Mr Andy Lu, Managing Director of a Chinese firm, Inner Galaxy Steel Company, on Thursday urged international investors to take advantage of Nigeria’s potential and invest in the country. Lu, in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos, said, “Nigeria has a lot of potential to become a leading world economy in … Read more
U.S. District Judge in Manhattan, Victor Marrero, on Thursday upheld a prosecutor’s subpoena for President Donald Trump’s tax returns. In a 103-page ruling, Marrero said Trump lacked the authority to block the subpoena covering eight years of his financial records. Read Also: Nigeria To Get 2bn COVID-19 Vaccine Doses -FG He trashed the president’s argument … Read more
Female Iraq Activist, Dr. Riham Yaqoob, who led local anti-government protests was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Iraqi city of Basra on Wednesday, August 19,2020. There have been continuous protests in Iraq’s Capital Baghdad, Basra, and other Southern cities due to the corruption of the Government, high rate of unemployment, dire public services, … Read more
Mali, tensions in the Mediterranean and measures to control the coronavirus are expected to be on the agenda on Thursday when German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with French President Emmanuel Macron at his Mediterranean residence of Fort de Bregancon. Despite Merkel’s strong relationships with several French presidents during her time in office, it’s the first … Read more
Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes across California, on Wednesday, as nearly two-dozen wildfires continued to blaze amid a record-breaking heatwave in parts of the western United States. Firefighters were battling 367 known fires throughout the state on Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted, with 23 of them major blazes. Read Also: Delta … Read more
Emergency rule against the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand might be extended for another month, said the National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Somsak Rungsita on Wednesday. The NSC chief told newsmen that his agency would propose the extension of the emergency decree, enforced nationwide since March, until Sept. 30 for the sake of the effectiveness … Read more
The United States, says it is providing an additional 204 million dollars (N77 billion) in humanitarian assistance to the people of Iraq. Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo said this in a statement after a meeting with the Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, in Washington on Wednesday. Read Also: Mali: ECOWAS Heads Of State … Read more
The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) will hold an Extraordinary Summit on the socio-political situation in Mali on Thursday. The Directorate of Communications of the ECOWAS Commission disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Read Also: Mali Crisis: Colonel Goita Declares Self … Read more
The political crisis that has engulfed Mali took a new turn on Wednesday after Assimi Goita, a colonel in the country’s army, declared himself head of the “National Committee for the salvation of the People”. The a group is a military junta created by rebels in the country. He announced his new position after a … Read more
President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, has disclosed the reason behind his resignation from office. He resigned from office — hours after he was arrested by mutinying soldiers. Keita said he resigned to avoid violence and bloodshed, announcing the dissolution of the government and the national assembly. “If it pleased certain elements of our military … Read more
Democratic candidate, Mr Joe Biden received a major support Tuesday night as Collin Powell called on Americans to massively vote for him. Biden has been officially nominated to run for the White House on November 3. Powell, a former Secretary of State, is the latest top Republican to openly support Biden. The endorsement confirms his … Read more
U.S. Democratic Party has officially nominated former Vice President, Mr Joe Biden, as its candidate for the Nov. 3 presidential election. Joe, whose nomination came on the second day of the party’s virtual National Convention on Tuesday night, will face incumbent President Donald Trump in the race for the White House. Read Also: OAP Oluwatoyin … Read more
US incumbent President, Donald Trump, has declared that the only way he would lose the November presidential election was if it is rigged. The latest polls survey show Joe Biden maintains lead over President Donald Trump ahead of the election. According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey released Sunday, Biden was up by 9 … Read more
US incumbent President, Donald Trump, has revealed the only way the Democrat party can emerge winner of the November 2020 presidential election. Trump said the election results will have to be manipulated and rigged for him to lose. The latest polls survey show Joe Biden maintains lead over President Donald Trump ahead of the election. … Read more
Canada’s finance minister, Bill Morneau has announced his resignation Monday, on ethics scandal and amid reported split with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over pandemic spending. Morneau, who has held the post since 2015, told a news conference that he met with Trudeau to inform him that he would not run in the next election, and … Read more
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal has rescued two women from drowning at an Algarve beach after their kayak capsized, BBC says. The 71-year President was pictured swimming over to the kayakers who were struggling in the water. De Sousa later told the press that the women had been swept by currents from a … Read more
The United Nations says no fewer than 70,000 workers are believed to have been rendered unemployed by the recent devastating explosions in Beirut, Lebanon. A spokesperson for the organisation, Mr Stéphane Dujarric, who stated this during his daily news briefing on Monday, said many households were directly affected as a result. Read Also: I Didn’t … Read more
A Philippine government minister has tested positive for coronavirus five months after an initial diagnosis, authorities said Monday, as experts investigate whether he had been re-infected. Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano, who is helping to spearhead the country’s virus response, said he returned a positive test on Saturday after experiencing flu-like symptoms last week. He was … Read more
A German pilot of a hot air balloon has died and two passengers were severely injured after it crashed near the banks of the River Rhine in Germany, police said on Monday. The balloon was caught by a rollery of wind as it came into land at about 8pm (1800 GMT) on Sunday near Urbar, … Read more
Thousands of members of a Protestant church linked to a coronavirus cluster in Seoul have been asked to quarantine, South Korean authorities said Monday, as they accused the group’s firebrand conservative leader who has reportedly tested positive. The country’s “trace, test and treat” approach has been held up as a global model in how to … Read more