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From having only 20 coronavirus cases to 480 cases in less than a month. This now puts Tanzania as the country with the highest number of cases in East Africa. The country’s president John Magufuli is however, convinced that the number may be exaggerated due to technical hiccups with the imported testing kits. The president said the testers  had randomly obtained several non-human samples on animals and fruits which included a sheep, a goat and a pawpaw and the results came out positive. The samples were given human names and ages and were submitted to the country’s National Referral Laboratory to test for coronavirus without the lab technicians knowing the true identity of the samples.

The man and his wife were crushed by a motorist at Sabon -Gari village, near Gada- Biyu, on the Abuja -Lokoja road. It was also learnt that a daughter of the deceased sustained injuries and was taken to the Abaji General Hospital for treatment by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the area. A witness said the incident happened last Friday around 3:45 pm when a Toyota Corolla which was on speed ran over the deceased man and his wife as well as their daughter who were riding on a motorcycle. He said the trio were returning from the farm, when the driver of the Toyota car coming from Gwagwalada axis suddenly veered off the road and crashed into them. He said the man died on the spot while the wife died at the hospital. When contacted, the Abaji unit commander of the FRSC, Assistant Corps Commander (ACC) Abdullahi Haruna Shehu, confirmed the incident which he attributed to speed limit violation and loss of control. He said the corpses of the deceased persons have been dep...

The New York  Times has warned about the invasion of Asian giant hornets in Washington state, adding another threat to worry about to the already calamitous year. The situation is devastating as thousands of bees were found laying dead with their heads ripped off, killing a whole colony.  The state of Washington has urged people to find, report on and kill these hornets. A dead one was first spotted in December on a beekeeper's front porch. These asian giant hornets are the largest species of hornets in the whole world.

A Bolivian  military plane crashed on Saturday, killing two crew members and four Spaniards. The Spaniards were en route to catch a flight back to Spain, the Bolivian Defense Ministry said in a statement, identifying them as Francisco José Gallegos Gonzáles, Yandira Olivera Velarde, Delis Salvatierra Velarde and Alba Aparicio Formas.      The plane went down in a marshy area on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Trinidad, the statement said, adding that the investigation to the cause of the accident was underway.     The aircraft was also carrying coronavirus test samples to the city of Santa Cruz.   Initial findings showed that the plane reported that it planned to return to the airport in Trinidad 12 minutes after take-off due to engine failure. Contact with the aircraft was then lost.

                        Join in wishing Queen Genevieve Nnaji a beautifully blessed day. Genevieve first appeared in a popular soap opera called Ripples in the 1990’s. The major first movie that she starred in was the ‘Most Wanted’. Since then she has featured in over 150 movies including: Doctor Bello, Road to Yesterday, Silent Scandals, Half of a Yellow Sun, 30 Days, Games Women Play,Tango With Me, The Mirror Boy, Bursting Out, Ijé, She is the first Nigerian guest to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is one of the most recognised African Celebrities worldwide. Genevieve is believed to be the one of the highest paid Nigerian star. We wish Queen Genevieve More Success, Happiness and Good Health. Beauty with brains! We love all Queen Genevieve movies!! 

Terca Muigai is the daughter of Kenyan billionaire and Keroche Breweries Chairman, Joseph Karanja.  She died on Saturday, May 2, following a tragic accident. Terca was until her death, the Strategy and Innovation Director at Keroche Breweries.   Keroche Breweries announced her death in a press statement. “As we begin preparation for her final sendoff we ask for respect and privacy during these difficult times,” part of the statement read.

Lionel  Messi has spent the last 16 years of his illustrious career at Camp Nou, but there is a clause in his current contract which permits him to leave at the end of any season should he choose to do so. A number of off-field issues have overshadowed Barca's latest campaign, with a public spat between Messi and sporting director Eric Abidal over Ernesto Valverde's sacking in January marking the lowest point for the club. At the moment, it has been reported that the highly prized asset is ready to call time on a historic spell in Catalonia when the transfer market reopens due to all the controversy, with Inter mooted as a possible next destination.

A young  woman from  Kazakhstan  has fallen more than 110 feet to her death just last weekend after posing for a cliffside photo to celebrate the end of the country's COVID-19  lockdown. It was her companion who called the emergency services, and her lifeless body was pulled out of the water and taken to the morgue of Antalya Forensic Medicine Institue for an autopsy. Authorities determined her death was an accident, according to her relatives.

Video Teleconferencing service, Zoom, announced that the platform now has more than 300 million daily active meeting participants. Zoom CEO Eric S. Yuan, last month shared that the company had hit 200 million daily active meeting participants. That means the company has added more than 100 million users in roughly three weeks' time. Previously, Zoom reported that it had a total of 10 million users at the end of December 2019.This incredible stat was shared during a company webinar with Zoom CEO Yuan and later detailed on the company’s website.

The 2019-20  Ligue 1  season has been abandoned after the French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's announcement that no sporting events will be allowed to take place until September. Philippe has confirmed that there is no possibility of Ligue 1 resuming until September amid the ongoing fight against coronavirus, with France still in a state of lockdown. “The big sporting affairs cannot occur before September,” he said in a national assembly on Tuesday. “The 2019-20 professional football season cannot return.” The French professional league (LFP)  announced plans to restart the campaign on June 17 last week, and UEFA has set a deadline of August 2 for domestic leagues to reach their natural conclusions.

It is now official, Twitter has finally announced that it is  turning off its Twitter via SMS service for the majority of its global user base.  "You can no longer receive tweet notifications via SMS. Twitter is retiring the feature." On Monday twitter said via twitter support: "we want to continue to help keep your account safe. We’ve seen vulnerabilities with SMS, so we’ve turned off our Twitter via SMS service, except for a few countries. Everyone will still have access to important SMS messages needed to log in to and manage their accounts."

The office of New York attorney general has sent a very strong-worded letter to Amazon ,  telling the giant company that the measures it has taken regarding the COVID-19 pandemic “are so inadequate that they may violate several provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act,” and firing outspoken workers sends “a threatening message to other employees.” Continue reading...

The Australian government's new coronavirus contact tracing app which was released on Sunday, was downloaded 1million times in just 5 hours of launch, that is, approximately 1 out of every 25 Australians is using the app.   COVIDSafe  uses Bluetooth to connect with other phones within 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) which also have the app installed. If they are in contact for over 15 minutes (fiftheen minutes), the app records data such as the date, time, contact distance and duration, and the other user's encrypted identification code. This information is stored on the user's phone for 21 days, after which it is automatically deleted.

The perpetrator  "mr. Patrick", is a primary school teacher at Okundaye Primary School. And he is the fifth son of his parents. He also has boasted countless times that he is above the law.   His father, a 78-year-old Benson Ekpenisi, from Owan-Nta Aliosimi in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, lamented that he and his wife have suffered a lot in the hands of their fifth son, Patrick Ekpenisi.

Yeezy is a complicated asset. Kanye West owns 100% of it. But it’s also functionally tied, at least for five-plus years based on the documents available. West has directed his team to provide what we feel is an authentic numeric look into Kanye, Inc. Continue reading.....