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Tanzania to combat cannabis farming

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The Tanzania Forest Service Agency (TFS) on Wednesday pledged to crack down on cannabis growers in the East African nation's…

UN condemns attacks on humanitarian aid workers in South Sudan

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The UN humanitarian agency has strongly condemned brutal attacks on humanitarian aid workers in South Sudan's Central Equatoria, an area…

Philippines vows strict screening of Russia vaccine

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Philippine officials on Thursday assured the public that any vaccine against the novel coronavirus would have to go through strict…

Government officials arrested in Ethiopia over violence

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

More than 500 lower and middle-level government officials have been arrested for suspected role in recent deadly violence, Ethiopia's Oromia…

59 terrorists killed in northern Mozambique

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The Defense and Security Forces of Mozambique (FDS) announced that 59 terrorists were killed over the past week in the…

China finds coronavirus traces on imported chicken wings

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Authorities in southern China said on Thursday that they had found traces of the coronavirus on frozen chicken wings imported…

Why Kamala Harris may prove a risky target for Trump campaign

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Joe Biden’s selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate provides a brand-new target for President Donald Trump’s re-election…

Biden, Harris whack Trump in first joint appearance

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Democrat Senator Kamala Harris and former US Vice President Joe Biden literally chewed President Donald Trump as they shared the…

Former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington is dead

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington has died at the age of 90.

Ghana evacuates 2000 citizens from Lebanon

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The Ghanaian government has begun the evacuation of 2000 citizens stranded in Lebanon, following the deadly explosions in its capital…

Trump predicts grim future if Biden wins

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

U.S President Donald Trump has again expressed his doubts about Joe Biden's capability in negotiating with China.

Vaping teenagers at high risk of contracting COVID-19: Stanford Scientists

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine said teenagers and young adults that vape are at substantially higher risk of…

Kamala Harris: Barack Obama says ‘Joe Biden nailed this decision’

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Ex-President Barack Obama has hailed Joe Biden’s choice of Senator Kamala Harris as a running mate in this year’s United…

UN offers virtual tours to its headquarters for a fee

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Virtual tours to the UN Headquarters in New York are being offered to the general public amid the COVID-19 pandemic,…

69 dead, over 4000 medical personnel down with COVID-19 in Algeria

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Algeria's Scientific Committee monitoring the spread of COVID-19 said that 4,025 medical staff in the country have been infected with…

Queen Elizabeth approves posthumous honour for Australian teenager

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Queen Elizabeth II has agreed to recognise a teenage sailor who went down with his ship firing on attacking planes…

Germany doubts safety of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine had not been sufficiently tested for safety, a claim…

New Zealand reports four new possible cases of coronavirus

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

New Zealand on Wednesday reported four new possible cases of COVID-19, as the country’s largest city went into lockdown.

India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 2.3m as deaths surge past 46,000 mark

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The number of COVID-19 cases in India rose to 2,329,638 on Wednesday as the deaths crossed the 46,000 marks, reaching…

Hospitals, expats blast Trump’s plan to block U.S. citizens over coronavirus

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

A Southern California-area hospital system, immigrant advocacy groups and Americans living in Mexico criticized on Tuesday a U.S. government draft…

What Trump and his campaign are saying about Kamala Harris

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris was a fierce critic of Joe Biden during the Democratic Party’s presidential primary won by the latter.

Coronavirus returns to New Zealand, Auckland set for lockdown

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

New Zealanders on Wednesday scrambled to stock up on essentials as the country’s biggest city of Auckland prepared to go…

Joe Biden’s VP Pick: How Kamala Harris reacted to her nomination

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Senator Kamala Harris said she was honoured to join former Vice-President Joe Biden as his running mate in 3 November…

Joe Biden picks Senator Kamala Harris as running mate

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

California Senator Kamala Harris is the running mate to Joe Biden, the presumptive presidential candidate of the US Democrats in…

Former Indian President Mukherjee in critical condition after brain surgery

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, who tested positive for COVID-19, is on life support at a hospital after undergoing surgery…

Philippines leader Duterte agrees to be Russia’s lab rat

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The Philippines said on Tuesday it was ready to work with Russia in testing and producing a coronavirus vaccine being…

Police bust biggest cocaine lab in Netherlands

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Dutch police on Tuesday said they had found the largest cocaine laboratory in the Netherlands, located near the German border…

Updated: Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine to be available January 2021

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine will not be available for public use until 1 January 2021, the website of the State Register…

Belarus: Lukashenko’s challenger Tsikhanouskaya flees

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the opposition candidate in Belarus’ presidential election who refused to concede her defeat has fled to Lithuania

Russia registers first COVID-19 vaccine, Putin’s daughter inoculated

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Russia on Tuesday became the first country in the world to officially register a COVID-19 vaccine and declare it ready…

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