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India has recorded 2,020 COVID-19-related deaths in a single day, as the country continued its attempts to control the latest wave of the pandemic sweeping the globe. Authorities registered approximately 295,000 fresh infections and some 2,020 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data. Both were highest-ever single-day tallies. The cases came amid a steady drumbeat of news of crematoria becoming overwhelmed and experts reporting that the actual numbers are far worse than the ministry’s reports. Health officials have said the medical system was stretching its limits, with widespread reports of shortages of beds and medical oxygen.…

Ubi Franklin, music executive and Sandra Iheuwa, his estranged baby mama continue to troll on the social media, drawing sympathy and condemnations from their followers. At a point, Sandra claimed to have sponsored Franklin’s trip to Dubai in December 2020 when the going was good. She shared a video on her IG page this morning claiming she and her boyfriend sponsored Ubi’s trip to Dubai, upgraded his phone and his ticket as well as spent about 40 to 50 thousand dollars on him, accusing Ubi of cloning her card and using it to go on shopping spree. But, the music executive…

Some Akwa Ibom people have hailed Governor Udom Emmanuel for authorising the bombing of Essien Udim Local Government Area in the state. Under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), Governor Emmanuel is the Chief Security Officer of the state. The Nigeria Army had carried out military operation on Tuesday, April 7, 2021 in Ntak Ikot Akpan/Ikot Afanga, Essien Udim Local Government Area after some suspected members of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) terrorised the area, killed some security operatives and set their vehicles ablaze. The army spokesperson, Mohammed Yerima, a brigadier general, in a statement…

The 12 European Super League clubs were hurriedly assembled but were hurriedly disapproved by world football body and other soccer buffs. The 12 clubs currently involved included six from the Premier League (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham) plus three each from Italy and Spain. The Spanish and Italian clubs were AC Milan, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan. Chelsea and Manchester City withdrew from Super League on Tuesday evening, with Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham following shortly afterwards; Super League says it will “reconsider” proposals; UEFA president says English clubs are “back…

The Nigerian Senate has approved fresh external loans of $1.5 billion and €995 millio for the federal government and states in the country. The red chambers approved the foreign loans after considering the report of its committee on local and foreign debts during Wednesday’s plenary session. Clifford Ordia, chairman of the committee, told the lawmakers that the panel had considered the loan request and was recommending its approval. According to him, “The ministry is seriously in bilateral partnership with Brazil where 300 tractors are to be bought and imported for the project this year once the loan is approved….all these plans…

Suspected gunmen abducted 23 students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State on Wednesday, a family member of one of the missing students said. The gunmen are said to be demanding payment of N800 million ransom to secure the release of about 23 students and staffers of the institution. ”Negotiations are going on, the kidnappers have contacted some family members, asking for the payment of N800 million,” a cousin to one of the kidnapped students, Georgina Stephen has said. She said the abductors asked her family to pay N8 million ransom before they could secure the release of their sister from…

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday against crossing Russia’s “red lines,” noting that Moscow would respond swiftly and harshly to any provocations and those responsible would regret it. Relations between the United States and Europe are ebbing, as Russian troops massed near Ukraine and opposition leader Alexei Navalny on hunger strike in jail, the Kremlin leader used his state of the nation speech to project a message of Russian strength and defiance in the face of outside threats. “We want good relations…and really don’t want to burn bridges,” Putin told both houses of parliament. “But if someone mistakes…

The interim Head of State in Chad, Mahamat Kaka Deby is alleged to have executed some army generals in his country. Mahamat Kaka was named interim Head of State by a transitional council of military officers in a statement that was broadcast on state television after his father, Idriss Deby was killed on the frontline against rebels in the northern part of his country. Shortly on assumption of office, he sacked the civilian government and declared to stay in office for 18 months before fresh election is conducted to bring in new rulers. Special Assistant to Nigeria Senate President on…

At last, popular Comedienne Ada Jesus whose real name was Mercy Mmesoma Obi, has died, two days after she celebrated her birthday in an Abuja-based hospital. Aged 23, she suffered cardiac arrest on Tuesday night, April 20 and was rushed to the ICU where some doctors monitored her. Eventually, Ada lost the battle to the kidney ailment and partial stroke. Harrison Gwamnishu, who led group of Nigerians that rallied around Ada Jesus and took her to hospital, confirmed her death this afternoon to the BBC tersely: “She is gone,” he said. Before her demise, she had asked for forgiveness from…

Walter Mondale, a leading liberal Democratic voice of the late 20th century, died on Monday, his family said. Aged 93, Mondale was U.S. vice president under Jimmy Carter and lost in a landslide to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. “Well my time has come. I am eager to rejoin Joan and Eleanor,” Mondale said in a statement to his staff and released to the public after his death, referring to his late wife Joan, who died in 2014, and daughter Eleanor, who died in 2011 at age 51. “Before I go I wanted to let you know how…