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 […]
Igbo Apex group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has issued a statement confirming the ‘humiliation’ of Igbos in China over the recent Coronavirus Pandemic. The group revealed that over 2,500 Nigerians are stranded in China, calling on the Nigerian Government to intervene urgently. Below is a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA on Wednesday signed by the President General […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken into intensive care in hospital with coronavirus, Downing Street said on Monday night. Mr Johnson was moved to the intensive care unit after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, a Number 10 spokesperson said in a statement. The spokesperson said Mr Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to […]
One person was killed and four were injured when a gas explosion ripped through a five-storey residential building outside Moscow on Saturday, authorities said. The gas explosion took place in the town of Orekhovo-Zuyevo during stay-at-home orders from authorities trying to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Zhanna Terekhova, a spokeswoman for the emergencies ministry, […]