Pastor T.B. Joshua: Hardship virus worse than coronavirus

 

Pastor T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations has urged leaders of all countries to lift the lockdown imposed because of coronavirus. His reason: Hardship virus is more dangerous than coronavirus.

“The presidents of the nations should open up the economy. The more we delay in opening up the economy, the more we will face a worse situation afterwards”, he said in a Facebook by TB Joshua Ministries. He also spoke on why church ministers have kept quiet over the raging pandemic:

Kenya central bank shifts its policy meeting to April 29

 

 The Kenyan central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee will hold its next meeting on April 29, it said on Tuesday, changing it from the initial scheduled date of April 27.

Oil-price turmoil gripped traders

   Oil-price turmoil gripped traders once more Tuesday, a day after US crude futures crashed below zero for the first time as the coronavirus crisis crippled global energy demand and worsened a supply glut.

  The commodity rout also sent world equity markets spiralling lower, as investors fretted it could compound an expected deep global economic downturn. WTI had Monday collapsed to an unprecedented intra-day low of minus $40.32. Negative prices mean traders must pay to find buyers to take physical possession of the oil — a job made difficult with the world’s storage capacity at bursting point.

Sokoto NMA Chairman tests positive for coronavirus

 

   The Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Sokoto state chapter, Dr. Sani Abubakar, has tested positive for coronavirus. Abubakar disclosed this via his social media platforms today.

Lagos state confirms two more COVID-19 deaths

 

  The Lagos State government has confirmed the death of two more coronavirus patients at its isolation centres in the state. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi, announced this while giving an update on the disease.

President Buhari’s personal bodyguard dies

     The Presidency, on Tuesday, announced the death of one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s personal bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato.

   Mato, according to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, succumbed to diabetes, which he had struggled with in the last three years, on Tuesday.