Three Crowns, Nigeria’s leading low cholesterol and heart-friendly milk, has unveiled plans to celebrate the 2020 edition of the World Milk Day by highlighting in fulfilling ways the vital contributions of dairy nutrition to the food value chain. The World Milk Day is an annual celebration that was initiated in 2001 by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and held on June 1 to show the importance of milk as a global food. It encourages milk and …
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Rihanna and Beyonce have spoken out on the death of George Floyd, the black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer in Minneapolis The singers took to their respective Instagram pages to condemn the murder and demanded that more charges should be brought on all those involved in the death of George Floyd after ex- Minneapolis officer, Derek Chauvin, who knelt on George Floyd’s neck till he died, was arrested and charged with 3rd degree murder on Friday. …
Taylor Swift has slammed US president for threatening those violently protesting George Floyd’s death. Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis officer, Derek Chauvin. During the protest, people looted malls and burned buildings. Trump reacted on Twitter, stating that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” ( read here). The threat in his words was condemned by a number of people who said he didn’t condemn George’s killer …
Tik Tok users observed that hashtags calling for justice for George Floyd have been blocked on the platform and they took to Twitter to blast the video sharing platform. The hashtags #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd were blocked so that users were unable to add those hashtags to their posts. Users felt this was Tik Tok’s way of promoting racism and they called them out for it. @revengedja wrote: “TikTok blocked the #blacklivesmatter tag and every single tag related to …
Former US President Barack Obama has issued a statement on the death of George Floyd, the black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer in Minneapolis on Monday. Obama, 58, released a statement via his Twitter page, saying it “cannot be normal” in 2020 and urged the Minnesota authorities to ‘ensure that the circumstances surrounding George Floyd’s death are investigated thoroughly’. Obama, U.S. first black president, added: “This shouldn’t be ‘normal’ in 2020 America. …
People have taken to Twitter to protest after the result of George Floyd’s autopsy stated that there are “no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation”, but noted that Floyd had underlying health conditions. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner released these findings after conducting an autopsy on George Floyd on May 26. The preliminary results of the autopsy were included in the statement of probable cause for charges against Derek Chauvin. The statement …