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Breaking: School Feeding: FG inaugurates Take-Home Kits for pupils in FCT

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2020 0

The Federal Government has inaugurated the Take-Home Kits for the National Home Grown Feeding Programme in Kuje, Federal Capital Territory. COVID-19: NAFDAC committed to supporting treatment initiatives–DG Presenting the kits to beneficiaries on Thursday, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister

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Where Bats are still selling after China’s closure of wildlife markets

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2020 0

Indonesia’s wildlife markets are “like a cafeteria for animal pathogens,” but they have resisted efforts to close even as China has shut its own markets over coronavirus fears. Six days a week, the butchers of Tomohon gather at Indonesia’s most notorious market and cut up bats, rats, snakes and lizards that were taken from the […]

News

China says it is not yet the time to relax coronavirus measures

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2020 0

China’s health authority said on Tuesday that the reappearance of local clusters of coronavirus cases in recent days suggests that counter-epidemic measures cannot be relaxed yet. While prevention and control efforts have normalised, that does not mean measures can be eased, Mi Feng, spokesman at the National Health Commission, said at a media briefing. Read […]

Foreign

Trump ‘not interested’ in reopening talks on trade deal with China

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2020 0

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was “not interested” in reopening talks on a trade deal with China before he sees how the first phase is being implemented by Beijing. “Let’s see if they live up to the deal that they signed, okay?” Trump said during a press conference in the Rose Garden outside the […]

Covid-19

New coronavirus outbreaks spark unease in China

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2020 0

A new case of Coronavirus disease has been reported in Wuhan, China, the city where the outbreak first started in December last year, in over a month. China’s National Health Commission also reported the first double-digit increase in countrywide cases in nearly 10 days, saying 14 new infections had been confirmed. Two of the cases […]

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China defends virus records, accuses U.S of “groundless allegations”

Ihesiulo Grace 4 May 2020 0

Chinese state media hit back at the U.S. on Monday, accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of trying to divert attention from its own “incompetence” with allegations about the spread of the novel coronavirus. The commentary in the Global Times newspaper, published under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily, dismissed as “groundless”

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‘Once Upon a Virus’: China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2020 0

China has published a short animation titled “Once Upon a Virus” mocking the U.S. response to the new coronavirus using Lego-like figures to represent the two countries. Washington and Beijing are locked in a war of words over the origins of the disease, which emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has grown into […]

Foreign

China says it has no interest in meddling in U.S. presidential election

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2020 0

China has no interest in interfering in the U.S. presidential election, it said on Thursday, following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters during a daily briefing that the election was the […]

Foreign

Exclusive: Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2020 0

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November. In an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump talked tough on China and said he was looking at different options in terms […]

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China to hold postponed parliamentary session starting on May 22

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2020 0

China announced it will hold its previously postponed parliamentary session starting on May 22, in a sign of confidence that the coronavirus crisis is under control. The National People’s Congress was supposed to be held starting March 5 but was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The congress’ standing committee on Wednesday approved the timing of […]

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China’s Wuhan City discharges all coronavirus patients

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2020 0

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has discharged all of its coronavirus patients, as the nation reported only three new cases and no new deaths. According to the National Health Commission, as of Sunday the number of new coronavirus patients in Wuhan was at zero. “Thanks to the joint efforts of […]

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Covid-19: China’s first vaccine enters phase 2 clinical trials

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2020 0

China’s first inactivated vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group has entered Phase II clinical trials. According to Global Times on Friday, the 96 volunteers who received the vaccine in Phase I trials are in good condition. Senate passes additional $484bn COVID-19 relief package China begun the second phase of clinical trials for a COVID-19 […]

Politics

Timi Frank slams Nigerian Government for receiving COVID-19 aides from China

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2020 0

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank has berated the Federal Government for asking China for COVID-19 loans. Frank, a critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, is reacting to the news of China donating N48m to support Nigeria’s fight against Coronavirus. He criticised the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 for receiving

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Chinese military firmly opposes U.S. accusations

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2020 0

The Chinese military voiced strong opposition on Monday to the statement made by the U.S. Department of Defense about a Vietnamese fishing boat colliding with a Chinese Coast Guard vessel in waters off the Xisha Islands. “The U.S. Department of Defense is making groundless accusations and aims to sow discord and muddy the waters in […]

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Fury in Beijing as Germany asks China to pay £130bn for ‘coronavirus damages’

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2020 0

GERMANY has rattled China after joining the UK, France and the US in a rare attack, after Berlin called out Beijing’s responsibility for the global pandemic and even issued a £130bn invoice. According to https://www.express.co.uk/ Germany has sparked outrage in China after a major newspaper put together a £130bn invoice that Beijing “owes” Berlin

Opinion

China must pay reparations to Africa for its Coronavirus failures

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2020 0

The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a severe injury to Africa’s development prospects and worsened the conditions of its poor and vulnerable. Although there are calls for voluntary international aid to support the continent during this difficult time, this is far from the best solution. The continent must be accorded damages and liability compensation from China, […]

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China reports 27 new coronavirus cases, death toll at 4,632 after data revisions

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2020 0

Shanghai – China’s National Health Commission reported 27 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 17, up from 26 the day earlier, according to data published on Saturday. Of that figure, 17 cases were imported via individuals arriving overseas, up from 15 the previous day. Newly discovered asymptomatic cases were at 54, down from 66 a […]

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FG to evacuate Nigerians in China over maltreatment

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2020 0

Abuja – Nigerians resident in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China, will soon be evacuated after investigation confirmed that they are being maltreated, foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama said on Friday in Abuja. The minister, while briefing the media, said that the decision became necessary “following new revelations over the situation after speaking

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COVID-19: Why Ezekwesili told China to pay Nigeria $140bn

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2020 0

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has told China to pay repatriation to African countries for failing to manage COVID-19. Ezekwesili, in a post on ‘The Washington Post’, said China must pay for failing to manage COVID-19, which had severely injured Africa’s development prospects and worsened the conditions of the poor. READ ALSO: Lockdown: FCTA […]

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China refineries respite for crude sellers globally

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2020 0

China refineries for crude sellers globally as they have increased or amount of production as other nations battle COVID-19 with lockdown and restrictions according to Global energy data, financial information and analytics company, S&P Global Platts S&P Global Platts report have it that the refineries don’t really care about the type of crude as long […]