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Confirmed: Joe Biden wins Georgia, Trump North Carolina

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

US President-elect Joe Biden has increased his electoral college votes to 306, after CNN ad NBC News declared him winner…

WHO raises alarm over COVID-19 spread

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday raised an alarm over a spike in coronavirus (covid-19) infections in Tunisia.

74 migrants drown in Central Mediterranean

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday reported yet another devastating shipwreck in the Central Mediterranean, which has claimed…

Turkey fines Google $25m for online advertising abuse

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Turkey’s competition authority on Friday fined Google 196.7 million lira (25.54 million dollars) for abusing its dominant position in the…

Cummings, Boris Johnson’s powerful adviser, quits suddenly

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5 years ago

Dominic Cummings, the most powerful adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has quit with immediate effect.

AfDB grants Uganda $0.5 million oil development fund

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5 years ago

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Uganda have signed a grant agreement, worth US$500,000, for the financing…

WHO establishes council for economic growth

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a new Council on the Economics of Health for All to put “Health…

Lawyers dump Trump in Pennsylvania

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5 years ago

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to challenge election results in Pennsylvania suffered a setback Friday as his lawyers withdrew…

French troops kill Bah Moussa, leader of al-Qaida jihadists in Mali

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

French forces have killed Bah Moussa, a military leader of al-Qaida’s North Africa wing in Mali, Armed Forces Minister…

Boris Johnson’s Brexit adviser Cummings set to quit

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5 years ago

Dominic Cummings, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most powerful adviser, will step down by year-end.

COVID-19 kills serial killer Peter Sutcliffe

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

THE Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has died from complications arising from COVID-19.

Just IN: China finally congratulates Biden

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5 years ago

China finally congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday six days after he was declared winner of the American election.

Elon Musk ridicules COVID-19 tests after conflicting results same day

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5 years ago

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said he took four COVID-19 tests on the same day, with two showing…

AU sacks head of security as Ethiopia, Tigray conflict worsens

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5 years ago

The African Union (AU) has dismissed its security head, an Ethiopian national, after the Ethiopian government accused him of disloyalty…

Biden throws Trump into more misery by winning Arizona

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5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden cemented his electoral victory by capturing the battleground state of Arizona late on Thursday, throwing President Trump…

Why I will forever be indebted to Jerry Rawlings – Obasanjo

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed why he would forever be indebted to late former President of Ghana,…

Rawlings: Ghana declares 7 days of mourning

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5 years ago

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared seven days of national mourning in honour of former President Jerry John…

6 Americans, Frenchman, Czech killed in crashed helicopter

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5 years ago

A helicopter with a U.S.-led Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Egyptian Sinai has crashed, killing six Americans, a…

Primate Ayodele makes big revelation ahead Ghana’s election

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

Popular cleric and leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has revealed what must be done if leading…

Atiku, Saraki, others pay tribute to ex-Ghana leader, Jerry Rawlings

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

Former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has paid tribute to Jerry Rawlings, ex-Ghanaian leader whose death was announced on…

Coronavirus: Vatican offers free tests in Rome

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5 years ago

The Vatican has been offering free coronavirus swab tests as part of its charity for the poor in Rome, it…

JUST IN: John Jerry Rawlings ex-Ghanaian leader is dead

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5 years ago

Former president of Ghana John Jerry Rawlings is dead. He died today of Covid-19 complications. He was 73 years old.

Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: Baby dies aboard rescue ship

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5 years ago

Spanish migrant rescue charity, 'Open Arms’ on Thursday reported that a six-month-old baby had died hours after he was taken…

COVID-19 guts Rwanda’s Nyarugenge prison

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5 years ago

Rwanda late Wednesday reported 27 new COVID-19 cases in the Nyarugenge Prison in Kigali, taking the daily count to 50,…

Car bomb kills journalist in southern Afghanistan

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Officials on Thursday confirmed that one local journalist, Ilyas Dayee, was killed by a bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand…

South Sudan secures first IMF loan

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

South Sudan has secured its first loan of US$52.3 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since joining the Fund…

UN chief reacts to killings in northern Mozambique

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on the authorities in Mozambique to investigate brutal killings this past weekend…

Singapore announces new work visa for tech execs

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Singapore on Thursday announced a new work visa for foreign executives of technology firms, in hopes to attract future economic…

Kamala Harris’s husband quits job for White House role

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Douglas Emhoff, the husband of US vice president-elect Kamala Harris, has left his private law practice to focus on his…

US President-elect Biden appoints chief of staff

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5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden appointed top Democratic official Ron Klain as his chief of staff and assistant to the president…

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