Trump bows to pressure, wears face mask for first time since COVID-19 pandemic
U.S. President Donald Trump finally wore a face mask. He heeded warnings on Thursday to wear the mask as he visited a Ford factory in...
FG lists diseases responsible for 70 per cent of COVID-19 deaths
The federal government has said health challenges like tuberculosis, hypertension, diabetes, HIV, kidney disease and cancer are responsible for 70 per cent of COVID-19 deaths...
Buhari’s minister, Farouq reacts as Nigerians declare feeding programme a scam
The President Muhammadu Buhari administration has stated that its plan to feed school children at home is not a scam. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and...
Coronavirus: I tested positively toward negative – Donald Trump
United States President, Donald Trump might have subtly confirmed that he tested positive for coronavirus and then negative. On Thursday, he made a riddle wrapped...
Malabu deal: UK court dismisses Nigeria’s $1bn suit against Shell, Eni
A UK court has ruled that Nigeria’s $1 billion suit against Royal Dutch Shell and Eni, oil giants, cannot go on because it does...
Myanmar court jails editor for reporting false COVID-19 death
A Myanmar news editor has been jailed for two years after his agency reported a coronavirus death that turned out to be false, his lawyer...
COVID-19: Osinbajo constitutes committee on reopening of economy after NEC meeting
Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has constituted a committee on the reopening of the economy. This was one of the resolves after chairing a...
Nigeria records COVID-19 breakthrough as NCDC validates viral RNA extraction
4-5 minutes The country has blazed a trail in Africa with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) successfully validating the first phase of the...
Details of how Adamawa recorded first COVID-19 death
As the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported, Adamawa State has recorded its first death from the coronavirus disease. The NCDC had noted...
COVID-19: Our second trip to Kogi will be successful, says Ehanire
Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says a second trip by officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to Kogi state will be successful....
We’ll prosecute Nigerians evading tax on foreign properties -Malami
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says the federal government will prosecute Nigerians refusing to pay tax on their properties in foreign countries. Malami,...
Only 40 percent of Nigerians poor – Buhari govt
The President Muhammadu Buhari administration on Thursday admitted that 40 percent of Nigerians are poor. NAN reports that Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, made the declaration...
LG chairmen absent from work as Borno gov visits
Chairmen and top officials in six Local Government Areas were absent from work when the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, paid unscheduled visits to their...
COVID-19 test: NCDC makes appeal to State Governments
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has called on State governments to intensify efforts to ramp up sample collection and testing for coronavirus. The...
Man Utd relaxed over Ighalo’s future
Manchester United are “relaxed” when it comes to the future of Odion Ighalo, according to James Cooper. Ighalo joined United on loan from Shanghai Shenhua...
No annual growth target for virus-hit China, a first in years
4-5 minutes AFP / Leo RAMIREZ Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told officials at all levels to 'tighten their belts' China's communist rulers avoided setting an...
Cricket South Africa refuses to back Smith’s support of Ganguly
3-4 minutes AFP/File / JEWEL SAMAD Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith wants former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly to head world cricket The divisions in...
Trapped migrant workers suffer from Lebanon’s dollar crisis, lockdown
4-5 minutes Temitope can’t find work in Lebanon since the Nigerian domestic worker escaped her employer’s house last month. FILE PHOTO: Women walk along a...
UK government took decision to stop mass testing and tracing in March: advisers
FILE PHOTO: A member of the military conducts a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) check-up at a drive-thru testing site in Chessington, London, Britain, April 24, 2020....
Beijing may base security agencies in Hong Kong as part of new laws
5-7 minutes A proposal to impose national security laws in Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases in the global financial hub,...
Pakistan’s PIA aircraft with 107 passengers on board crashes in Karachi: officials
A PIA aircraft with 99 passengers and eight crew members on board crashed on Friday in a residential area of the southern Pakistani city of...
Giant ‘noble’ thiof gives Senegalese fish-lovers crumbs of comfort
Senegalese shoppers have found one small piece of comfort among all the coronavirus chaos - a dive in the price of thiof, a fish at...
Yemen’s health system ‘has in effect collapsed’ as COVID spreads: U.N.
3-4 minutes The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen where the health care system “has in effect collapsed”, the United Nations said...
Iran leader hails armed support for Palestinians against ‘tumor’ Israel
3-4 minutes Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday denounced Israel as a “tumor” to be eliminated and hailed Tehran’s supply of weaponry to...
Drive to succeed: the endless golf dominance of South Korea’s women
6-7 minutes AFP / Jung Yeon-je Kim Sei-young is one of eight South Korean in the world top 20 When South Korea's domestic women's golf...
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: A worker sprays an antiviral liquid inside a train amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
British racing looks overseas for lessons as it gears up for return
4-5 minutes AFP / ADRIAN DENNIS A jockey puts a horse through his paces at George Baker's stables in southeast England British horse racing can...
Sweet dreams are made of these: Ramadan Bayram desserts
8-11 minutes Turkish cuisine is rich in many ways and saying that any of the desserts mentioned below are exclusively for Ramadan Bayram, also known...