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George S Madi, Africell staff killed in Beirut blast
George S. Madi, a successful Lebanese-Gambian businessman and chairman managing director of Shyben A Madi & Sons Ltd, was among thousands of people killed following huge blast in Beirut, capital of Lebanon on Tuesday.
Mr Madi and his family established a business empire in The Gambia running for three decades, dealing in cars and food.
George, 77, was also the Honorary Consul General of Japan in The Gambia.
A statement from the family said “George S. Madi truly lived life to the fullest through simple pleasures by reaching out to the Gambian and Lebanese communities at large. He was religious and active in religious events.”
For now, Mohammed Abbas, an Africell staff, was another lost.
Mr Abbas had contracted the novel coronavirus in The Gambia but was taken to Lebanon to seek treatment.
Standard said, Mr Abbas was admitted at a hospital that lost electricity following the explosion while dozens of Coronavirus patients patients were on oxygen support machine.
A statement from Africell yesterday said Mr Abbas joined the GSM giants in 2012. “He was a hardworking person, dedicated to his work. He had a great sense of humour and always seemed happy and full of life. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family in these difficult and trying times,” it said.
Source___Standard Newspaper
The Gambia has been placed under a night curfew for the next 21 days which started yesterday as part of measures put forward by President Adama Barrow to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
The curfew will start from 10pm to 5am each day.
As part of the measures under a new state of emergency, all congregational prayers in mosques and churches are closed for now, land and air borders remain tightly closed.
This measures were disclosed in a statement from Government Spokesman Ebrima Sankareh, also said the army could be stationed to enforce these measures.
The full statement according to Standard Newspapers is reproduced below:
In the wake of the worrisome trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia, His Excellency President Adama Barrow in exercise of the powers vested in him by Section 34 (1) (a) and pursuant to Section 34 (2) of the 1997 Constitution declares a State of Public Emergency effective midnight tonight and a curfew effective tomorrow, 6th August 2020 throughout The Gambia for a period of 21 days.
The Public Health (Dangerous Infectious Diseases) Protection Regulations, 2020 shall continue to operate side by side with these new accompanying Regulations:
1. All houses of worship (mosques, churches, etc.,) shall remain closed. Mosques or churches shall be used solely for calls to prayers or religious announcements. All forms of gatherings at mosques and churches are prohibited;
2. Night curfew is hereby imposed throughout the jurisdiction of The Gambia from 10pm to 5am daily. Only persons on official COVID-19 duties, ambulances and public officials on essential assignments are exempted from the curfew. Anyone who violates the curfew commits an offence and is liable to a fine of Five Thousand Gambian Dalasi (D5,000).
3. All educational institutions (Universities, Colleges, Schools, Madrassas, Daras, Majalis and Gamos) shall remain closed. However, Grade 12 students are exempted only for the period of their WAEC/WASSCE exams from 17th August to the 7th September 2020. These schools shall open solely for the purpose of administering exit exams;
Credit___Standard Newspaper
Nigeria Records Three More Deaths As COVID-19 Infections Surpass 45, 000
Nigeria on yesterday recorded three more deaths from COVID-19 as the country’s infections from the virus surpassed 45, 000.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which revealed the latest figure, also said the West African nation had 354 fresh COVID-19 cases for the day.
Nigeria’s latest COVID-19 infections were confirmed in 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), taking the country’s tally to 45,244.
A breakdown of the new infections from the virus indicated that the FCT had the highest number of fresh cases – 78 – and is followed by the country’s COVID-19 epicentre, Lagos – 76 – and Kaduna-23.
Although 32,430 persons who contracted the virus have been successfully treated and discharged, 930 deaths have so far been confirmed, according to the Nigeria Centre for Desease Control data.
Source___Channels TV
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria have gather for a protest at the Edo State House of Assembly complex in Benin City, the state capital.
According to Channels TV, the protesters, which consist of women and youth, stormed the Assembly complex on Friday while security operatives keep watch at the facility for the second day.
They pledged their support for the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, and prayed for peace to reign in the state.
The PDP supporters also threw their weight behind a factional Speaker of the House, Frank Okiye, saying they recognise him only as the leader of the legislative arm of government in Edo.
They, however, rejected another factional Speaker of the House, Victor Edoror, who was claimed to have been inaugurated by 17 lawmakers on Thursday.
The protesters also condemned the inauguration of 14 lawmakers-elect in Edo at a private residence in the state capital.
They insisted that the inauguration of the lawmakers was done in violation of the law, stressing that the lawmakers had missed their chance to join the House.
Source___Channels TV
US election 2020: Trump says Democrats candidate Joe Biden will ‘hurt God’ if Elected
US President Donald Trump has make known that Joe Biden is “against God”, ramping up attacks on his Democratic rival and covering an ugly election battle.
According to BBC, the remarks, during a trip to Ohio, came as Mr Trump step up to make up ground in the crucial Midwestern states that were his path to winning in 2016.
“He’s against God. He’s against guns,” said the president, a Republican.
Mr Biden, an avowed Catholic, will take on Mr Trump in November. Opinion polls suggest the Democrat currently leads and there is a possibility of Trump loosing.
Mr Trump, who identifies himself as Presbyterian, said of Mr Biden earlier in the day in Cleveland, Ohio: “He’s following the radical left agenda.
“Take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment. No religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God.
“He’s against God, he’s against guns, he’s against energy, our kind of energy.”
BBC further said, Mr Trump has been accused of using the platform of the presidency for political gain by injecting campaign-style rhetoric into taxpayer-funded official engagements intended to communicate US government policy.
Credit___BBC
US election 2020: Trump says Democrats candidate Joe Biden will ‘hurt God’ if Elected
US President Donald Trump has make known that Joe Biden is “against God”, ramping up attacks on his Democratic rival and covering an ugly election battle.
According to BBC, the remarks, during a trip to Ohio, came as Mr Trump step up to make up ground in the crucial Midwestern states that were his path to winning in 2016.
“He’s against God. He’s against guns,” said the president, a Republican.
Mr Biden, an avowed Catholic, will take on Mr Trump in November. Opinion polls suggest the Democrat currently leads and there is a possibility of Trump loosing.
Mr Trump, who identifies himself as Presbyterian, said of Mr Biden earlier in the day in Cleveland, Ohio: “He’s following the radical left agenda.
“Take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment. No religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God.
“He’s against God, he’s against guns, he’s against energy, our kind of energy.”
BBC further said, Mr Trump has been accused of using the platform of the presidency for political gain by injecting campaign-style rhetoric into taxpayer-funded official engagements intended to communicate US government policy.
Credit___BBC
BBC said, TikTok is threatening legal action against the US after their president Donald Trump act on firms to stop doing business with the Chinese app within 45 days.
The company replied that they were “shocked” by an executive order from the US President disclosing the ban.
TikTok said it would “pursue all remedies available” to “ensure the rule of law is not discarded”.
According to BBC, Mr Trump issued a familiar act against China’s WeChat in a major escalation in Washington’s stand-off with Beijing.
WeChat’s owner, Tencent, said: “We are reviewing the executive order to get a full understanding.”
The president has already threatened to ban TikTok in the US, citing national security concerns, and the company is now in talks to sell its American business to Microsoft. They have until 15 September to reach a deal – a deadline set by Mr Trump which is a period of 45 days.
The Trump administration claims that the Chinese government has access to user information gathered by TikTok, which the company has denied.
Bishop E. Dennis Ejila PhD
He is the Presiding Bishop of King Jesus Ministries Inc. Gambia
He is also the President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN Gambia Chapter
He is a Radio Preacher and presenter
Bishop Dennis Ejila is a sound teacher of God’s word, an author of several christian books.
He has travelled widely across the world including America, Canada, Norway, the United Kingdom, Switzerland just to name a few.
He is a missionary. A school Proprietor amongst other things.
Bishop E Dennis Ejila has a PhD in Development Theology and Church Growth.
As a philanthropist and a peace maker, He is the Founder and Chairman of Bishop E Dennis Ejila Peace, Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution Foundation (PERECOF)
The Gambia
He is the Proprietor of King’s Kid Academy Schools Lamin village, West Coast Region, The Gambia.
He holds a 2019 Nigeria in Daispora award of “Excellence in Christian leadership”
We’ll resist attempt to illegally take over Edo Assembly – Gov. Obaseki
August 6, 2020Agency Report
The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said on Thursday that the state would resist any attempt by anybody to forcefully take over the state House of Assembly.
Addressing journalists at the assembly complex in Benin, Mr Obaseki said he would do everything within his constitutional powers to protect the sovereignty of the house and the state.
The governor’s statement was not unconnected with media reports credited to the Speaker of the house, Francis Okiye.
Mr Okiye had alleged that Governor Hope Uzodinmm of Imo State and the impeached Deputy Speaker of the house, Yekini Idiaye, had planned to import a fake mace to violently take over control of the assembly.
“Nigeria is governed by the constitution and President Muhammadu Buhari has always said we must follow the rules of law and do things according to the law.
“For us as the executive, we will use the instrument available to us constitutionally to protect the house and the state,” Mr Obaseki said.
The governor, however, urged the house to go about its normal duties as a parliament as prescribed by the constitution.
Also, the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, said the state government would not allow other members of the assembly whose seat had been declared vacant to take over the house.
He said the affected elected legislators have yet to be constitutionally inaugurated.
He also called on the president to intervene in the alleged plot to destabilise the state assembly.
Meanwhile, the entrance and exit gates of the assembly complex have been barricaded with sand and gravel, while some people have seen removing the roof of the building.
The speaker said the house was currently under renovation and the presence of security operatives at the entrance of the complex, scared the contractor and workers away.
“We are going to keep vigil here to forestall the alleged illegal invasion of the house by anybody,” Mr Okiye said.
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