A total of 137 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were reported in Nigeria on Tuesday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Tuesday. The public health agency said the new infections bring the country’s total number of COVID -19 to 63,173. The health agency said that there were 306 COVID-19 patients who have been successfully treated and discharged from isolation centers across country in the last 24 hours. “The 137 new cases are reported from 15 states and the FCT, as follows – Lagos-60, Abia-21 FCT-18, Rivers-13, Kaduna-5, Oyo-4, Edo-3, Delta-2,…
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The African Diaspora Congress (ADC) on Wednesday said Nigeria could learn from the U.S. electoral process, to build on democratic gains in the country. Prof. Apollos Nwauwa, the Secretary-General and Public Relations Officer of ADC, made this known in a telephone interview in Abuja. According to Nwauwa, who is also Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Movement (NDM), the outcome of the current U.S. election would profoundly reshape not only the United States of America, but the world. Nwauwa said, “Nigeria can learn from the U.S. electoral system that decentralizes the process and farm them out to the States and Counties.…
Cambodia has reported 7,668 cases of malaria in the first nine months of 2020, a 70-per cent drop from 25,499 over the same period in 2019. Health Minister Mam Bunheng told Xinhua on Wednesday that “among the reported cases, there have been no deaths.’’ Bunheng added that the kingdom has achieved zero death from malaria three years earlier than the self-imposed target. Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease, which is often found in rainy seasons and mostly happens in the forest and mountainous provinces. Bunheng said that to avoid being bitten by malaria-carrying mosquitoes, people living in malaria risk areas…
Voters in several U.S. states backed measures to decriminalise marijuana and some psychedelic drugs in referendums. According to the board of elections on Wednesday, with ballots still being counted in the nation’s capital, Washington, 77 per cent of voters are saying yes to effectively decriminalising a range of psychedelic plants and mushrooms. The ballot initiative would lower the priority for the enforcement of laws against the non-commercial possession, distribution and cultivation of such hallucinogenic substances, and ask prosecutors to drop cases related to those activities. Arizona, New Jersey, Montana and South Dakota joined 11 other states in legalising recreational marijuana.…
U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed victory in Tuesday’s presidential election with millions of votes yet to be counted. In remarks at the White House, Trump alleged that there was a “major fraud” in ongoing counting of votes and vowed to mount a legal challenge. The remarks came after Twitter restricted his post with the same allegation and warned users it might be misleading. In the White House remarks, Trump claimed that he had won in several states, including Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where votes were still being counted. He alleged that election officials had halted vote counting in…
Twitter has imposed restriction on a tweet by U.S. President Trump in which he alleges attempt by unnamed persons to “steal the election”. “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!” the tweet reads. Twitter quickly flagged the message, preventing users from commenting, liking or retweeting it. The company added a warning: “Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process.” It attached a link directing…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Tuesday in Abuja urged the Federal and State governments to ensure justice and fairness to all Nigerians. Sultan, who is also the President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), said this at an emergency NEC meeting of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, on Tuesday in Abuja. The emergency meeting was necessitated by the social unrest in some part of the country arising from the EndSARS protest. The sultan also enjoined all politicians to work towards a better country, saying “if really we want this country to move…
By Tina George, Minna Sixty rice and cassava farmers and processors in Edati, Mokwa and Borgu local government areas of Niger state have been trained on business management, leadership and team building. The training, which was organized by the Federal government IFAD Value Chain Development Program, taught the farmers how to improve on their farming activities and take it as a business. Speaking to AsheNews after the program in Edati local government area, the Business and Marketing Development Officer of the programme, Mrs Elizabeth Yisa said that many farmers and processors have experienced losses because they do not know how…
The management of the Federal Polytechnic Mubi, has withheld 19 months salary of a senior lecturer in the Department of Languages (English), Ms Grace Adamu, for being blind. Adamu, who spoke with AsheNews through telephone, said her predicament began in November 2018 when her vision started deteriorating as a result of glaucoma. According to her, she was booked for eye surgery in December 2018 at the cost of N345,000, and that she applied in writing for permission to be absent for the surgery, a development that even departmental head, was aware. She further told AsheNews that the surgery resulted in…
Mr Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, has lambasted Northern governors for giving preference to censorship of social media over ‘censorship’ against banditry in the region. AsheNews earlier reported the Northern governors and Emirs as supporting the regulation of social media because of its devastating effect. However, Sen. Sani in a response his Twitter handle @ShehuSani on Tuesday, observed that while the people in the region were being killed from activities of Boko Haram and bandits, the governors’ attention was only shifted to regulation of social media. Shehu Sani in a Tweet on Tuesday said northerners live…