Month: January 2021

Tunisian president’s aide hospitalised after opening suspect letter

Tunisian president’s aide hospitalised after opening suspect letter

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 2, 2020 Nadia Akacha, senior advisor to the Tunisian President in charge of Legal Affairs, attends the new government swearing-in ceremony at Carthage Palace on the eastern outskirts of the capital Tunis, following a confidence vote by parliament. – Akacha, currently the president’s chief of staff, has been hospitalised after handling a suspicious letter addressed to head of state Kais Saied, his office said in a statement, suggesting an attempted poisoning. She was discharged a day earlier but is still suffering from headaches and is being monitored by doctors. (Photo by FETHI…
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One third of Africa will be vaccinated this year: WHO

One third of Africa will be vaccinated this year: WHO

world health organization PHOTO: Getty Images Africa can expect to see at least 30 percent of its population immunised against coronavirus by the end of 2021, the World Health Organization said Thursday, as vaccines begin trickling into the continent. It is estimated Africa will need 1.5 billion vaccine doses to immunise 60 percent of its 1.3 billion inhabitants, the threshold for herd immunity against Covid-19. But the continent has fallen behind in the global vaccine scramble, as wealthier nations have been accused of bulk-buying excess doses directly from manufacturers. Most African countries are relying on the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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Pope to meet top Shiite cleric Sistani on Iraq visit: cardinal

Pope to meet top Shiite cleric Sistani on Iraq visit: cardinal

This handout photograph released on January 27, 2021 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis holding a live streamed weekly private audience in the library of the apostolic palace in The Vatican, during the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP) / /caption] Pope Francis is to meet top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani during the first-ever papal visit to Iraq in March, a senior Catholic cleric told AFP on Thursday. Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, said it would be a “private visit” between the two religious figures…
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Ihechiowa]: Sad Story Of Six Burnt Alive Over Failed Coronation In Abia State 

  By editor January 2, 2021, will perhaps become indelible in the minds of the people of January 2, 2021 will ever remain a 'red-letter-day' in the minds of the people of Achara Ihechiowa, in Arochukwu LGA of Abia State, as tragedy struck the community, amid New Year's celebration. The day started like any other until the unfortunate incident that led to the death of six men who were said to have been set ablaze and burnt to death over a community leadership dispute. Newsleverage reports that all efforts to ascertain the 'crux of the matter' were met with a sharp…
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We Shall Bring Political Tsunami In Abia, APC …As Peter Odinkemere, 35 Others join party

By Charity Uwakwe The All Progressives Congress, APC, chapter of Abia State, in Ikwuano LGA yesterday has threatened to cause an earthquake in the state, in their bid to end the hike in impunity allegedly perpetrated by the ruling party in the state, PDP. The LGA Chairman of APC, Hon. Emmanuel Ekpo made this open declaration, at Amawom Oboro, while they received over 35 members of the PDP into APC. It is no longer news that the people's Democratic party, Abia State chapter in recent times looses a handful of her bigwigs frequently to the APC. Speaking during a grand…
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Two dead in Texas doctor’s office hostage standoff

Two dead in Texas doctor’s office hostage standoff

Police Line PHOTO: Shutterstock Two people were found dead after an hours-long hostage situation at a doctor’s office in Texas, according to police and US media reports Wednesday. The drama in the state capital Austin began Tuesday afternoon and lasted more than five hours, and it was not immediately known how many people were taken hostage or who did it. A special police unit used a bullhorn to communicate with the hostage-taker. “Your life is very important to me,” a member of the SWAT team said over the loudspeaker, according to the Austin American-Statesman newspaper. “And I know life is…
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WHO says new Covid-19 variants have spread to dozens of countries

WHO says new Covid-19 variants have spread to dozens of countries

(FILES) This file photo taken on February 24, 2020 shows the logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) written in French and Chinese at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva. – President Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization, making good on threats over the UN body’s response to the coronavirus, a senator said July 7, 2020. “Congress received notification that POTUS officially withdrew the US from the @WHO in the midst of a pandemic,” Senator Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, wrote on Twitter. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI…
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Global financial markets may be overconfident, IMF warns

Global financial markets may be overconfident, IMF warns

IMF PHOTO: Reuters Investors may have become overly complacent about financial conditions, creating the risk of a sharp downturn in markets, the IMF said Wednesday. While policymakers must keep interest rates low to ensure economies recover from the Covid-19 crisis, they also must remain vigilant about potential problems, the IMF cautioned in the latest update to its Global Financial Stability Report. “Financial stability risks have been in check so far, but we cannot take this for granted,” said Tobias Adrian, head of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department. With borrowing rates at record lows and new vaccines boosting hopes…
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Police smash ‘world’s most dangerous’ cybercrime service

Police smash ‘world’s most dangerous’ cybercrime service

International police have disrupted the “world’s most dangerous” cybercrime service used to break into computer systems, law agencies announced on Wednesday. The illicit service called EMOTET was operated as a so-called botnet, software that infects a network of computers and allows them to be remotely controlled, Europol and its judicial sister agency Eurojust said. Police based in Britain, Canada, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the United States teamed together to infiltrate EMOTET’s infrastructure. Describing it as the “world’s most dangerous malware”, Europol said in a statement that “law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide have this week disrupted one of…
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Henry Ikoh Mourns Eze Enweremadu, Describes Him As First Class King

Henry Ikoh Mourns Eze Enweremadu, Describes Him As First Class King

    By Charity Uwakwe The sudden death of His Eminence Eze Dr. Bernard Enweremadu, a renowned traditional ruler in Isialangwa North LGA of Abia State has indeed thrown all well-meaning Abians and Nigerians in a state of dilemma. Chief Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh, a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress, APC has described the sad news as a collosal loss to the entire Nigeria nation. Chief Ikoh, in his sorrowful state said posterity would always speak about the legacies the deceased had left during his life time. Ikoh, described Eze Bernard as a First-Class traditional ruler who left notable footprints…
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