PDP rejects N123.50k price, insists on N90 per litre

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the new price of N123.50k price per litre as announced by the federal government.

In a statement on Thursday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the appropriate price per litre be fixed at N90.

The party described the recent cut in price from N125 to N123.50 as offensive and fraudulent, adding that it’s a further display of cruelty and insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians by the administration |||READ MORE ….

Trump now says if 100,000 Americans die from coronavirus he will have done 'a very good job

At the first formal press briefing with his coronavirus task force on Feb. 26, President Trump said he didn’t agree with the assessment of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that an outbreak was “inevitable” in the United States, noting that the country had just 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no deaths attributed to the virus.

“When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done,” Trump said at the time. “We have it so well under control. I mean, we really have done a very good job.”

Ever since, Trump has been moving the goalposts on the pandemic, and on Sunday, with coronavirus cases and deaths mounting, Trump said that keeping the U.S. death toll between 100,000 and 200,000 would be “a very good job.” |||READ MORE …

Tragedy in Lagos: Dangote truck crushes 6 to death

Despite lockdown, tragedy struck in Lagos on Tuesday as Dangote Cement silo truck crushed six persons to death after Epe Long bridge, Epe area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed that six people died in the tragedy.

According to him, on arrival at the above scene, a Dangote Cement silo truck with unknown registration number was discovered to have fallen on a fully loaded commercial taxi OPEL car with registration number SMK-312ES |||READ MORE …

Flashback: How another pandemic virus killed 500,000 Nigerians 102 years ago

In 1918, a pandemic virus, called the Spanish flu blew across the world like the current coronavirus and killed at least 50 million people. In Nigeria, then under colonial rule, an estimated 500,000 died.

There is a striking similarity between the two pandemics in the way they affected Nigeria: both were brought in by travellers.

A little over a century ago, the old killer virus was brought in by travellers arriving by ship from England. Fast forward to the present; travellers arriving by planes from Europe and United States are the chief vectors of the new virus |||READ MORE …

FG further reduces pump price of petrol to N123.50 per litre

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has announced further reduction of the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol from N125 to N123.50k per litre.

The agency made the announcement in a statement singed by its Executive Secretary, Abdulkadir Saidu, in Abuja on Tuesday night.

“PPPRA in line with the government approval for a monthly review of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) pump price, hereby announces Guiding PMS pump price of N123.50 per Litre |||READ MORE …

World Athletics Launches ‘Athletics At Home’

World Athletics on Tuesday launched a new series, Athletics At Home, which is designed to help people of all ages to stay fit, active and engaged during this period of unprecedented lockdown around the world due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The content, which will appear on both the athletics body’s website and social media channels, is divided into four themes: Kids, Active, Rewind and Unwind.

The first one which is the Kids includes activities, quizzes, online tutorials and interviews with some of the sport’s biggest stars |||READ MORE …

GREAT OUTFITS IN FASHION HISTORY: TESSA THOMPSON IN VOLUMINOUS VALENTINO

There are perfectly good celebrity style moments, and then there are the looks that really stick with you, the ones you try desperately to recreate at home. In 'Great Outfits in Fashion History,' Fashionista editors are revisiting their all-time favorite lewks.

It's a commonly accepted adage that looking great does not always mean feeling great, and might even be downright uncomfortable: "beauty is pain," we're told, and "pretty hurts." Well, that might be true at times, but it doesn't have to be universally so — and the Valentino look Tessa Thompson wore to the European premiere of "Creed II" in 2018 is proof.

The dress was so roomy that Thompson could easily have used the train to smuggle a couple pets and perhaps a small child into the movie premiere with her, had the need arisen. Since not feeling constricted is perhaps the highest priority on my personal list when it comes to judging a given item's comfort level, this roominess leads me to believe that Thompson's dress was supremely comfortable. Furthermore, it had no form-fitting bodice to prevent Thompson from fully enjoying a large bowl of pasta at some fancy restaurant after the event, if she wanted; and there was no deeply-plunging neckline or too-short hemline to make her worry about wardrobe mishaps |||READ MORE …

Coronavirus: FIFA Starts Emergency Fund For Leagues, Clubs

Football’s world governing body, FIFA, is setting up a fund to assist competitions and players which have run into financial difficulty because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A number of clubs are feeling the bite of the financial crisis brought on by the pandemic, with Premier League sides Newcastle and Tottenham placing some staff on furlough – a scheme in which an employee does not work but gets 80 per cent of their salary paid for the next two months by the government.

In Spain, La Liga giants Barcelona have agreed a 70 per cent wage cut for their players, while in Scotland, Hearts have also asked their players to take a 50 per cent salary cut |||READ MORE …

Coronavirus Live Updates: Scientists Warn the Virus Could Kill Up to 240,000 Americans

President Trump warned of a ‘painful two weeks’ ahead as the U.S. death toll surged above 4,000, surpassing China’s.

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The U.N. chief said the pandemic was the world’s biggest test since World War II |||READ MORE …

FG to convert Tuberculosis testing machines to COVID-19, says Minister

ABUJA — THE Federal Government said it had concluded arrangements to convert tuberculosis’ diagnostic machines in the country coronavirus’ detection machines.

This came as retired health workers recalled by the federal government to assist in combating the disease reported for duties.

Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, who disclosed this speaking at a press briefing held by the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus,to update the nation of the state of coronavirus outbreak in the country, said the 300 Gene Xpert machines used for tuberculosis woud be converted to testing COVID-19 detection |||READ MORE …

Facebook Commits Additional $100m To COVID – 19 Fight

Facebook said it is investing additional $100 million to support the news industry in the fight to contain the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic crisis.

It said the news industry is working under extraordinary conditions to keep people informed during the COVID-19 pandemic. At a time when journalism is needed more than ever, ad revenues are declining due to the economic impact of the virus.

Facebook noted, local journalists are being hit especially hard, even as people turn to them for critical information to keep their friends, families and communities safe |||READ MORE …

Former Marseille president Pape Diouf dies after contracting Coronavirus

Former Marseille president, Pape Diouf has died after contracting Coronavirus. He was 68.

Diouf, who became the first black president of a first-tier European club when he took the position at Marseille in 2005, was being treated in a hospital in Senegal, the country of his birth, after contracting the disease.

Confirming his death, he French club wrote on Twitter: “Olympique de Marseille learned with great sadness of the death of Pape Diouf. Pape will remain forever in the hearts of Marseillais as one of the great craftsmen of the history of the club. Our condolences to his family and loved ones.” |||READ MORE …

UEFA postpone Euro 2020 until next summer amid coronavirus crisis

The competition will now take place next summer between 11 June to 11 July.

President Aleksander Ceferin chaired a video conference meeting on Tuesday to discuss the future of the 2019/20 season, including Europe’s domestic leagues, the Champions League and internationals.

Three separate calls were made; the first to decide on UEFA’s club competitions – the Champions League and Europa League – and the second to postpone the Euros by a year and scrap the Nations League.

The final call was made between the UEFA Executive Committee, which includes the likes of former Manchester United chairman David Gill, to confirm the proposals |||READ MORE …

Kate Henshaw, Hilda Dokubo, kick against Senator Abbo as AGN Patron

The never aging Nigerian actress, Kate Henshaw has kicked against the decision of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, to select Senator Elisha Abbo as a patron of the guild.

In a social media post recently, the Cross River born actress who wondered if this was the best the leadership of the AGN could come out with as their patron, said “Still waiting on your response @emekarollas …..I will reach out to you again like I did yesterday and I would like you to kindly explain what thought processes led to this! The Actors Guild of Nigeria deserves better and this is definitely not it!!!” |||READ MORE …

Chad closes borders, airports to stem spread of Coronavirus

African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus epidemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness.

Watching from afar as the disaster unfolds in Asia and Europe – where many are suffering the consequences of being slow to act – some African countries have wasted no time in taking drastic measures.

Air traffic, in particular, has been hard hit as nations across the continent realised their first cases had come from citizens returning from travel abroad in infected countries |||READ MORE …

Lagos explosion update: All you need to know

THE death toll in Sunday’s Lagos explosion, at Ado Soba, in Abule Ado, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, has risen to 20 from earlier recorded 15, as five more bodies were recovered, yesterday, from the rubble of the incident.

Lagos residents, yesterday (Monday) turned the site into a kind of tourist centre as they trooped out in their thousands, wailing and lamenting on the level of devastation.

The carcasses of collapsed buildings and wreaked vehicles littered the entire area as armed security personnel cordoned off the place |||READ MORE …

Coronavirus: What are the symptoms, where has it spread and is it worse than the flu?

Covid-19, the deadly disease that began as a novel coronavirus causing pneumonia-like symptoms in central China, has now spread around the world and is having profound impacts on nearly every major economy.

The outbreak began with a trickle of concerning reports from around the Chinese city of Wuhan in mid-December, before China finally informed the World Health Organisation of the disease on the last day of 2019.

It appears to have had its origins in a seafood market in Wuhan. But it emerged at a time when many were travelling for the Lunar New Year, and Wuhan is a hugely popular hub for travel both within China and internationally |||READ MORE …

VIDEO: Buhari approves postponement of National Sports Festival to contain coronavirus

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received a briefing and approved Postponement of the National Sports Festival as a precautionary move against COVID-19.

This was disclosed by Nigeria’s sports minister, Mr Sunday Dare on his twitter account on Tuesday |||READ MORE …

Best Ways to Get Your Ex Back

Whether you’re the initiator or not, the period after a breakup is often one that’s incredibly lonely with moments of self-doubt. Considering that, it’s no surprise how many people respond to the pain of a breakup with this thought: Whether you’re the initiator or not, the period after a breakup is often one that’s incredibly lonely with moments of self-doubt. Considering that, it’s no surprise how many people respond to the pain of a breakup with this thought: 

It’s a logical response to what is often a horrible situation, and the fact that it’s so common is a good indication that no, you’re not crazy for wanting to get back with your ex. Even if things weren’t exactly perfect, they were familiar. For many people, a familiar unhappiness is better than an unfamiliar one.

But is getting back together really such a great idea? No matter how tempting it can feel, there’s a reason people’s friends often discourage them from doing just that |||READ MORE …

Coronavirus: Florida beaches full as Trump advises against groups larger than 10

Spring Break crowds have packed Clearwater Beach, Florida, despite advice to practice social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Aerial footage seen on WFLA News Channel 8 showed crowds along the length of Clearwater Beach, in Florida’s Tampa Bay area at the weekend as President Donald Trump urged Americans to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people.

Hundreds of visitors to Clearwater Beach appeared to ignore Mr Trump’s call for people to avoid discretionary travel and eating in bars, restaurants and public food courts |||READ MORE …