Vanguard Latest News Tuesday 17th March 2020
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 17/03/20
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Coronavirus: Isis tells followers not to travel to Europe for attacks because of outbreak
Isis has warned its followers to avoid travelling to Europe because of the coronavirus outbreak. Reversing its previous calls for jihadists to target the area, the terrorist group advised supporters not to enter “the land of the epidemic”. It also appeared to back guidance to the public to wash their hands regularly. The directive isRead More
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Sweden to close high schools and universities over coronavirus
Swedish high schools, universities and adult education centres were, on Tuesday, recommended to close and adopt distance education, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said. The move was aimed at limiting the pace novel coronavirus was spreading and was recommended by the Health Authorities. Lofven, however, said it was expected of educational institutions to act on theRead More
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BREAKING: Buhari approves postponement of National Sports Festival to contain coronavirus
By David Royal 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 ALSO: NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL Edo is ready, says Sports Minister He tweeted ”Read More
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COVID 19: Germany Big Brother participants unaware of pandemic
Information blackout only lifted in certain events like family illness, say producers Some of the last people in the world to find out about the rapid spread of Covid-19 are a group of 14 men and women sitting in a house in Cologne, western Germany, where they are competing in the country’s 13th season ofRead More
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Coronavirus: Turkey to evacuate more than 3,600 from 9 European countries
Turkey would have evacuated more than 3,600 nationals in nine European countries by midnight on Tuesday amid the spread of novel coronavirus, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. A total of 3,614 citizens, either visiting or studying, in nine European countries, will be flown back on 34 separate Turkish Airlines flights, Cavusoglu told aRead More
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Israel uses surveillance technology in the fight against coronavirus
Israel’s Shin Bet has been authorised by the government to use its technological abilities to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, the intelligence service said on Tuesday.
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E2%80%95-nbs/ BREAKING: Inflation rate rises to 12.2%, highest record in 21 months ? NBS
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that the consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 12.20% (year-on-year) in February 2020. In its inflation report for February 2020 released on Tuesday, the agency explained that the figure was 0.07% higher than the rate of 12.13% recorded in January 2020. READ ALSO: Expert wants appropriateRead More
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Group plans Three-Day Summit to woo European investors to Nigeria
All is now set for the Nigerian-Eastern Europe Business Summit and EXPO (NEEBSE- Skopje 2020), an event conceived to galvanise mutually beneficial trade and investment ties between Nigeria and the Balkan States.
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I’m leaving APC due to ill-treatment, disrespect —Segun Oni
ADO-EKITI—FORMER Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Segun Oni, yesterday, dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the shabby treatment being meted to him and his supporters.
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Iran releases 85,000 prisoners from jails to stop spread of coronavirus
Iran has temporarily freed around 85,000 prisoners including political detainees in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus, the government said today. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said half of those released were ‘security-related prisoners’. ‘Also in the jails we have taken precautionary measures to confront the outbreak,’ the spokesman said. The United Nations hasRead More
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