Some experts believe that the current COVID-19 death count could already be greatly undercounted… The United States reached another grim milestone on Friday, as the confirmed COVID-19 death toll topped 700,000, just over a year and a half into the pandemic, and despite the wide availability of vaccines. The milestone, according to data from Johns … Read more
He said nothing at the time of his swearing in about how long he will remain the interim leader. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who led last month’s coup in Guinea, was sworn in as interim president on Friday promising to respect the West African state’s international commitments while transitioning to civilian rule. Doumbouya, who led the … Read more
A prominent politician has killed himself inside the office. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the former deputy speaker in Malawi on Thursday shot himself in the head inside parliament, where he had gone for a meeting, parliament said. It was gathered that Clement Chiwaya, age 50, killed himself inside the parliament building, where he had gone … Read more
Col Doumbouya said his soldiers had seized power because they wanted to end rampant corruption… Guinea’s military leader Col Mamady Doumbouya will on Friday be sworn in as the interim president, the BBC reports. The ceremony will be held at the presidential palace and will be attended by those who have been invited only. Col … Read more
Kabul University’s management said that TheNYT’s report was based on a tweet posted via a “fake Twitter account” Afghanistan’s Islamist and political movement, Taliban, has refuted claims that it banned women from attending Kabul University either as students or instructors. American publication, NewYorkTimes, had on Tuesday quoted a twitter account in the name of Taliban-newly-appointed … Read more
Fumio Kishida on course to be Japan’s next Prime Minister after Yoshihide Suga who decided to step down after one year in office. EkohotBlog reports that Fumio Kishida has won the race to lead Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). This victory will put Kishida on course to become the next Prime Minister of the … Read more
Suspected ritualists have dumped a lady’s corpse beside a Church in Ondo State. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a lifeless body of a young lady was on Tuesday dumped on the road in Akure, the Ondo State capital by yet to be identified persons suspected to be ritualists. The corpse of the lady, whose identity … Read more
…the Treasury Department estimated it would run out of cash and accounting maneuvers at some point in October United States Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, has warned lawmakers that the federal government will likely run out of cash and extraordinary measures by October 18 unless Congress raises the debt ceiling. The new estimate from Yellen raises … Read more
Kelly was found guilty of nine counts — one count of racketeering and eight counts of violating the Mann Act Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, along with separate charges of sex trafficking. In this federal case in the Eastern District … Read more
Uganda has recorded a total of 3,146 Covid-19 deaths since the pandemic begun A study done by Ugandan scientists has found that vaccination against COVID-19 significantly reduced deaths in the country. There were no deaths recorded among fully vaccinated patients during the research period. There were also fewer deaths among those who were partially vaccinated. … Read more
…COVID-19 vaccines are only approved for children 12 and older, which has stirred concern among health experts as cases in children increase… Pfizer/BioNTech plans to ask for authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12 soon. This brings the US one step closer to offering protection to a population that has grown particularly vulnerable … Read more
Graphic images posted to social media showed bloody bodies on the back of a pick-up truck while a crane hoisted one man up. The Taliban hung the bodies of four kidnappers from cranes after killing them during a shootout in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat on Saturday, a senior official said. Herat province’s deputy governor … Read more
Ron DeSantis, Florida Governor, U.S. has appointed a Nigerian-American, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, as Florida Surgeon-General and Secretary of the Department of Health. DeSantis in a statement posted on the Florida Department of Health website, stated that he was pleased to announce Ladapo for the position. “I am pleased to announce that Ladapo will lead the … Read more
Investigators believe the boy killed himself by accident A two-year-old died in Texas after shooting himself with a gun he found in a family member’s backpack, officials said. This is the latest in a string of similar accidents by US children which have become tragically ordinary. The boy in the city of Waco sustained a … Read more
The ex-cop and three of his colleagues arrested Floyd on suspicion of having passed a fake $20 bill in a store in Minneapolis… Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has appealed his conviction for the murder of George Floyd, citing 14 complaints about his high-profile trial earlier this year in a case that roiled the … Read more
China’s central bank on Friday declared all crypto-currency transactions illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. EkoHotBlog reports that China is one of the world’s largest crypto-currency markets and 95 percent of crypto mining occurs in China. “Virtual currency-related business activities are illegal financial activities,” the People’s Bank of China … Read more
The investigation by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol is aimed directly at former President Donald Trump a panel on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” explained on Thursday evening. The select committee subpoenaed former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Daniel … Read more
Rudy Giuliani and some other senior aides to Donald Trump have been banned from Fox News. The former Trump lawyer and New York City mayor hasn’t appeared on the conservative network for almost three months, but he learned of the ban the night before Sept. 11, when his scheduled appearance on “Fox & Friends” to … Read more
The first nurse to be vaccinated at Karl Bremer Hospital, Western Cape, in South Africa has died of complications resulting from Covid-19. Iris Adams, 64, who received the vaccine at the hospital, died on Saturday, September 18, 2021. She had been an Assistant Nursing Manager since 1997 and was the first person to … Read more
There are no laws in Canada that say individuals need their spouses’ permission to get vaccinated, and it is unclear if his wife had given consent Police are looking for a man in Canada who reportedly punched a nurse in the face multiple times, knocking her to the ground after she administered a COVID-19 vaccine … Read more