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WHO scientists study Omicron COVID variant

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4 years ago

In a statement released Sunday, the global health agency said it is ‘not clear’ whether Omicron COVID variant is more…

Botswana logs 15 more cases of Omicron

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4 years ago

Dikoloti stressed the variant did not emerge in Botswana as the four cases were found in people who travelled to…

Another Nigerian Kehinde Idris arrested with N1.8m cocaine in India

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Another Nigerian, Kehinde Sadiq Idris, 26, has been arrested by the Prune City Police in India for alleged possession of…

South Africans with Omicron not seriously ill, says doctor

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

So far, the cases detected in South Africa are not serious, Angelique Coetzee, who chairs the South African Medical Association,…

Omicron panic: Countries with travel ban on South Africa

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4 years ago

UK first suspended flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini.

Nigeria’s Akintonde jailed 15 years in US for selling fake drugs that killed teenager

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Nigeria's Olatunde James Temitope Akintonde has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in the United States for selling fentanyl-laced pills…

Boris Johnson unveils new measures to contain Omicron

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4 years ago

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said arrivals from all countries would have to self-isolate until receiving a negative result from a…

Bizarre: 60-year-old Hasan rapes goat to death, faces 20-year jail term

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

A 60-year-old man, Shaari Hasan, is facing 20-year jail term after he allegedly raped a female goat to death.

Sudanese PM Hamdok dismisses police chief, deputy

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4 years ago

Lt.-Gen. Anan Hamed Mohammed Omar was appointed as the new police chief.

2 cases of Omicron variant land in UK, Netherlands logs 61

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4 years ago

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola added to UK travel red list - effective from 4am Sunday.

Canada bans flights from 7 African countries

Taiwo Okanlawon

4 years ago

The Canadian government has said all foreign nationals who have travelled through the seven affected countries in the last 14…

Morocco imposes travel ban on South Africa, others

Taiwo Okanlawon

4 years ago

Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said its travel ban covers South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Blinken calls for urgent truce in Ethiopia after military escalation

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4 years ago

The comments came hours after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appeared on the frontline with the national army, further escalating…

China connects one million Ugandans to satellite TV

Taiwo Okanlawon

4 years ago

Zhang Lizhong, Chinese ambassador to Uganda, said the project benefitted about one million people.

World’s oldest jewellery found in Morocco

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4 years ago

The bead style was found to be most closely connected to the Aterian culture of the Middle Stone Age in…

UAE joins bandwagon, bans flights from southern Africa

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4 years ago

The travel suspension will be effective from November 29. This includes suspending the entry of travellers who were in these…

U.S. joins EU, UK, slams travel ban on South Africa, others

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4 years ago

The decision was made on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the COVID-19 Response Team, and…

Uber drivers protest partial shutdown in Brussels

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4 years ago

Hundreds of drivers with ride-hailing company, Uber, protested in Brussels on Friday against a court-ordered partial shutdown imposed in the…

Coal mine accident: Xi condoles with Putin

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4 years ago

Xi said he was shocked to learn that a gas explosion occurred in a coal mine in Belovo, a city…

Singapore Zoo reopens after Lion recovers from Covid-19

Muhamin Olowoporoku

4 years ago

Four Asiatic lions infected around the same time in a nearby safari park remain in quarantine in their dens but…

Czech records 27,717 new COVID-19 infections in 24 hours

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4 years ago

Authorities in the Czech Republic had announced a new record level of cases of COVID-19 on Friday with 27,717 infections…

ECOWAS Commission presents 2022 budget to AFC

Muhamin Olowoporoku

4 years ago

By Lizzy Okoji The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission on Thursday presented its 2022 budget before the…

London Tube workers go on strike

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4 years ago

RMT announced the strike after the underground abolished 200 driver positions, and introduced new schedules for the remaining drivers to…

South Africa slams Britain for rushed travel ban

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4 years ago

Britain on Thursday temporarily banned flights from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini from Friday after its detection…

Ethiopia warns U.S. to stop spreading fake news on Tigrayan war

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4 years ago

The minister spoke after the U.S. State Department issued an alert about potential "terrorist attacks".

Britain bans flights from South Africa, Botswana, 4 others

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4 years ago

Under new rules, returning British travellers from those destinations would also have to quarantine.

Czech President Zeman back in hospital with COVID-19

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4 years ago

His new ailment has been diagnosed to be COVID-19 infection, local TV reports.

Barack Obama’s aunt Hawa Magak dies in Kenya

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4 years ago

Hawa Magak was the younger sister of Barack Obama Hussein Senior, the father of former US President Barack Obama.

Czech President Milos Zeman discharged from hospital

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4 years ago

Zeman was taken to an intensive care unit shortly after parliamentary elections in early October.

Why Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was barred from Libya prezy race

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4 years ago

Gaddafi was one of 25 candidates the commission disqualified in an initial decision pending an appeals process that will ultimately…

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