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Gambia For 5 Years president dies
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production make known the untimely demise of the Gambia For 5 Years president, Naffie Sonko Willan.
According to standard, Madame Sonko died on the 24th after a sudden illness. She was the wife of the assistant secretary general of Gambia For 5 Years, Abdou Willan.
In a Facebook page statement, the group extended the news of her passing to President Adama Barrow and the entire government, the NPP and all political parties.
“I wish to recognise the relentless efforts of Naffie during the 2019 struggle to defend the five-year presidential mandate guaranteed by the constitution against 3 Years Jotna. We are proud of you for taking the lead in defending the constitution,” a statement signed by the group SG Ebrima Sorrie Bah stated.
Meanwhile, presidential adviser Dou Sanno also extended condolences on behalf of the NPP, The Barrow Sisters and all well wishers.
Source___Standard Newspaper
Nigeria Records 252 New COVID-19 Cases
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production unveil to you the newly recorded novel corona virus cases in Nigeria. Having 252 new cases of the novel coronavirus, Nigeria at the moment has 52,800 active cases.
Nigeria’s health agency, in a late-night tweet, put the total number of cases in the country at 52,800, with 1,007 dead and more than 39,000 persons discharged.
Plateau topped the list of states with new cases with 50, while Enugu ranked second with 35.
Other states with new cases include Rivers-27, Lagos-26, FCT-18, Kaduna-18, Ekiti-10, Kano-10, Taraba-9, Anambra-8, Edo-8, Oyo-8, Delta-7, Ogun-6, Abia-5, Bayelsa-5, Ebonyi-1, and Osun-1.
According to data from the NCDC, the country has tested 383,130 samples
Global Update
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 813,733 people worldwide since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Tuesday.
At least 23,689,860 cases have been registered. Of these, at least 15,098,600 are now considered recovered.
The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections.
Source___Channels TV
Messi Submits Exit Notice To Barcelona
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production inform you of Lionel Messi’s termination of contract with the Spanish giant Barcelona, club source confirmed to AFP on Tuesday.
Lawyers for the Argentina star sent Barca a fax in which they announced Messi’s desire to rescind his contract by triggering a release clause.
However, the club maintains the clause expired in June and he remains under contract until the end of the 2021 season.
“In principial, this clause expired on June 10, but the unusual nature of this season disrupted by the coronavirus opened the way for Messi to ask to be released from his contract now,” wrote Spanish sports daily Marca.
“It’s the first step towards opening negotiations over his departure, on the basis of which his release clause amounts to 700 million euros.”
According to Spanish media, Messi met with new Barca coach Ronald Koeman last week and told the Dutchman he saw himself “more out than in” the club.
“The end of the glorious era of Leo Messi at Barcelona seems to be close. After the arrival of Ronald Koeman, what looks like the exit of his friend Luis Suarez and a difficult and turbulent end to the season, Messi told Barcelona in a fax of his intention to leave the club,” said Once radio station
Barcelona suffered a humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals in Lisbon earlier this month, resulting in the dismissal of coach Quique Setien after barely six months in charge.
Source___Aljazeera
What Nigeria Is Doing To Stay Polio-Free – Health Minister
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production with our reliable source unveil to you the strategies put forward by the Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, to ensure the country stays polio-free.
Afrinity Production can confidently notify you that, Nigeria along with the rest of Africa, was declared polio-free by the World Health Organisation on Tuesday, marking the eradication of a second virus from the continent, since smallpox 40 years ago.
“The chances of a resurgence are chances that we can control if we build up our routine immunisation, which we intend to do,” Ehanire said.
“We are now at about 70 per cent. We know that the remaining 30 per cent is more difficult. So we are developing strategies to expand the coverage up to 90 per cent.
“The difficult areas will be hard-to-reach areas and areas that you will likely not find transport. So we have acquired motorcycles that will be able to carry vaccinators all the way to what we call the ‘last mile’.”
The health minister added that the primary healthcare structure is being expanded to provide services such as routine immunisation.
“And if we have a platform of functional primary healthcare centres, routine immunisation, well established and the surveillance principle is set up – we are carrying out very strict acute flaccid paralysis surveillance – then we should have control of the polio eradication and be able to maintain it.”
Source___Channels TV
Melania Trump makes plea for racial harmony
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production brings to you the speech of the first lady of the United States of America, Melania Trump.
The US first lady delivered Tuesday evening’s keynote address before a small audience, including her husband, in the Rose Garden of the White House.
“Like all of you, I have reflected on the racial unrest in our country,” she said.
“It is a harsh reality that we are not proud of parts of our history. I encourage you to focus on the future while still learning from the past.”
“Stop the violence and looting,” she also said as protests continued over a police shooting in Wisconsin.
Mrs Trump urged Americans to stop making assumptions based on race and reflected candidly on US history.
She added: “I urge people to come together in a civil manner so we can work and live up to our standard American ideals.
“I also ask people to stop the violence and looting being done in the name of justice, and never make assumptions based on the colour of a person’s skin.”
Source____BBC
Jacob Blake and two shot during third night of Wisconsin unrest.
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production make know to you the shooting of another black man by police in the US city of Kenosha.
According to what Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth told the New York Times that one person had been killed.
The violence occurred during a confrontation between protesters and a group of armed men, the newspaper said.
Unrest broke out in Kenosha after Jacob Blake was shot by police on Sunday.
Within hours of Mr Blake’s shooting, hundreds of people had marched on Kenosha’s police headquarters. Cars were later set alight, and police urged 24-hour businesses to consider closing because of “numerous” calls about armed robberies and shots being fired.
On Monday, Governor Evers called up the National Guard to aid local police and imposed a night-time curfew on Kenosha. Police backed up by the National Guard used tear gas, rubber bullets and smoke bombs, protesters said. Some demonstrators were seen attacking cars and property with baseball bats, news agency Reuters reported.
On Tuesday hundreds of protesters marched through the city. A small group threw fireworks and water bottles at police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas.
Protests have also spread to a number of other cities, including Portland, Oregon and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Lawyer Ben Crump told a press conference on Tuesday that doctors said Mr Blake had been paralysed by the shooting.
“His family believe in miracles, but the medical diagnosis right now is that he is paralysed and, because those bullets severed his spinal cord and shattered some of his vertebrae, it is going to take a miracle for Jacob Blake Jr to ever walk again,” he said.
Source___New York Times
UNICEF TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS AS IT REOPENS AGAIN
Afrinity Production confidently unveil to you the stand of UNICEF in supporting school as they resume in this pandemic.
As clearly seen by Afrinity Production in the post made by UNICEF in their verified media handle, schools will be supported to help children across the world to access the biding resumption of schools.
According to UNICEF, more than 1.57 billion children have been affected by the escalation of COVID-19 related school closures.
UNICEF said they don’t yet have enough evidence to measure the impact on disease transmission rates. “But the risks to children’s learning, safety and wellbeing are well documented.”
“The longer children are out of school, the greater the risk of sexual violence, child labour and child marriage”, UNICEF said.
“As schools make plans to reopen after COVID-19 shutdowns, it can’t be business as usual. We’re working with governments and partners to invest in better schools – and reach the most vulnerable children. This includes making clean water, nutritious meals, psychosocial support and access to the Internet available for every child”, they lamented.
By Amie T. Camara
Miracles in Nigeria: Abducted Woman Rescued From Well After Three Days
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production with source from Channels TV, disclose to you the Abducted woman who is known to be Mrs Chizoba Eke, who was declared missing in Rivers State, has finally been found, days after she was abducted.
Channels TV said, Chizoba was recovered from a well on Thursday in an uncompleted building at Igwuruta community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state in Nigeria.
Afrinity Production also came to know about the woman is a mother of two and was kidnapped from her home along with her six-month-old baby on Monday, was thrown into the well after severe beatings by her abductor.
Luck, however, ran out on the suspect when he was intercepted with his victim’s baby by a team of policemen on a ‘stop and search’ operation at Omerelu, a boundary community between Rivers and Imo States.
Chizoba’s husband, Eke Eke, confirmed his wife’s abduction and rescue to Channels Television on Friday.
He disclosed that he was invited by the police to come to identify the baby, having lodged a complaint about his missing wife and baby.
According to Eke who hails from Imo State, the suspect is known to him in the area as Mr Chinedu and had attempted to rape his wife when she was pregnant.
Chizoba, who was in pain due to the head injuries she sustained, also narrated her ordeal to Channels Television.
She explained that the suspect came to her house, claiming that her husband wanted her to come to Chinedu’s house to collect some money.
On his part, the Pastor of the Assemblies of God Church in Omoduku, where the victim’s family worships, Reverend Clinton Orie, believes it is the grace of God that kept the woman alive for three days inside the well.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers, Nnamdi Omoni, also confirmed the incident to Channels Television.
He said the Divisional Police Officer at the police station in Igwuruta informed him that a woman was immediately taken to the hospital after she was rescued from the well.
Omoni promised to provide more details on the incident to Channels TV later.
Global Corona Virus Update
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production with an implicit trust from it’s sources, gives you a glimpse into the present stand of the Novel Covid-19 globally.
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 793,847 people worldwide since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Friday.
At least 22,734,900 cases have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 14,298,000 are now considered recovered.
The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections.
Many countries are testing only symptomatic or the most serious cases.
On Thursday, 6,209 new deaths and 273,683 new cases were recorded worldwide. Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were the United States with 1,213 new deaths, followed by Brazil with 1,204 and India with 983.
The United States is the worst-hit country with 174,290 deaths from 5,575,386 cases. At least 1,947,035 people have been declared recovered.
After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 112,304 deaths from 3,501,975 cases, Mexico with 59,106 deaths from 543,806 cases, India with 54,849 deaths from 2,905,823 cases, and the United Kingdom with 41,403 deaths from 322,280 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Belgium with 86 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Peru with 82, Spain 62, the United Kingdom 61, and Italy 59.
China — excluding Hong Kong and Macau — has to date declared 84,917 cases, including 4,634 deaths and 79,792 recoveries.
Latin America and the Caribbean overall have 252,233 deaths from 6,501,985 cases, Europe 212,135 deaths from 3,648,960 infections and the United States and Canada 183,376 deaths from 5,699,039 cases.
Asia has 85,076 deaths from 4,322,802 cases, Middle East 33,556 deaths from 1,375,745 cases, Africa 26,964 deaths from 1,159,513 cases, and Oceania 507 deaths from 26,861 cases.
As a result of corrections by national authorities or late publication of data, the figures updated over the past 24 hours may not correspond exactly to the previous day’s tallies.
SOURCES__WHO, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Channels TV
Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Top 51,000 As Death Toll Hits 996
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production unveil to you the drastic increase of Corona Virus in Nigeria.
For recording 340 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to what we get from our reliable source Channels TV
The new infections in Nigeria brings the country’s toll of caseload to 51,304 with a combined death toll of 996; 37,885 persons have recovered from the virus.
The health agency released the latest figures in a late-night tweet on Friday.
Of the new cases, Kaduna reported the highest among the states with 63, while the FCT ranked second with 51.
Other regions with new cases include Plateau-38, Lagos-33, Delta-25, Gombe-21, Adamawa-21, Edo-20, Katsina-17, Akwa Ibom-11, Ekiti-10, Rivers-9, Ondo-5, Ebonyi-4, Cross River-3, Ogun-3, Sokoto-2, Imo-2, and Nasarawa-2.
Source___Channels TV
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