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Italy extends COVID-19 restrictions, allows cruise ships to sail

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The Italian government has extended measures intended to stop the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) until September 7, 2020.

Mauritius declares state of emergency

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Mauritius’ Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth declared a state of environmental emergency on Friday as the Indian ocean island battled to…

Central African rebel leader sanctioned over human rights abuse

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The United States has imposed sanctions against Bi Sidi Souleymane, the leader of the Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation (3R) rebel group…

Lebanese top officials detained after port blast

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

A Beirut judge has ordered the detention of the director of Lebanese customs and a port director, after the massive…

WASSCE: Ghanaian students riot over strict invigilation

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Some Ghanaian students taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have rioted over the strict invigilation during the…

Updated: 2 Pilots, 9 others die in Air India Express plane crash

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

At least 11 people, including the two pilots died in the crash of Air India Express Boeing 737 plane at…

You will hurt Americans more: Canada blasts Trump over aluminium tariff

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Canada's deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the first casualties of the 10 percent aluminium tariff reimposed by President Trump,…

Breaking News: Air India plane from Dubai skids off runway, many injured

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

An Air India flight carrying 191 passengers has crashed after overshooting the runway in Keral, India.

JUST IN: COVID-19 cases in Africa over one million

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has exceeded 1 million, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa…

Flood displaces 150,000 in South Sudan

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

At least 150,000 people have been uprooted from their homes due to heavy flooding in the eastern Jonglei state in…

8 die as 5-storey building collapses in Egypt

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

No fewer than eight persons were killed after a five-storey building collapsed in the Egyptian Delta city of Mahala, state-run…

‘Hydroxychloroquine’ Doctor Stella Immanuel speaks again

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Dr. Stella Immanuel, the woman who took the world by storm last month when she claimed that Hydroxychloroquine is the…

New deadly virus surfaces in China

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

China, where the coronavirus was detected last December, is now facing a new health threat from another virus, that is…

Onion, salmonella alert in United States

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

United States food regulators have warned consumers not to eat prepared meals sold at retailers including Walmart and Kroger, because…

Global COVID-19 cases hit new record, America over 5 million

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Global COVID-19 cases attained new milestones on Thursday night, overshooting the 19 million mark and accelerating to new record.

300,000 Americans to drop dead by 1 December

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by Dec. 1, University of Washington health experts forecast on Thursday.

Saudi Crown Prince Salman linked with murder plot, in U.S. court papers

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia sent a hit squad to Canada in an effort to hunt down and kill…

Beirut explosion is tragedy of monumental proportions – Buhari

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with President Michel Aoun and the people of Lebanon over massive explosions that rocked Beirut,…

Court jails young Russians for ‘plotting to overthrow Putin’

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Three young activists have been sentenced to long jail terms for plotting to overthrow President Vladimir Putin in a case…

Gambia announces state of emergency, curfew over COVID-19

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The Gambia Government has announced a 21-day state emergency effective from today, over the explosion in COVID-19 cases. A 10pm-5am…

Corrupt Mauritanian government resigns, new PM appointed

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani on Thursday appointed veteran public administrator Mohamed Ould Bilal as prime minister, hours after the…

COVID-19: WHO sends 40-man team of experts to South Africa

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent a 40-man team of experts to South Africa to boost the country's COVID-19…

Israel to begin tests of COVID-19 vaccine

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Thursday that clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine on humans would begin after…

China sentences third Canadian to death

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

A court in Southern China on Thursday sentenced a Canadian citizen, Xu Weihong, to death for manufacturing drugs.

UN sends medical supplies to Beirut

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The World Health Organisation has confirmed that twenty tons of UN supplies to treat people injured by the massive blast…

U.S. offers $10m for information on election intruders

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The United States has announced a 10-million-dollar (N3.8 billion) reward for information on foreign interference in its elections.

Investigation: Serial negligence, inaction main cause of Beirut explosion

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material at Beirut port caused the explosion that killed…

U.S govt to purge ‘untrusted’ Chinese apps

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Trump-led administration said on Wednesday it was stepping up efforts to purge “untrusted” Chinese apps from U.S. digital networks.

Facebook removes Trump post over COVID-19 misinformation

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Facebook on Wednesday took down a video by U.S. President Donald Trump in which he said children are “almost immune”…

Fauci, family get death threats over COVID-19

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, said he and his family are getting death threats because people don’t…

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