British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiancée Carrie Symonds on Wednesday welcomed a baby boy. The duo announced the pregnancy on February 29, days after the PM’s divorce from Marina Wheeler was confirmed, and got engaged while holidaying on the exclusive Caribbean island of Mustique over the new year. Announcing the […]
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COVID-19:Germany Grants Nigeria N8.9bn Debt Relief
The Republic of Germany said it has granted Nigeria debt relief amounting to N8.9bn (€22.4m) on account of the Coronavirus pandemic. Also, the German Government said it had successfully campaigned in the G20 group of countries and the Paris Club group of creditor countries in favour of a debt moratorium […]
COVID-19: Break cycle of misinformation, UN Agency tells Nigerians
The UN Information Centre (UNIC) has called for more efforts from all Nigerians toward ending the menace of misinformation in the country. The UNIC National Information Officer, Dr Oluseyi Soremekun, who said this at a Webinar on “Overriding Influence of misinformation’’ on the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday, described misinformation as […]
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COVID-19:China in for Legal Battle,as Nigerian lawyers sue for $200b
A coalition of Nigerian legal experts have filed a class action suit against the Peoples Republic of China over the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic effect on Nigerians. They are demanding $200 billion as damages for the “loss of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture and disruption […]
Another big challenge is approaching – UN warns
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has warned that the world is about to be faced with another deep emergency aside the Coronavirus pandemic. Guterres on Wednesday said the biodiversity was declining sharply and climate disruption approaching a point of no return Guterres made this known in his message to mark the […]
COVID-19: Stopped Queen’s 94th Birthday Celebration
Owing to the effects of the coronavirus,and the situation of many British citizens, Queen Elizabeth’s 94th birthday celebrations was halted today as the traditional gun salute and palace parade was called off this year. Dominion Times gathered that Britain’s Elizabeth II, the world’s eldest and longest-reigning monarch, typically spends her […]
COVID-19:Israeli scientists claim breakthrough in Vaccine
A GROUP of researchers in northern Israel Thursday said they have achieved a “scientific breakthrough” in treating coronavirus. Speaking at a press conference, researchers of the Migal Galilee Research Institute said the that was discovered to cure the birds infected with coronavirus. Clinical trials at Israel’s Volcani Agricultural Research […]
COVID-19: WHO driver killed while collecting samples
A World Health Organization (WHO) driver has been killed in a conflict-riven region of Myanmar while out collecting COVID-19 monitoring samples. Pyae Sone Win Maung was driving a well-marked United Nations vehicle when it was hit by gunfire in Rakhine State. The UN says dozens of civilians have been killed […]
COVID-19:No approved vaccine yet in Nigeria – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday insisted that there was no approved vaccine in Nigeria or any part of Africa for COVID-19 saying researches are still ongoing on the deadly viral disease. WHO Immunisation Team Lead, Dr Fiona Braka, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the […]
Oil price crashes to below $11 per barrel However, the plunge has been exaggerated as the May futures contract expires on Tuesday, leading to a fire-sale among traders who do not have storage space
Oil suffered its biggest one-day price plunge in the modern era, at one point crashing about 40% to below $11 a barrel as traders contend with a historic glut. Despite Opec+’s unprecedented output deal agreed on a week ago, the oil market remains massively oversupplied as the lockdowns to fight […]