The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and other African leaders, not to allow US President Donald Trump to frustrate Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s bid to emerge as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Obiano said this in a statement titled, ‘WTO DG: A Call on […]
Police in Chile are training dogs to detect people that may be infected with the novel coronavirus by sniffing their sweat. The dogs — three golden retrievers and a labrador — are between the ages of four and five. Until now they have been used to sniff out illicit drugs, explosives and lost people, police […]
China saw forecast-beating economic growth in the second quarter after a record contraction in the previous three months, as businesses cautiously returned to normality after strict lockdowns across the country. The figures released Thursday follow a string of data showing the world’s number two economy slowly emerging from the outbreak, and should provide hope to […]
The Federal Government says it in talks with relevant authorities over plans by the United States government’s plan to strip Nigerian and other international college students of their US visas and deport them if their courses go entirely online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The move will affect thousands of Nigerians who constitute one-third of […]
The United States topped three million confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday as President Donald Trump pushed for schools to re-open amid a COVID-19 resurgence in many southern hotspots. The US remains by far the worst affected country, with over 131,000 deaths, while Brazil — whose virus-skeptic President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the disease is […]
A Court in Mongolia’s capital Ulan Bator, sentenced Former Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat on Monday to six years imprisonment for abuse of power. A criminal court in the Sukhbaatar district found him guilty of illegally owning protected areas with special licenses. The court said that Erdenebat also gave privileges to a mining company by abusing […]
An Indian man said he paid about $4,000 for a bespoke gold face mask to protect him from the coronavirus raging in the country. The precious metal covering weighs 60 grams (two ounces) and took craftsmen eight days to make, said businessman Shankar Kurhade, from the western city of Pune. “It is a thin mask […]
Qatar’s interior ministry has announced that wearing masks will be mandatory for everyone going outside starting on Sunday in the country. The minister disclosed that violators will be fined up to 200,000 riyals ($53,000) or jailed up to three years. The statement made available on the ministry’s Twitter account said those exempted from compulsory mask […]
The Pakistani government has said that the nationwide lockdown would be lifted despite the rising COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the coronavirus lockdown will be lifted on Saturday, even though the number of cases in the country is accelerating. According to him, the country’s large number of poor people and labourers cannot […]
The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has helped 997 Americans return home to reunite with family and friends during this time of unprecedented challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 6-8, three U.S. Consulate-organized chartered flights operated by Delta Air Lines and Ethiopian Airlines repatriated 850 American citizens from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos […]