May 2020 – OGPNEWS

COVID-19 In Kogi Is Real, I Won’t Play Politics With Lives – Dino Melaye

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

Dino Melaye, a former lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has insisted that reports of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kogi ...

NCDC Reports 553 New Cases Of COVID-19

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed five hundred and fifty-three new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria. The health sector on Saturday, May ...

George Floyd: Curfews defied as demonstrations escalate across US

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

Demonstrations against racism and police brutality have spread to even more cities across the United States as people in many parts of the country defied ...

More riots, looting prompt curfews, calls for National Guard in cities, states across US

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

Damage to police vehicles and assaults against law enforcement officers Saturday night prompted San Francisco Mayor London Breed to call for an immediate curfew until ...

Iran says virus cases surpass 150,000

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

Iran said its caseload of novel coronavirus infections passed the grim milestone of 150,000 on Sunday, as the country struggles to contain a recent upward ...

Iran says US talks ‘futile’, denounces black American’s death

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

Iran’s new parliament speaker said Sunday any negotiations with Washington would be “futile” as he denounced the death of a black American that has led ...

Sadness on the border as France turns back Belgian trippers

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

For hundreds of Belgians hoping to spend time with French friends and relatives after almost three months of lockdown, the sunny holiday weekend proved a ...

Protesters gather worldwide to show solidarity with George Floyd

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

Miles from Minneapolis where George Floyd, 46, was killed in police custody, thousands of protesters gathered in Berlin, London and Toronto on Saturday to demontrate ...

Joe Biden condemns violence of US race protests

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

US presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday condemned the violence of race protests that have erupted across the United States but said Americans had a ...

Coronavirus: 195 new infections, hospital admissions jump to 40 in Belgium

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

195 additional people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium, confirmed the Federal Public Health Service during a press conference on Friday. ...

Coronavirus: 125 new infections, 29 hospital admissions in Belgium

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

125 additional people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium, confirmed the Federal Public Health Service during a press conference on Friday. ...

BREAKING: Nigeria Reports 387 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Hit 9,302

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased further on Friday with 387 cases reported by the country, even as authorities intensifies efforts to flatten the curve of ...

Aso Rock To Record Another Death, Trouble For Buhari’s Chief Of Staff – Primate Ayodele

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

The founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church in Ejigbo, Lagos, Primate Elijah Ayodele, says Aso Rock, Nigeria’s Presidential Villa will record another death. Primate Ayodele ...

UN adopts new voting procedure during COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a new voting procedure Friday for the upcoming election of new members of the Security Council aimed at preventing a ...

Human traffickers kill 26 Bangladeshis in Libya

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

Bangladeshi authorities are struggling to recover the bodies of 26 nationals after they were killed in a gunfight by human traffickers in Libya on Thursday. ...

Minnesota requests more help as riots continue there — and across US

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

The state of Minnesota is requesting 1,000 additional National Guard soldiers as rioting broke out once again Friday night following the death of George Floyd ...

Greece will reopen to tourists from 29 countries beginning June 15, will conduct random testing

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

Greece will begin lifting its coronavirus lockdown for business and travel ahead of the peak summer tourism season, officials announced Friday. Visitors from 29 approved ...

CNN headquarters in Atlanta vandalized by protesters after George Floyd death

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Oluwagbemiga

A protest erupted outside CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta on Friday amid nationwide demonstrations following the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd, with many of the ...