Author: PM NEWS Editor
COVID-19: Turkey releases 90,000 prisoners
Turkey has started releasing thousands of prisoners to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 among the congested facilities .
COVID-19: China must pay reparation to Africa for its failures
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a severe injury to Africa’s development prospects and worsened the conditions of its poor and…
China jacks up death toll for Wuhan
China further fuelled suspicions today that it under-reported casualties from its coronavirus epidemic when it jacked up by over a…
Coronavirus pandemic: Mitigating Africa’s imminent food crisis
The convergence of locust invasion, flood, drought and coronavirus pandemic has set the stage for an imminent food crisis in…
Kleptocrats claim: Presidency replies Senator Ndume
Senator Ali Ndume has earned the knocks of the presidency after he suggested that kleptocrats around President Muhammadu Buhari are…
Saudi Arabia battles coronavirus with enviable war chest
Saudi Arabia’s has thrown its enviable war chest against coronavirus, the kingdom's Finance and Economy Minister Muhammad al-Jadaan said.
Coronavirus: Health minister sacked over stay-at-home measure
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has sacked his health minister after clashing with him over how to fight the new coronavirus.
Coronavirus slip out of Wuhan lab? China under pressure to confirm
Western nations are mounting pressure on China to admit that the deadly coronavirus that has paralysed the world slipped out…
Aruna Quadri drops in ITTF ranking
Nigeria’s table tennis star Aruna Quadri has dropped in the April 2020 International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF ranking released on…
Photos: Weapons of war seized from Zamfara bandits
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has received 14 AK47 rifles and 10,000 bullets recovered from bandits by troops of Operation…
Lagos coronavirus cases jump to 251
Lagos remains coronavirus worst-stricken state as it reported another 19 cases on Thursday night out of 35 for the entire…
COVID-19 kills over 900 Africans
Over 900 Africans have been killed by COVID-19 as it bites harder on the continent, the Africa CDC said.
Photo news: Faces of Funke Olakunrin’s killers
The Nigerian Police have unveiled the faces of four suspects said to be Funke Olakunrin's killers
Chevron debunks reports workforce stricken by coronavirus
Chevron Nigeria Limited said on Thursday that its workforce, both expatriate and indigenous is free of the coronavirus.
UK lockdown extended by 3 weeks
The UK lockdown has been extended by another three weeks, with coronavirus death toll hitting 13,738 and cases above 100,000.
Lockdown rebellion in Mararaba Abuja
By Hawa Lawal Residents of Mararaba, an Abuja suburb located in Nasarawa State have defied the stay-at-home and social distancing…
Police arrest Funke Olakunrin’s killers, 4 other suspects still on the run
Four men suspected to have murdered Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti have been arrested, but the ring…
UK not out of coronavirus woods yet, death toll high again
The coronavirus death toll in the UK went higher again on Thursday with 861 more deaths announced. This took the…
22m Americans file for jobless claims
After three consecutive weeks of claims in the millions, another 5.245 million Americans filed for jobless claims for the week…
Let the Orishas punish me: Badirat Ajoke Alaafin’s wife reacts to KWAM 1 affair
Olori Badirat Ajoke, wife of the Alaafin, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has reacted to the rumours of an extra-marital affair with…
NEHAWU worried over high COVID-19 cases among South Africa’s health workers
South Africa's union, NEHAWU, is worried over the surge in the number of healthcare workers being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Coronavirus update around the world in the last 24 hours
Confirmed cases of the coronavirus crossed 2,082,372 globally at 0800 GMT on Thursday.More than 134,000 people have also died. The…
Melinda Gates to Trump: Your WHO move makes no sense
Melinda Gates has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump for pulling funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) at a time…
House of Reps defaults in donating to COVID-19 fund
Members of the House of Representatives have defaulted in contributing their March salaries in aid of COVID-19 fund.
Australia extends coronavirus restrictions
Australia will keep in place restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus for at least four more weeks.
NASA scientists find Earth-like planet
Scientists have just found an earth-like planet almost its size that may be capable of supporting life as we know…
Trump threatens to shut U.S. Congress
President Donald Trump has threatened to force the United States Congress to adjourn if the Senate failed confirm his nominees…
Face masks compulsory in New York from Saturday: Cuomo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York on Wednesday said he would issue an executive order requiring people to wear face…
Drug traffickers hide N483m cocaine in cargo of face masks
Sons-of-the-devil drug traffickers exploiting the coronavirus crisis of the moment hid cocaine in a cargo of face masks, heading for…
74m Arabs at risk of contracting coronavirus
Around 74 million in the water-scarce Arab region are at risk of contracting COVID-19 due to lack of access to…