Featured News
now browsing by category
‘I don’t think there’s systemic racism’ in US police forces, said National security adviser Robert O’Brien.
National security adviser Robert O’Brien on Sunday contradicted in an interview on CNN that systemic racism is not happening across the nation’s police forces, stating instead that “a few bad apples” give the suspicion of racism among law enforcement officers.
“No, I don’t think there’s systemic racism. I think 99.9% of our law enforcement officers are great Americans. Many of them are African American, Hispanic, Asian, they’re working the toughest neighborhood, they’ve got the hardest jobs to do in this country and I think they’re amazing, great Americans,” O’Brien told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” when asked if systemic racism was a problem for police agencies.
O’Brien added that there are “some bad apples in there. There are some bad cops who are racist. There are cops that maybe don’t have the right straining.”
“There is no doubt that there are some racist police, I think they’re the minority, I think they’re the few bad apples and we need to root them out,” he said.
Source___CNN
‘Jadon Sancho & Marcus Thuram join protests against racism’
England forward Jadon Sancho was one of the sport stars who made a worldwide protests against racism on Sunday.
Sancho revealed a ‘Justice for George Floyd’ T-shirt after scoring for Borussia Dortmund opposing Paderborn.
Initially, Marcus Thuram took a knee after scoring for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Sancho, who scored a hat-trick as Dortmund thrashed Paderborn 6-1, was given a yellow card for the indication.
Floyd got killed in police custody on Monday after white officer Derek Chauvin pressed on his neck for almost nine minutes to pin him down.
Chauvin has since been charged with third degree murder and also sacked from the police unit.
Source___BBC News
Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Surpassed 10,000
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria rised beyond 10,000 mark on Sunday with 307 new cases confirmed by the country.
The rise has continued in spite of reinforced efforts by authorities to compress the curve of the virus.
The current cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCC) takes infections in Africa’s most populous nation to 10,162, out of which 3007 have been discharged with 287 losing their lives.
Data from the NCDC manifest that the cases were escalating across 14 states and the FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 188 cases.
Source___Channels TV
Brazil currently the fourth-highest deaths in Corona Virus
The toll of coronavirus deaths in Brazil has risen by nearly 1,000 in a day, making the country’s General death toll becomes the world’s fourth highest.
Its figure of 28,834 has now exceeded France, and only the US, the UK and Italy have recorded more deaths.
President Jair Bolsonaro has undeviating played down the pandemic, although the country has the world’s second-highest toll of cases.
He has criticised state lockdowns for harming Brazil’s economy and jobs.
‘Brazil’s health ministry said the past 24 hours had seen 956 new deaths.’
This puts it past France’s total of 28,774. Even if new figures raised the French total back above Brazil, the trends in the two countries show deaths in the Latin American nation are on a far steeper upward trend.
As per count by Johns Hopkins University, Brazil now has 498,440 confirmed cases.
Only the US surpassed all, with 1.77 million.
Source___BBC News
US Policeman Who Press On George Floyd’s Neck Indict With Third-Degree Murder
A Minneapolis policeman prosecute of killing unarmed African-American George Floyd by pressing on his neck was taken into account on Friday and charged with third-degree murder, officials said.
“Derek Chauvin is one of four officers who were fired shortly after an explosive video emerged showing a handcuffed Floyd lying on the street as an officer identified as Chauvin pinned his knee to Floyd’s neck for at least five minutes on Monday.”
The death of the 46-year-old Floyd has striked days of sometimes aggressive demonstrations in Minneapolis and other US cities over police brutality against African-Americans.
Up to this point, hundreds of shops have been destroyed and a police station set on fire.
“Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is in custody,” Hennepin county prosecutor Mike Freeman told reporters.
“Chauvin has been charged… with murder and with manslaughter,” he added, specifying to reporters that the charge was third-degree murder.
US Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota supported Chauvin’s taken into custody, calling it “the first step towards justice.”
Meanwhile, a lawyer has issued a statement from the wife of the now-arrested and charged former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, and she said she has filed for divorce.
Source___Channels TV
Football’s resume is a struggle of ‘money vs. health,’ says former Premier League club doctor
The world’s richest football league will resume to our screens on June 17 as seen about our latest post on sport.
The agreement was met with excitement by fans all around the world, but for many there is a sense of fear.
Several high-profile players, including Troy Deeney, Sergio Aguero and N’Golo Kante, have all bring forward their anxiety about resuming to action when there is still so much unpredictable shortcomings and so much about the virus that remains un-established.
‘Dr. Ralph Rogers, who has worked in the Premier League, told CNN Sport that those players have cause for concern.’
“I can imagine as a player, I would be very wary about coming back,” says Dr. Rogers. “Especially because there’s so much about this coronavirus [we don’t know] and people are dying. I completely understand that.
“What we know about this virus is that we should be doing social distancing. You can’t even go into Waitrose [supermarket] without being six feet apart, so unless they’re changing the rules of football it might be a little bit premature,” added Dr. Rogers.
“The virus is indiscriminate, it will attack anybody.”
Source___CNN
Man gunfire and killed as protests for George Floyd death continue in Detroit
A 19-year-old man was gunfired and killed after shots were fired into a crowd of protesters in Detroit late Friday, the city’s police department said in a statement.
Police said the gunfire were fired by an unrevealed suspect in a gray Dodge Durango, with the victim later dying in hospital.
Detroit police cannot report if the victim was part of the protests, but the shooting happened in the mean street where the protests were taking place.
Earlier, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said a person had been taken into custody after trying to run an officer over.
“I will not stand by and let a small minority, criminals, come in here, attack our officers and make our community unsafe. Just know, we are not going to tolerate it,” Craig said.
But the governor said officials cannot arrest people while they are trying to hold ground. This led to President Trump’s tweet on Twitter stating that, the governor should take action who he will do it for him.
Source___CNN
US offers D15M to help Gambia tackle Covid-19
On a press release, The United States committed to supporting The Gambia’s in their efforts to tackle COVID-19 and keep Gambians throughout the Smiling Coast safe, offers D15M.
This support builds on long term U.S. Government support, which totals approximately $3 million (GMD 150 Million) this year.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) committed $310,000 (GMD15.5 Million) to support the Gambia in its efforts to slow the COVID-19 escalation and promote citizen accountability in accomplishing the local feedback
These extra support will uplift public awareness and promote transparency around the COVID-19 feedback through television and radio broadcasts, a nationwide public awareness campaign on prevention, support to Follow the Money to track funds and program implementation in line with to COVID-19, and support to an online ‘fact-checking’ platform to counter misinformation about the pandemic.
The U.S. Government is also collaborating directly with communities to help in tackling the disease.
Source___Standard Newspaper
Barrow chooses new Judicial Secretary
President Adama Barrow has co-opt Mrs Aisatou Jallow-Sey as the new Judicial Secretary effective 1st June, backing the upgrading of the former occupant, Justice Landing M Sanneh, as a Judge of the High Court.
*Mrs Jallow-Sey obtained her LLB (Hon) degree from the International Islamic University of Malaysia in 1993 and the Master of Laws (LL.M) from McGill University, Montreal, Canada in 2003. She has 27 years’ experience as a legal practitioner in private practice, the state law office, international organisations, the private financial and Public sectors as well in civil society.*
Meanwhile, the Chief Justice has instructed that public court happenings to restart since last Monday, backing their adjournment due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Justice Jallow instructed that consideration be given to criminal cases especially of persons in prison and whereas the courts have no criminal cases, the focus should move on to civil work.
He also instructed that not more than three cases were to be put forward daily and that minimum number of people should be allowed into each proceeding.
‘In a separate development, the Chief Justice has designated the refurbished Mile 7 Bakau premises of the Judiciary as a High Court and assigned newly appointed Judge Justice Zainabou Nguie Mboob, to preside over the cases in that court.’
Source___Standard Newspaper
English Premier League To Resume On June 17
The Premier League season is set to Return on June 17, three months after it was put up due to the coronavirus outbreak, it was widely endorsed on Thursday.
No matches yet to be played in the English top-flight since Leicester’s 4-0 win over Aston Villa on March 9, with Liverpool just two wins away from getting hold of the title.
The BBC confirmed that the first two matches would be Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal. Those matches are the two games in hand as of now.
An entire game list would then be played on the weekend of June 19-21, the reports said, with matches to be played behind closed doors.
The Premier League put back all games in March after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive for COVID-19.
‘There are still 92 matches to play and although Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool appear certain to be crowned champions, the relegation and European qualification still need to be resolved.’
Source___Channels
D5 Creation