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European football clubs lose €4 billion to coronavirus shock
European football clubs in the region's 55 leagues would lose about four billion euros (or 4.5 billion dollars) in revenue,…
Confirmed: Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday announced on live television that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Senate passes sexual harassment bill to protect female students
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed the Sexual Harassment Bill which seeks to redress sexual harassment of students in tertiary…
How Saudi Arabia will pick this year’s pilgrims
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has listed four conditions to be met by resident muslims planning to perform…
U.S. assassination of Iranian General Soleimani illegal: UN
A report to be presented to UN Human Rights Council on Thursday has found the US drone strike in Iraq…
Coronavirus existed worldwide before China, claims Oxford University don
An Oxford University expert Dr. Tom Jefferson has claimed that the novel coronavirus has existed worldwide before erupting in China…
SERAP to Buhari: Magu must be given fair trial
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to afford EFCC boss Ibrahim Magu his right to…
Mahama picks female ex-minister Opoku-Agyemang as running mate
Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has named former Minister for Education Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as his presidential running mate…
Melbourne goes into another coronavirus lockdown
More than five million residents of Melbourne, Australia will be locked down from 11.59pm on 8 July, after coronavirus cases…
Oil prices fall over U.S. virus surge
Oil prices fell on Tuesday, erasing earlier gains, on concerns that the surge in coronavirus cases in the United States,…
Brazilian president Bolsonaro takes 4th test after showing COVID-19 symptoms
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been tested for the fourth time for the coronavirus, his office said on Monday night.
Kanye West’s Yeezy clothing firm to receive $2m-$5m as COVID-19 relief loan
Ventures backed by big-name entertainers Kanye West and Francis Ford Coppola were among those approved for loans under a U.S.…
Magu detained overnight at FCID, faces suspension: Reports
The embattled acting chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu was detained Monday night after being quizzed by a presidential panel…
Gov. Ugwuanyi offers tortured girl Chinonye Nnadi full scholarship
Help has come the way of 10 year-old Chinonye Nneoma Nnadi who was tortured by her guardians, Ifeoma Ozougwu and…
Canada’s PM Trudeau rules out Washington meeting with Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not visit Washington with Mexico’s president this week to celebrate a new North American…
Coronavirus hits Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms revealed Monday that she has contracted the coronavirus, as her state and other southern states…
Ibrahim Magu: When the hunter becomes the bush meat
Ibrahim Magu, acting EFCC chairman is on a date with fate. He hoisted himself with his own petard.
Broadcaster, toastmaster Richie Dayo Johnson is dead
One of Nigeria’s foremost communication experts, Richie Dayo-Johnson is dead. He died in London early today, after a heart attack.
Wicked Enugu couple the Ozougwus sent to jail
A Magistrates’ Court in Enugu, on Monday, ordered that a couple Mr Jude and Ifeoma Ozougwu, who caused grievous harm…
Nigeria announces date for commencement of WASSCE
The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been scheduled to commence from 4 August and end 5 September.
No Igbo contractor in Ondo: Akeredolu replies ex-SSG Abegunde
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said there is no single road contractor of Igbo extraction in the state.
DSS arrests EFCC boss Magu in commando style(Updated)
Operatives of the Department of State Services staged a commando-style raid of the old headquarters of the Economic and Financial…
BUA Cement plans major plant in Adamawa
BUA Cement plans a three million metric tonnes cement plant and 50 megawatts power plant in Guyuk and Lamurde local…
AfDB appoints Wambui Gichuri as VP agriculture
The African Development Bank Group has announced the appointment of Wambui Gichuri as Acting Vice President- Agriculture, Human and Social…
Why Obaseki is bad omen for Edo PDP
Kassim Afegbua, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo state has doubled down on why he rejected Godwin…
Dead SSG receives monthly pension in Imo: Uzodinma
Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma said a late Secretary to the State Government(SSG) is still earning pension many years after his…
Gunmen in military fatigues kill 8 workers, 3 missing
Five gunmen wearing military fatigues, ambushed and killed eight employees of a construction firm working on the $23billion gas project…
South Africa reopens more classes in schools amid COVID-19
South Africa further reopened its schools today in line with its phased-in reopening strategy amid an upsurge in confirmed COVID-19…
Mississippi House speaker Philip Gunn tests positive for COVID-19
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn said Sunday night that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, after he came in…
COVID-19 kills Prof. Godwin Achinge who was fighting it
The Benue state government has confirmed the death of Professor Godwin Achinge, vice-chairman of Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19.