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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Worsen As the Country Surpass 28,000
Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections continued to rise as the country on Sunday reported 544 fresh cases of the pandemic.
This is according to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which said the new figure brings the West African nation’s total confirmed cases to 28,711.
The agency said the new COVID-19 cases were reported in 18 states in the country and the Federal Capital with Lagos State having the highest number of infections for Sunday – 199.
So far, 11,665 persons who contracted the virus have been discharged in Nigeria with 645 deaths recorded, according to their Centre for Disease Control.
Source___Channels TV
Floods kills at least 37 people in Japan
Japan is facing more heavy rain after a weekend of flooding killed at least 37 people.
Not less than 40,000 rescue workers in the south-west were still looking for possible survivors on Monday, after record rains caused landslides and rivers to burst their banks on Saturday.
Thirteen people remain wanting, with 800 rescued so far, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary told reporters.
Another 30cm (12 inches) of rain is expected in the next two days and death toll might also rise.
Nonetheless, evacuation centres are running at lower capacity because of the risk of coronavirus, with fire department official Toshihiko Nakamura telling the Kyodo News agency that they had sent some evacuees to another centre due to social distancing rules.
Many of the victims have chosen to shelter in their cars for fear of infection. According to Kyodo News, they have been given pamphlets telling them how to avoid deep vein thrombosis from staying in one position.
Source___BBC
UK sanctions regime to target human rights abusers
The UK will soon impose correction solo for the first time on hundreds of individuals alleged of human rights abuses around the world.
It will target individuals or organisations accused of human rights violations around the world, as well as those who profit financially from those abuses.
The foreign secretary will name several dozen people who will have their assets in the UK frozen and who will also be banned from entering the country.
Dominic Raab will name the first violators to have their assets frozen as part of a new post-Brexit regime.
These are also known to include Russian officials thought to be implicated in the death of Sergei Magnitsky in 2009.
The whistleblower’s maltreatment while in custody has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights.
In the past, the UK has almost always imposed sanctions collectively as a member of the United Nations or European Union but, after its departure from the EU in January, a new framework is being put in place in UK law.
The foreign secretary will later table the final legislation needed to make this happen in the House of Commons.
Source___BBC
South Korea deny US extradition appeal over child abuse website
A South Korean court has rejected a US extradition appeal for the man behind one of the world’s largest child sexual abuse websites.
Son Jong-woo, who owns the website is known to have served 18 months in South Korea for producing and distributing pornographic images of children.
Following his initial release in April, Son Jong was was charged after a warrant was issued for US extradition.
But he will now be released again after the request was rejected by South Korea.
Campaigners had urged the court to send him to the US, where he would have faced a harsher punishment than in South Korea. But South Korea still remains on standstill and there is no signs of accepting the US extradition.
Source___BBC
Famous Oscar-winning Italian film composer Ennio Morricone dies aged 91
Ennio Morricone, the famous Italian composer whose credits include the “spaghetti” Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star, has died in Rome Italy at the age of 91.
As per the Italian broadcasting agency Ansa, he died in hospital having fractured his femur in a fall some days ago.
The prolific composer also wrote music for Once Upon a Time in America, The Untouchables and Cinema Paradiso.
Having received an honorary Oscar in 2007, he went on to win one in 2016 for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight.
Morricone, who was simply known as “Maestro” in his home town of Rome, composed not less than 500 films over seven decades.
His death was disclosed by Italian health minister Roberto Speranza, who tweeted: “Adieu maestro, and thank you for the emotions you gave us.”
Speaking on BBC Breakfast on Monday, fellow composer Hans Zimmer said Morricone was “one of a kind” and “an icon”.
“His music was always outstanding and done with great emotional fortitude and great intellectual thought,” he continued.
Source___BBC
Breaking: Afrinity connect live with Adams
On the 6th of July 2020 Mr Wilfried Adams will be doing a special coverage of the Malawi presidential inauguration of His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera president of the republic of Malawi via the platform of Afrinity connect live with Adams
Former Minister of Justices, Baa Tambadou appointed registrar at UN
This was announced by Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday on the appointment of Abubacarr Marie Tambadou of The Gambia as the Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
Mr Tambadou takes the place of Olufemi Elias of Nigeria, to whom the secretary general praises for his dedicated service to the residual mechanism and international criminal justice.
Not long ago, Mr Tambadou was serving as the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of The Gambia, a position he held since 2017.
*Mr Tambadou brings over 14 years of experience in the area of international criminal justice, including through his role as special assistant to the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and Trial Attorney and later Appeals Counsel at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Prior to those positions, he worked as a prosecutor in The Gambia and, later, as a private legal practitioner. He has also served as the chair of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.*
*Mr Tambadou holds a Master of Laws in International Human Rights Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Warwick. He was called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn in the United Kingdom, and as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of The Gambia, in 1999. He is proficient in English with working knowledge of French.*
Source___Standard Newspaper
Former Supreme Islamic Council president of the Gambia passes away
Former president of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council, Alhaji Banding Drammeh of has passed away last evening.
Sheikh Banding Drammeh was one of the well known Muslim leaders in the Gambia for years.
Well known by Mudirr (Principal), he was a one of the central pillars of the Islamic propagation in the country, known through his weekly programme “Muslim World,” which he presented for 40 years on Radio Gambia.
‘Alhaji Banding also served as an Islamic studies teacher at Muslim High School before he decided to set up his the Brikama Islamic Institute and later Mahad in Brikama.’
His school which consisted of both Arabic and English sections, have graduated dozens of students who serve in various sectors.
Source___Standard Newspaper
Ex-Presidents of Panama Charged With Money Laundering
Panama’s former two presidents, Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela, were charged yesterday with money laundering, as two separate scandals destroyed the political legacy of the former allies turned enemies.
Martinelli was charged with money laundering over the so-called “New Business” case in which a publishing group was said to buy with government funds during his 2009-14 term.
Martinelli, 68, was in a ouyrage mood as he left the public prosecutor’s office in Panama City.
“I’m going to be frank with you, this pisses me off, this political persecution that has no end… they want to involve me (in the case) in order to do away with me,” he said, after refusing to testify.
Varela for now “was charged with money laundering in the Odebrecht case,” the public prosecutor’s office told AFP.
The appearance of the two former presidents “could mean, if there is any optimism, that… no one is above the law,” Carlos Barsallo, head of the Panamanian office of Transparency International, told AFP.
Source___Channels TV
President Buhari Suspends leader of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund with his 11 Top Officials
President Muhammadu Buhari has make known the indefinite suspension of Mr Adebayo Somefun, the Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
A statement yesterday from the Head of Press and Public Relations at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, discloses that the President also suspended 11 top officials of the agency.
They include Jasper Azuatalam (Executive Director, Finance and Investment), Olukemi Nelson (Executive Director, Operations), and Tijani Sulaiman (Executive Director, Administration).
Others are Olusegun Bashorun (General Manager, Administration/Human Resources/Maintenance), Lawan Tahir (General Manager, Finance), Chris Esedebe (General Manager, Claims and Compensation), Olodotun Adegbite (Deputy General Manager, Investment and Treasury Management), and Emmanuel Sike (Deputy General Manager, Finance and Accounts).
Also affected by the suspension are Olutoyin Arokoyo (Deputy General Manager/Acting Head, Legal), Dorathy Tukura (Deputy General Manager, Administration), and Victoria Ayantuga (Assistant General Manager, Internal Audit).
As per the statement, their suspension from office arose from their poor Financial Regulations and Procurement Act, and other acts of gross misconduct.
Source___Channels TV
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