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Virus-hit Iran to reopen mosques for holy nights
Virus-hit Iran will reopen its mosques for three nights over the next week so that worshippers can pray during one of the holiest times of the year, a minister said Tuesday. The Islamic republic shut its mosques and shrines in March as part of its efforts to contain the Middle East’s deadliest outbreak of the …
BREAKING: IG orders probe of E-Money, withdraws police escort
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the probe of the Chairman, Five Star Group, Emeka Okonkwo aka E-Money, over his flamboyant lifestyle and flagrant abuse of police escorts, The PUNCH has learnt. Okonkwo, who is the brother to musician, Kingsley Okonkwo aka K-Cee, was said to have drawn the ire …
Doctors flee as gunmen attack Afghan hospital
Gunmen stormed a hospital Tuesday in an ongoing attack in the Afghan capital Kabul, a government official and a fleeing doctor said. “Our special forces are in the area,” said Marwa Amini, a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry. A pediatrician who fled the hospital told AFP he heard a loud explosion at the entrance of …
Toyota predicts 79.5% drop in profit
Toyota on Tuesday said it expected a 79.5 percent drop in its annual operating profit this fiscal year as it suffers “significant” fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The Japanese auto giant declined to give a net profit forecast for the fiscal year to March 2021 but noted that the impact of the crisis on its …
Poor telecoms service affecting calls, PoS transactions – Investigation
Ife Ogunfuwa Poor telecommunication services in some states have led to dropped calls, frustrating browsing experience, and failed Point of Sales transactions, The PUNCH hs learnt. Many workers, who work remotely amid movement restrictions in the country occasioned by the pandemic, have complained of unreliable network services, which had forced them to subscribe to two …
Five COVID-19 patients die in Russia hospital fire
A fire at a hospital in Russia’s second city Saint Petersburg on Tuesday killed five coronavirus patients who had been attached to ventilators, officials and news agencies said. A source in Russia’s emergencies ministry told AFP that five patients had died and 150 been evacuated after the fire broke out in the early morning on …
Trump rules out renegotiating China trade deal
US President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out renegotiating the trade agreement signed with China. “I’m not interested in that,” Trump told reporters when asked about reports that China was looking to reopen talks about the trade deal signed in January. “Not even a little bit,” Trump said. “Let’s see if they live up to …
American on visit to Nigerian lover dies in Delta
Dele Ogunyemi, Warri A 67-year-old United States citizen invited to Nigeria by her young Nigerian lover she reportedly met on the internet has died of suspected coronavirus complications in a Delta State private hospital. Our correspondent learnt that the lady, who arrived in Nigeria on March 3, died on Sunday after allegedly manifesting symptoms of …
FG to evacuate 200 Nigerians from Canada Thursday
The Nigeria High Commission in Canada says it is set to evacuate Nigerians stranded in that country due to coronavirus travel restrictions. In a statement on Monday, the mission said it had received no fewer than 200 requests for evacuation. To this end, it stated that a Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Air Peace had …
Lockdowns may spark rise in HIV infections, experts warn
If lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, health experts warn that the measures could unintentionally undermine efforts to contain another potentially deadly disease: HIV. At the start of April, Travis Sanchez, an epidemiologist at Emory University, carried out an online survey of around 1,000 men and half of …
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