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1966 England World Cup winner Jack Charlton dies aged 85
Jack Charlton, a World Cup winner for England and former Republic of Ireland boss, has died aged 85.
The Ex Leeds defender is known to have lymphoma in the last year and also had dementia.
One of English football’s most popular characters, he was in the team that won the World Cup at Wembley in 1966, alongside his brother Bobby.
Despite not being called into the England team until days before his 30th birthday, Charlton won 35 caps and, playing alongside younger brother Bobby, lifted the Jules Rimet Trophy at Wembley in 1966.
He also helped England finish third at the 1968 European Championship, and was voted the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year in 1967.
“Saddened to hear that Jack Charlton has passed away,” wrote former England striker Gary Lineker on Twitter.
“World Cup winner with England, manager of probably the best ever Ireland side and a wonderfully infectious personality to boot. RIP Jack.”
Former Republic of Ireland forward John Aldridge said: “Absolutely gutted that big Jack has passed away.
A family statement read: “Jack died peacefully on Friday, July 10 at the age of 85. He was at home in Northumberland, with his family by his side.
“As well as a friend to many, he was a much-adored husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
“We cannot express how proud we are of the extraordinary life he led and the pleasure he brought to so many people in different countries and from all walks of life.
“He was a thoroughly honest, kind, funny and genuine man who always had time for people”, family said.
Source___BBC
A 50 year old farmer drowns at Jahally Pacharr rice field.
A 50-year-old Mot Boye who is a native of Njoben village in Central River Region on Wednesday drowned at the Jahally Parcharr river, according to The Standard.
A source close to Mot, Abdou Aminata Boye disclosed to Standard, that the victim drowned when he went to harvest on his family rice farm.
“It was after we finished working that he told us he was going to swim at the river just opposite our rice field. But after some minutes we heard him screaming and crying for help – unfortunately we couldn’t help him because none of us was able to swim – this was how he got drowned,” he said.
He said Mot was pious and God fearing. “The family will never forget him – he was very hardworking and loved his family with passion”.
The deceased left behind two wives and 11 children some of whom are going to school at Njoben Lower Basic School.
Lolley Mbaye, his mother, said she was shocked to learn of her son’s death.
“I will never forget Mot Boye – he was the breadwinner of the family. He would wake up every morning to go to Jahally Pacharr to farm to feed the family,” she added.
The deceased’s brother Ebou Boye said: “I cannot still believe my brother is gone. We were the only two males from our mother’s side and three sisters who are all married now”
Source___Standard Newspaper
Leader of PPP condemns tribal hate speech in the Gambia.
The leader of the Ex ruling People’s Progressive Party has condemned the escalation of hate speech based on ethnic remarks in the country.
“If we allow ethnic considerations and tribalism in the country, it will create conflicts which in turn will demolish our one gambia, one nation principle which can be regarded as the foundation of our democracy,” Papa Njie told supporters at a rally in Banyaka.
Mr Njie appealed to PPP supporters and all Gambians to desist from belittling or insulting one another’s ethnicity, language or race, arguing that all politicians should speak out against tribalism.
“As politicians we shall inculcate the spirit of one Gambia and one people to our followers. No tribe can solely make anyone president,” he added.
He said the PPP leadership is committed to removing tribalism, divisions, ethnicity and hatred from the country’s politics so as to build one united nation that all Gambians can be proud of.
“As Gambians we are one nation, one people and one country and we must eliminate any negative divisions that tend to impede our development as a people. Transformation of the country will not be realised if every single tribe in the country advanced their own interests based on very narrow considerations. Do not allow anyone to divide you based on tribal lines – reject those who politic based on tribes. Politics is about national development and not about tribe. We should try and build a Gambia where we will identify each other as Gambians and not based on tribes. That will only take us backward,” he noted.
Njie, who exceeded to the leadership of the PPP after a controversial congress which divide the party, said Gambians should be cautious on which political party decide to elect as their next president.
Source___Standard Newspaper
Lagos Govt Closes Illegal COVID-19 Lab In Banana Island
The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Saturday said it had closed the private laboratory in Banana Island carrying out COVID-19 tests without the permission if the government.
Banana Island is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Nigeria.
The Ministry said the lab, Acouns Medical Laboratory and Diagnostic Centre, was also situated in a pharmacy.
“Citizens are advised to desist from patronising health facilities not accredited by the Lagos state government or management of COVID-19 cases as this poses danger to the community and staff of such facilities,” the Ministry said in a series of tweets.
The Ministry said it will “continue to do its best to ensure that health facilities in the State adhere strictly to standards to guarantee the health and wellbeing of Lagosians.”
Lagos is the country’s COVID-19 hotspot.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), at least 12,051 cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in the state with 147 deaths recorded.
Source___Channels TV
Nigeria President Signs Revised 2020 Budget Into Law
President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the revised budget of N10.8 trillion for the year 2020.
He signed the budget at about 11:06am yesterday at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
In his address, President Buhari disclosed that the budget had to be revised because of the effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the nation’s economy.
He explained that Ministries, Department, and Agencies (MDAs) of the government would be given at least 50 per cent of their capital allocation by the end of July.
According to President Buhari, the timing of the signing of the budget was to keep with the January to December budget cycle.
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, and the SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Umar Yakub, presented the budget to him at about 11:03am.
President Buhari was joined at the signing ceremony by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, as well as the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.
Source___Channels TV
At least one killed, 20 others wounded as police fire gunshots and tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Mali.
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has said he has launched an investigation into violence committed during a mass anti-government protest on Friday, which saw at least one person killed and 20 others wounded.
Thousands rallied in the capital city Bamako to demand Keita’s resignation over long-running security issues, economic woes and perceived government corruption in the fragile West African state.
The rally was organised by an opposition coalition and is the third such demonstration in two months – significantly escalating pressure on the embattled leader.
Led by influential scholar Mahmoud Dicko, the so-called June 5 movement is channelling deep-seated frustrations in the country.
“We have recorded one death,” said Yamadou Diallo, a doctor in Bamako’s Gabriel Toure Hospital, adding that 20 people had been wounded.
An official from the prime minister’s office also confirmed the death. The circumstances under which people were wounded and one person was killed were not immediately clear.
Source___Aljazeera
33 year old Glee star likely drowned in tragic accident, police say
Glee star Naya Rivera is known to have drowned in a “tragic accident” while boating with her young son on a lake in California, police say.
The 33-year-old was reported missing on Wednesday afternoon when her boat was seen drifting at Lake Piru, north-west of Los Angeles.
Her son, 4, was found asleep on board. He told police they went swimming but his mother never comes back.
Search teams are hunting for her body but conditions are difficult.
Rivera is best known for playing cheerleader Santana Lopez in Glee, the hugely popular musical comedy TV series that ran on the Fox network from 2009 to 2015.
After a massive search and rescue operation found no trace of Rivera police moved to a “search and recovery operation”.
“We’re presuming that an accident happened and we’re presuming that she drowned in the lake,” Chris Dyer from the Ventura County Sheriff’s said.
Visibility in the lake is low and police also warned it could take weeks to find a body, if it can be found at all.
Source___BBC
Nigeria Confirms 460 New Cases Of COVID-19 As Total Infections Exceeds 30,000
Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed 460 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing the country’s toll of infections caseload past the 30,000-mark.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed this in a tweet via its official handle.
According to the health agency, the number of total infections in the country now stands at 30,249; while 684 persons have died as a result of the virus, 12,373 have been successfully treated and discharged.
Lagos confirmed the highest number of cases among the states with 150 while Rivers recorded 49.
Source___Channels TV
Death Of Black Teen In US Juvenile Facility Sparks Anger
A circulating video showing a black teen losing consciousness while being choked by staff members of US juvenile facility sparked anger on Wednesday, as anti-racism protests continue to escalate across the United States.
Cornelius Fredericks, 16, died May 1, two days after being pressed to the ground by staff at Lakeside Academy — a residential treatment for young adults in Kalamazoo, Michigan — for just throwing a sandwich at another boy in the cafeteria.
In the video, captured by surveillance cameras, Fredericks throws the sandwich and then is thrown to the ground by several men, who use their weight to subdue him.
The “horrific video” of Fredericks’s death reveals a “culture of fear and abuse” at Lakeside Academy, where “suffocation is a regular practice… as a form of discipline,” the lawyer for Fredericks’s family, Geoffrey Fieger, said Tuesday while making the video public.
Fredericks “was executed on April 29 for the crime of throwing a sandwich,” Fieger said. The seven staff members who pinned him down “deprived him of oxygen and his brain suffered irreversible damage.”
Two of instructors and one nurse were taken into custody and charged with involuntary manslaughter and child abuse.
Source___Channels TV
No School Will Participate In Scheduled WAEC Exams – Adamu Adamu
The Minister of Education in Nigeria, Mr Adamu Adamu has make known that, no Unity Schools in Nigeria will participate in the scheduled WAEC exams.
Mr Adamu disclosed this after the Federal Executive Council yesterday.
He said that none of the schools under his ministry will reopen until schools are considered safe for learning.
The Minister further urged the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the state governments to reconsider their decision to open for exams.
Source___Channels TV
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