German Virus Hunters Track Down COVID-19 Outbreaks
A team of medical students pressed into service by Cologne’s public health office are scrambling to cut off potential new chains of coronavirus infections by endlessly repeating the same questions.…
New COVID-19 Cases In China, New Zealand Sound Pandemic Alarm
Two women wear protective suits as they walk on a street near the closed Xinfadi market in Beijing on June 13, 2020. GREG BAKER / AFP More than two dozen…
We Will Defend Our Youths Against Rape, Domestic Violence – Minister
A file photo of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has condemned the rise in the…
Armenia’s COVID-19 Battle Crippled By Disinformation
A medical worker wearing protective equipment moves a patient into the Grigor Lusavorich Medical Centre in Yerevan on June 9, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.…
Hungary Set To End Disputed Emergency COVID-19 Powers
Miguel MEDINA / AFP. Hungary is set to revoke Tuesday anti-coronavirus emergency powers that triggered international criticism amid fears of a power grab by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Dominated by…
A World Redrawn: Nobel Winner Deaton Warns COVID-19 Could Worsen Inequality
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 08, 2016 (FILES) In this file photo taken on September 08, 2016 US-British microeconomist and 2015 Nobel Prize winner in Economics Angus…
Ukraine First Lady Hospitalised With Pneumonia
People walk in front of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev on March 31, 2019, during Ukraine’s presidential election. Sergei GAPON / AFP Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska, who last week…
Acts Of Terrorism, Violence In Northern Nigeria Are Intolerable – EU
A photo combination of an EU flag and a community deserted by residents after an attack by bandits in Katsina State. The European Union has condemned the latest attacks on…
BREAKING: Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, Resigns From APC
A file photo of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, addressing a press conference. Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has formally resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor announced…
Africa Urges UN Probe Of US ‘Systemic Racism’, Police Violence
Delegates attend the resuming of a UN Human Rights Council session after its interruption in March over the coronavirus pandemic on June 15, 2020, in Geneva. – The UN’s top…
UN Condemns Monguno, Nganzai Attacks
A photo of the United Nations emblem The Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, has. condemned the violent attacks in Monguno and Nganzai LGAs of Borno State yesterday. In…
Fire Engulfs Several Shops, Houses In Akure
Several shops and houses have been razed by fire in Oba Nla area of Akure, the Ondo state capital. Eyewitnesses say the inferno which started at about 9pm is said…
Edo APC Recommends Sack Of Obaseki, Others Over Alleged Anti-Party Activities
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, has recommended the expulsion of Governor Godwin Obaseki, and the Chairman of the party, Anselm Ojezua as well as the state women…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Surpass 16,000 As Gombe Tops Daily Infections
A graphic published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on June 14, 2020, displaying the country’s COVID-19 statistics. Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases surpassed 16,000 on Sunday as Gombe State had…
SERAP Seeks Details Of N800bn Recovered Loot, Alleged Payments Into Individual Accounts
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information Act (FoI) request to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him “to direct Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Attorney General of…
FG Shuts Jabi Mall Over Naira Marley’s Concert
Officials of the FCTA seal up the Jabi Mall in Abuja, the venue of Naira Marley’s concert on June 14, 2020. The Federal Government has shut the Jabi Lake Mall…
Anti-Racism Protests: France Won’t Erase History, Take Down Statues – Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference at the end of the Global Fund meeting to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria on october 10, 2019, in Lyon, central eastern…
COVID-19: Macron Says France Has Scored ‘First Victory’ Over Virus
File: France’s President Emmanuel Macron talks to journalists after a European Council meeting on Brexit at The Europa Building at The European Parliament in Brussels on April 11, 2019. KENZO…
Real Madrid Resume Quest For La Liga Title, Bash Eibar
Real Madrid’s Brazilian defender Marcelo kneels on the field to celebrate his goal during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid CF and SD Eibar at the Alfredo di…
Edo APC Primaries: Obaseki Disqualified Over ‘Leaked’ Results, Aide Alleges
A photo combination of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole Honourable Osaigbovo Iyoha, the Political Adviser to Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has shed more light…