A coronavirus patient quarantined in a China hospital has given birth to a baby girl who has gone on to test negative for the deadly strain.
Photos show midwives in protective hazmat overalls and masks as they deliver the baby girl before she was isolated from her mum for observation.
The mother is said to be in a stable condition at the hospital in Harbin, located in China’s most northeasterly province of Heilongjiang, reports yahoo! news.
Hospitals across China have been pushed to their limits, with videos emerging of staff breaking down after relentless shifts in a desperate bid to keep the virus at bay.
Images of a 22-year-old nurse’s badly-cut hands shared by Chinese state owned, English-language outlet China Daily, are believed to have been caused by constantly changing gloves and using disinfectant.
This latest birth comes after a mum-of-two, named only as Ms Gong, also welcomed a healthy boy on February 1 while in quarantine at Wuhan Union Hospital, having been transferred there on January 31 from Heilongjiang.
The baby's dad has tested positive for the virus, while his mum is also suspected to be infected.
Footage from the hospital, one of the facilities on the front line of the viral outbreak in Central China’s Hubei Province, shows Dr Song Bo holding the newborn boy.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says following Federal Government’s effort to encourage local production, Nigeria may stop fish importation in 2022.
The minister made this known while receiving a delegation from the National Fish Association of Nigeria (NFAN) led by its National President, Dr Gabriel Ogunsanya in Abuja on Tuesday.
Nanono said the time had come for Nigeria to look inward to tap into the huge potential in fisheries and aquaculture for local consumption and export.
He noted that measures were already been put in place by the government to actualise the plan.
According to him, this is an area that we can join hands to promote fish production. We have to seriously reduce importation of fish into the country.
“Last year, we issued about one million licenses. This year, I virtually cut it into half.
“I hope next year we will further cut it so that in the next two years we may rely entirely on what we produce here.
“Since you are producers and probably processors it is important to take note of your development in the fish sector towards this,” he said.
He further said, “In the next years, probably we will not allow the importation of fish into the country.
“I know people are saying we can only rear catfish, tilapia and a few other species but most of the white fish they do not do well here.
“But I know for a fact that the consumption of catfish is very high in this country both the fresh one as well as the smoked one.
“In fact, I was made to understand that it now has an export market. So, if you put your head together and work hard, the future is very bright for fish producers in this country,” he said.
Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye has called out the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC on social media as he declares his readiness to expose them.
The singer who took to his Instagram to accuse NCC of ‘kidnapping’, also said they are capable of detaining and asking for bail as well.
Paul further revealed his readiness to expose them as he tagged the NCC’s official Instagram account to his threat.
“I never knew that Nigeria Copyright Commission NCC are also kidnappers, they can detain and ask for bail… Dear NCC am about to f**k s**t up for you guys… try me. (sic)” Paul wrote in a now-deleted-post.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday insisted that there was no going back on the government’s position to enforce restriction on commercial motorcycles and tricycles known as Okada and Keke.
This was even as the state’s inter modal transportation system moved a notch higher with the commercial launch of LAGFERRY operations, mobile app and commissioning of 14 commercial boats by the governor.
The boats which had capacity to ferry 40 to 60 passengers would commute passengers from Ikorodu, Ebute Ero, CMS, Badore, and Ikoyi to other routes.
With over 30 jetties across the state and the in-built boats with modern technology, the state government said it had provided infrastructure to boost water transportation as the commencement of commercial operations by the agency would reduce persistent gridlock on the highways.
Speaking at the launch of the commercial boats which took place at Badore Ferry Terminal, Ajah, Sanwo-Olu said that commercial motorcycle operations remained prohibited in the listed areas, assuring residents that before the end of the year the ferry boats would be increased to 30 and more than 500 buses would be injected into the state bus transport system to ease transportation problems.
The governor described the launch of the new boats as a fulfillment of his administration’s promise to provide an effective and integrated inter modal transportation system.
President Donald Trump has hailed the "great American comeback" in a speech to Congress on the eve of his expected acquittal in his impeachment trial.
At his annual State of the Union address, Mr Trump struck a tone of optimism as he set out his case for another four years in office.
He said his tenure had "shattered the mentality of American decline".
Mr Trump refrained from lashing out directly at the lawmakers who have attempted to remove him from office.
The Republican president delivered Tuesday night's nationally televised speech in the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives, where he was impeached in December.
On the other side of the Capitol, the Republican-led Senate is all but certain on Wednesday to clear the president of corruption charges in a party-line vote.
Republican lawmakers chanted "four more years" as Mr Trump prepared to speak, urging him on for November's White House election.
Osun State Police Command on Tuesday paraded two suspected ritualists, Adesina Adeniyi 42, and Oluwole Olapade, 58, caught with two human skulls.
The command also paraded two suspected armed robbery suspects who were captured after a gun duel with Police at Osu in Atakumosa West Local Government Area of the state.
Parading the suspects, the Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo said Adeniyi, a patent medicine shop owner, was arrested in Iwo while travelling in a commercial bus to Ibadan, Oyo State.
He added that he was caught with two human skulls and a liver after a thorough search by men of 39 Police Mobile Force attached to Iwo Area Command.
According to him, the suspect who resides at Kajola area in Iwo disclosed to the police during interrogation that the skull and the liver were recovered from a Muslim cemetery and a mortuary in the town, where he was an attendant.
Following the gruesome murder of Favour Oladele-Daley, we have pledged to rid the state of a ritual element in the state and during one of such efforts, a suspected ritualist was caught with two human skull and other human parts.
After the arrest of the suspect and upon diligent investigation, his accomplice, Oluwole Olapade, a resident of Yemetu in Ibadan was trailed and arrested.
Olapade, a native doctor, who required human skull for charm had pledged to pay N20,000 per skull to the attendants. He had gotten a skull before which he claimed did not produce money, hence, he decided another skull should be procured for use”, the Commissioner of police added.
While responding to questions from journalists, Adeniyi said he his a patent medicine store owner, but they source for the skulls in a cemetery in the town.
He said, “I sourced for the skull in an open cemetery in the town and I have gotten one for him before and was suppose to deliver another one to him before I was caught.
“For now I operate a patent medicine store and yet to be married.
“The native doctor claimed to have known Adeniyi for long because his father was his acquittance before his demise.
Meanwhile, police also claimed to have burst a fake Naval base operated by Nigeria Navy Coastal Merchant.
It arrested five persons, four suspected recruit and a self-acclaimed Naval Captain Akinsiku Sunkanmi, 27, for impersonation.
Four other suspects arrested at the base were; Aniedu Essiet, Nwabueze Ijeoma Dalton, Raheem Quadri and Gabriel Jacob.
Suspects arrested at the merchant Navy base at Ifon-Osun.
The suspects said they were recruited into the service after paying fees ranging from N100,000 to N200,000.
According to them, the person who recruited them has refused to show at the police station to bail them.
A teenage housewife has reportedly stabbed her husband to death while he was sleeping in Katsina State.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Gambo Isah, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing reporters at the Command Headquarters in Katsina.
He explained that the 17-year-old suspect, Rabi Rabi’u, committed the offence on Wednesday last week at Almakiyayi village in Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state.
Isah noted that the suspect was said to have had an altercation with her 25-year-old husband, Shamsu Salisu, before the incident happened.
According to him, Rabi’u later stabbed her husband with a knife in several places in his body, including his abdomen while he was asleep and as a result, the victim sustained serious injuries.
The command’s spokesman noted that the Divisional Police officer (DPO) in charge of Malumfashi Police Division got a distress call based on the report of the incident
On arriving at the scene, the police team rushed the victim to Malumfashi General Hospital where he was confirmed dead by the attending physician.
Isha revealed that the police recovered a sharp knife and a bed sheet all stained with blood in the course of an investigation into the incident.
Following the recent ban of Okada and tricycles on Lagos state’s highways, bridges and expressways as directed by the state’s Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, a group of angry protesters has vowed not to vote for the governor if he bids for a second term in office.
In an interview with a correspondent from LEGIT.ng, an angry Okada rider warned the governor, stating that they might be a possible increase in crimes if an alternative is not given for those who lost their jobs.
He said; ”Have you heard? Tell your governor Sanwo-Olu, You will start something else in Lagos, You can’t just ban us, we don’t have an alternative You say there are thieves in Lagos, yet you ban those who want to earn their daily bread.. there are graduates amongst us, there will increased crime rate in Lagos, I assure you. A word is enough for the wise”.
A trader also spoke on the ban, threatening that she wouldn’t vote for the next election. She said; ”We walked from the abattoir to Agege, from Agege to Ikeja! Why? You the government are making us suffer immensely. Please for God’s sake, have mercy on us. We wouldn’t vote! Stupid vote!”.
Another trader pleaded with the government saying; “Hello, Thank you. Our Governor we are begging you, there are graduates amongst these Okada/Keke riders and that’s how they fend for themselves. I took a bus from Iyana Ipaja to Ikeja and had to pay N500 which use to be N150″.
A Keke rider who withheld his name clamoured for justice and a better alternative for the riders. He lamented the consequences of the ban.
He said; ”What have we done to deserve this? you said there are thieves amongst us, then catch the thieves and prosecute them. Why do we have to pay for their sins? I was an artisan but no sales before I became a rider. We stood by Sanwo Olu during his election only for him to stab us in the back. What job would you give us? No job or else there will be trouble” he threatened.
President Buhari has appointed former Super Eagles striker, Daniel Amokachi as the nation’s Football Ambassador.
A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Presidential spokesman today, said as Nigeria’s Football Ambassador – a largely ceremonial role – Amokachi would assist the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to scout for talents, be part of processes to revive the country’s football development, as well as mentor young sports men and women.
Amokachi, a member of the 1994 Super Eagles Team that won the African Nations Cup in Tunisia, was also in the Nigerian Olympic Football Team to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics that won the Gold Medal.
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said Nigeria Visa Policy 2020 is intended to attract innovation, specialized skills and knowledge from abroad to complement local capacity.
In his remarks at the official public presentation of the Nigeria Visa Policy (NVP) 2020, the President said “the implementation of the Nigeria Visa Policy 2020 will support the attainment of a globally competitive economy for Nigeria by building on the efforts of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council.’’
President Buhari said the policy will improve the business environment, attract Foreign Direct Investment and boost tourism without compromising national security.
“Earlier in the course of this Administration, we introduced the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (2017-2020) with one of the objectives being to minimize bottlenecks which impede innovation and market based solutions for building an inclusive economy.
“The Nigeria Visa Policy 2020 is intended to attract innovation, specialized skills and knowledge from abroad to complement locally available ones,’’ he added.
Actress Shannen Doherty is facing a major health battle. Appearing on ABC News Tuesday, the 48-year-old actress said she now has stage 4 breast cancer.
"It's going to come out in a matter of days or a week that I have stage 4," Doherty said. "So my cancer came back and that's why I'm here."
The "Beverly Hills 90210" star announced in 2017 that she was in remission for breast cancer that had been initially diagnosed in 2015.
For more than a year now, Doherty said, she has been quietly battling cancer again, even while continuing to work, including filming the "Beverly Hills" reboot, "BH90210."
She was dealing with the devastating news while mourning the death of her former "90210" costar Luke Perry in 2019.
"It was so weird for me to be diagnosed and then somebody who was seemingly healthy to go first," she said. "It was really shocking and the least I could do to honor him was do that show. I still haven't done enough in my opinion."
She continued: "It's a hard one because I thought when I finally do come out, I would have worked and worked 16 hours a day and people can look at that and say, 'Oh my God, she can work and other people with stage 4 can work. Our life doesn't end the minute we get that diagnosis. We still have some living to do."
Doherty said she is having trouble processing that the disease returned.
"I don't think that I've processed it," she said. "It's a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways. I definitely have days where I say, 'Why me?' And then I go, 'Well why not me? Who else? Who else beside me deserves this?' None of us do. I would say that my first reaction is always concern about how am I going to tell my mom, my husband."
She has been married to photographer Kurt Iswarienko since 2011.
The younger brother of the Manchester Arena bomber is "just as guilty of the murder of 22 people" as his sibling, a court has heard.
On May 22, 2017 Salman Abedi, 22, killed himself and 22 other people by detonating an explosive device at an Ariana Grande concert.
Today the trial of his brother Hashem Abedi has begun.
It is alleged that the 22-year-old helped him plan the suicide attack.
A jury was sworn in at the Old Bailey in London on Monday.
On Tuesday Abedi appeared in the dock of court number two accompanied by three security officers, wearing a dark blue shirt, dark trousers and glasses.
Senior prosecutor Duncan Penny QC outlined the case for the Crown.
He described how Abedi's brother detonated a "large home-made improvised explosive device - a bomb" in the public foyer of Manchester Arena at a concert by Ariana Grande.
The lawyer said the bomb was "packed with shrapnel, contained in a rucksack on his back".
"The effects of the resulting explosion were both sudden and lethal," Mr Penny said.
The lawyer said 22 people were killed, 28 people were very seriously injured, a further 63 were seriously injured.
He added that 111 others were also taken to hospital.
He said: "In all, 237 were physically injured in addition to those killed, whilst a total of 670 people have since reported psychological trauma as a result of these events."
He said police have identified "nearly 1,000 victims".
Mr Penny said Abedi had assisted and encouraged his brother.
Abedi allegedly obtained chemicals for a home made bomb; got metal containers to construct it; found an address in Manchester to manufacture the explosive and store it and bought screws and nails for shrapnel.
In mid-April 2017, he also purchased a Nissan Micra to store bomb-making equipment, the court heard.
Mr Penny said: "The Crown's case is that this body of evidence suggests that the defendant in this case - the surviving brother - is just as responsible for the crimes that resulted in so much death, serious injury and damage following the detonation of the bomb by his dead brother."
The lawyer said the bomb was "self-evidently designed to kill and maim as many people as possible".
He added: "The law is that Hashem Abedi is just as responsible (as his brother) for this atrocity and for the offences identified in this indictment."
The trial, which is being heard before Mr Justice Jeremy Baker, is expected to go on for up to eight weeks.The trial, which is being heard before Mr Justice Jeremy Baker, is expected to go on for up to eight weeks.
Odion Ighalo will wear the No 25 shirt for Manchester United. The Nigerian striker made the switch to Old Trafford in a £3million loan deal from Shanghai Shenhua last Friday.
And now Ighalo has been handed the No 25 jersey ahead of his possible debut against Chelsea following the Premier League winter break.
The shirt has not been in use since full back Antonio Valencia departed the Red Devils last summer.
Other previous owners of the No 25 include the likes of former goalkeeper Kevin Pilkington, Quinton Fortune and right back Danny Simpson.
United released a video on Twitter to unveil Ighalo's shirt number with a link to purchase it.
The Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Adnan Bostaji is dead.
The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria, which announced this in a statement on Tuesday, said that the envoy died in his sleep.
“With the deepest sense of sadness and complete submission to the Will of Allah, the Royal Embassy announces the passing away of his Excellency, the Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Mr Adnan Mahmoud Bostaji,” the mission said.
It said that his body was taken to Turkish hospital Abuja where he was confirmed dead by doctors.
A woman in Pakistan has cut off the pen!s of a man she accused of trying to r.a.p.e her, police said today.
The 25-year-old woman used a knife to defend herself from the assault of a man who stormed her house in the central province of Punjab, police official Mohamed Ilyas said.
The woman told police she was alone at home when the man broke in and tried to overpower her.
The woman then ran to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and then cut off his pen!s when he again tried to assault her, Ilyas said, citing the woman’s account.
The 28-year-old man was being treated at the hospital in the city of Faisalabad and will be interrogated once his condition improves, Ilyas added.
Hundreds of women are r.a.p.e.d in Pakistan each year, but those who commit the assaults are rarely punished due to weak laws and complicated procedures for prosecution, according to Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
Rape victims are often blamed for their assaults, accused of socialising with men – something frowned upon in conservative Muslim societies – or of bringing the attack on themselves.
Many women remain silent and decline to file a police report to avoid being named and shamed by Pakistan’s conservative society, advocacy group Aurat Foundation said.
“It is a painful situation. Often victims are blamed both by the legal system and the society,” women’s rights activist Farzana Bari said.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)’s president Professor Ishaq Akintola has reacted to the arrest of a suspected suicide bomber, Nathaniel Samuel, an alleged Christian, after a failed attempt on Bishop David Oyedepo’s church in Kaduna state on Sunday.
According to him, the failed attempt is an indication that there is a Christian version of Boko Haram.
In a statement released last night, MURIC president, Professor Ishaq Akintola, said the arrest of Nathaniel Samuel after attempting to bomb the Sabon Tasha branch of Living Faith Church aka Winners chapel, made a mockery of the rally organized by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on the same day.
According to Akintola, the rally was called to protest against the rising insecurity in the country but ”God works in wonderful ways as he exposed another plot by a fellow Christian to bomb a church on the same day that CAN called for the rally, ” he said.
Turkish citizens flocked to social media late Monday leading to the hashtag "#WeStandWithObi" trending across Twitter in support of Trabzonspor's Nigerian midfielder John Obi Mikel against racial slurs the latter incurred after Sunday's match with arch-rival Fenerbahçe.
The club released a statement later in the day condemning racist attacks against the midfielder.
"Racism is a safe haven for the ignorant and the weak. We hereby condemn the racist abuse lodged against our player Obi Mikel after the Fenerbahçe match and would like to inform the public that we have filed criminal complaints against the perpetrators," the club said.
After the match, in which Fenerbahçe was dealt a huge blow, Obi became a target of racist abuse, his Instagram profile receiving scores of racist messages including use of the N-word and banana emojis.
China's top leadership has admitted "shortcomings and deficiencies" in the country's response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
The rare admission came from the Politburo Standing Committee, which called for an improvement in China's emergency management system.
It also ordered a "severe" crackdown on illegal wildlife markets - where the virus is thought to have emerged.
The death toll has risen to 425, with more than 20,000 confirmed cases.
"In response to the shortcomings and deficiencies... we must improve our national emergency management system and improve our abilities in handling urgent and dangerous tasks," the report said.
"It is necessary to strengthen market supervision, resolutely ban and severely crack down on illegal wildlife markets and trade."
The government's initial handling of the outbreak has been widely criticised.
Officials have been accused of downplaying the severity of the virus at the start of the outbreak and in some cases, attempting to keep news of it secret.
One doctor in Wuhan who tried to warn his fellow colleagues about the outbreak late last year was accused of "making false comments" and told by police to stop the "illegal activity".
It was only later in January that the government ordered the virtual lockdown of Hubei province, where the virus is believed to have originated.
A pregnant young woman in her twenties has reportedly ran mad in Imo state.
According to an eye witness, the pregnant lady was dropped off around 9am by boys suspected to be yahoo boys who are also into rituals.
Sympathisers tried helping her immediately they noticed she was behaving abnormally.
She was also not seen with her underwear. An eyewitness said;
“She was dropped by some strange boys in a vehicle, she started behaving strangely and we suspected she might have been dropped one of these ritualists because she was not having her undies on as she tried to free herself from the sympathisers who held her.” She was later taken to a nearby church for spiritual assistance.
It's been years since Mo'nique and Oprah Winfrey's feud began and it shows no sign of slowing.
In the latest development, Mo'Nique is once again calling out the talk show host for what she claims is a "disparity" in the way she treats the people around her. In her lengthy "open letter" to the talk show host, posted to Instagram, she reveals she "felt compelled" to write to her after seeing the way Oprah allegedly treats people "who were accused of the same" crimes.
Mo'Nique then shares she watched Oprah's interview on CBS This Morning, in which Norah O'Donnell asked her about Harvey Weinsteinand she responded that she tries to find the "silver lining" in every situation.
"You also said 'if we make this all about Harvey Weinstein then we have lost the moment'," Mo'Nique adds, going on to point out Oprah's perceived hypocritical decision to produce a #MeToo documentary on Russell Simmons. "When you either are, or were going to be a part of documentary on Michael Jackson, and Russell Simmons, how is that not making it all about them?"
"Interestingly, Brother M.J. was acquitted, and deceased, so how is he not off limits? Russell and Harvey are accused of the same thing so in fairness how do you not 'support' the accusers of both, as you said you did with R.S., or [did] you look for the silver lining for both, like you said you did for H.W.?" she continues.
Then, Mo'nique seems to accuse Oprah of being racist when she states that the "only difference between the two is their skin color" and the fact that there are "way more" people who accused Weinstein of allegedly sexually assaulting them.
Mo'Nique then shares her "personal experience" with Oprah. "You've watched me as a black woman, be accused of being difficult for not promoting Precious internationally for Lions Gate, at Lions Gate, Tyler Perry and your request, despite the fact my deal was with Lee Daniels Entertainment," she explains. "How are you for black women when you hear Tyler on audio saying I was right and he was going to speak up but you or him still haven't said a word?"
The Precious star shares that when she first met Oprah at the age of 16, she told the talk show host she wanted to be "just like" her, only to be told, "You have to work really really hard." The comedian adds, "My sixteen year old self didn't know that you in your silence in the face of wrongdoing, would make my life 'harder.''
