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The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, goes the Chinese proverb. Over the years, the chorus of warnings on the  wildlife trade  and sale of live animals has steadily grown louder. For too long, governments across the world have made overtures to curb this crisis of  animal rights , but they have turned a blind eye to the continued growth of the industry in their own backyards. The threat to public health has been known to us for centuries, even since the Black Death. But it is not going away. Rather it is becoming a more serious and sustained threat to the modern world. Indeed, zoonotic diseases are responsible for 2.5 billion cases of human illness and 2.7 million deaths every year around the world. As human civilisation expands into more animal habitats, and the exploitation of the natural world continues,  these infectious diseases are likely to become ever more common . Researchers and experts have been warning of the threat of zoonotic viruses from ...

go   on   March 27, 202 Nigerians have taken to social media to call for the arrest of Izala sect leader, Imam Sani Yahaya Jingir, after he led prayers at a mosque in Jos today March 26, despite a ban on religious gathering of more than 50 people in Plateau State. This is coming days after he described coronavirus as a western propaganda. Imam Jingir had also dared authorities by stating that no one can stop him and his followers from congregating in mosques. Leader of Izala sect, Imam Sani Yahaya Jingir holds Friday Prayer in Jos despite ban on religious gathering of more than 50 people in Plateau State However the Imam ignited the wrath of Nigerians after a video of him and his followers storming a mosque in Jos, Plateau State’s capital went viral on social media.

Military authorities said yesterday that with the grand offensive mounted by the Armed Forces of Nigeria against Boko Haram and the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP), the body language of terror leader, Abubakar Shekau, is that of surrender. They also confirmed the killing of key Boko Haram commanders during airstrikes on Durbarda, Borno State. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) also said it had produced 18,000 hand sanitisers and ventilator machine, “Dicovent” in support of government’s effort to contain COVID-19 pandemic. It called on federal and state governments to patronise the products produced by Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) to enable mass production. Speaking at a briefing in Abuja attended by the leadership of DICON, led by Major General Victor Ezugwu, the Coordinator of the Directorate of Defence Media Operations (DDMO), Major General John Enenche, said while there was no official contact with the terror leader, his body language showed that he ...

A 60-year-old Michigan, United States inmate who was sentenced to life in prison as a juvenile died from coronavirus three weeks before he was set to be released, the Detroit Free Press reported. William Garrison had spent 44 years in prison on a first-degree murder conviction, connected to a shooting that happened when he was 16, in 1976. He was set to be released first week of May. But he died from COVID-19 on April 20 in the prison. Garrison had not complained of any symptoms to his family or the prison staff, but a postmortem test confirmed that he had the virus. Chris Gautz, a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections, disclosed that the agency tried to release Garrison on parole earlier this year, but “he refused to leave prison.” “He did not want to be on parole, he wanted to wait and just walk out completely free from supervision,” Gautz said. When the novel coronavirus pandemic started to spread across the United States, the Department of Corrections offered parole to Gar...

The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of fifteen suspects for allegedly leading Juma’at prayers despite a persisting  COVID-19 lockdown  order by the state government. This development was confirmed on Tuesday by DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Kano, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Speaking further during the interview, DSP Haruna said that the suspects were arrested for allegedly leading the Juma’at prayer congregation in violation of the state’s social distancing and lockdown order. He said; “The suspects were arrested after committing the offence on April 17 at about 1:30 pm at Kano Municipal, Garko, Gwale, Karaye, and Tarauni Local Government Areas of the state by members of the Kano State Hisbah Board and some concerned residents of the state who transferred the case to the police. “The suspects (names withheld) were arrested for defying the lockdown order by leading Friday congregational pray...

Texas is the second most populous state in the US, with a population of about 28 million. 85% of the 28 million people in Texas are Christians. Definitely, with the amount of Christian in the state, it's definite that some Christians will tow the line of the conspiracy theory.  The reason some other individuals are against any chip (if there would be) is just because they don't want their privacy invaded and not because of the theory. If the government wants to track you, they don't need to insert a chip.  How The Conspiracy Theory Of Vaccine In The Form Of Chip Started This conspiracy theory of vaccine in the form of chip that many people have been swayed to believe, started when the words of Bill Gates was misquoted, when he answered a question about maintaining business during the pandemic. See his words;  "Eventually we will have some digital certificates to show who has recovered or been tested recently or when we have a vaccine who has received it." His word...

The activist was jailed on April 15, 2019 by Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. Nigerian activist, Ibrahim Wala popularly called IG Wala, who was convicted for falsely accusing a public official of corruption, has been released. SaharaReporters gathered that IG Wala was released due to President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval for the release of 2,600 prison inmates across Nigeria. The activist was jailed on April 15, 2019 by Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. This followed a petition filed by the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Abdullahi Mukhtar. In the petition, Mukhtar alleged that Wala used his Facebook page to incite the public against him and defamed his integrity and that of the commission he heads. On September 26, 2017, Wala, convener of Citizens Action to Take Back Nigeria, had made a Facebook post accusing Mukhtar of corruptly enriching himself with N3bn after the 2017 Hajj....

 the onslaught from troops, they can’t hide anymore,” he said. Recall that the Defence Headquarters had yesterday confirmed that several key Boko Haram terrorists/ ISWAP  leaders were killed in multiple airstrikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole at Durbada in  Borno  State.

Hausa muslims going to bury dead man despite the lockdown orders. It is unfortunate. They are illiterates These people should be arrested, otherwise they will spread the disease

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has clarified its position vis-à-vis the Yoruba ethnic group. This is coming on the heels of the allegation made by a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, who called the leader of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, a traitor. According to the group, its membership cut across all states of the federation and all ethnicities, as a result, it must work for the interest of all without fear or favour and it cannot afford to lean towards any particular tribe. It reads, “The impression is being bandied in certain quarters that we are anti-Yoruba simply because we objected to religious and ethnic bias in the new security initiative. “There is an urgent need to clarify our position particularly because of our Yoruba members. We must not give a red carpet reception to a regional initiative which does not guarantee the safety of people from other regions. “Our membership cuts across all states and ethnicities, as a result of which we must work for the i...