in Africa had risen to over 150,000. “There are over 150,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 63,000 recoveries and 4,200 deaths,’’ it said. South Africa, Nigeria, and Algeria have the…

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Why 30 migrants were murdered in fresh Libyan onslaught

Efe Wellington

Many African migrants pass through Libya on dangerous journeys to Europe   A new onslaugh on migrants in Libya has led to the gruesome murder of 30 migrants, some of them from Africa. These thirty migrants are, according to a report by BBC, reported to have been killed in Western Libya in revenge for the murder of a man involved in human trafficking. The UN-backed government in the capital, Tripoli, said the trafficker had been killed by migrants as he was in the process of smuggling them out of the…

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AfDB crisis: Intrigues as Nigeria’s Buhari, Adesina meet behind closed door

Tim Bauer

  Role CoS Gambari played   The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met amidst intrigues with the President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, behind closed-door in the State House, Abuja, administrative capital of Nigeria. Details of deliberations at the meeting facilitated by the Chief of Staff to the Nigerian President, Professor Gambari, a diplomat of repute, was not made to known to journalists. It was however suspected not to be unconnected with the hot blood generated by call for independent probe of Adesina. The Chairman…

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57 oil blocks for sale in Nigeria as Buhari breaks 18-year jinx

Efe Wellington

  Why no oil block’s sale took place since 2002   Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the temporary sale of government’s rights (stakes) in 57 of oil blocks as the novel Coronavirus weighs in on the economy of the Africa’s biggest crude exporter. The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), an agency of Nigerian government, which stated this, noted that it had on Monday, June 1, 2020, already flagged off the sale through the commencement of marginal fields bid rounds for 2020. The last time that bid rounds took place…

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How Africa Reggae King, Majek Fashek, returned to drug, died at 57

Tim Bauer

  ‘Rain Maker’ died during heavy rain “to meet his maker” – Manager His tough battle with drug addiction   Nigeria-born African music legend and reggae king Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly called Majek Fashek, is dead. He was 57. His death was confirmed by his manager Omenka Uzoma, on the late singer’s official Instagram handle. “Today been having pressure calls, well it is true that the African No 1 Legendary ICON has gone to be with the LORD his Maker,” he said. “Let celebrate him, his achievements, and his family, whatever…

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