More than 700 firefighters, on Sunday, battled a wildfire sweeping across a part of central Portugal, with strong winds complicating efforts to tackle the blaze. The wildfire has been raging in the municipality of Oleiros since Saturday afternoon. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, Sunday, July 26th, 2020 But it has now spread … Read more
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that he has tested negative for the novel coronavirus after weeks quarantined in his residence due to an infection. In a photo posted to social media, Bolsonaro appeared with a box of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug he credited for his recovery despite a lack of scientific evidence about … Read more
Rapper Kanye West has tendered a public apology to his wife Kim Kardashian over a number of comments he made since his meltdown. “I would like to apologize to my wife Kim for going public with something that was a private matter. Read Also: Singer Lyta Welcomes Bouncing Baby Boy “I did not cover her … Read more
Kim Jong Un: speaks on possible first case of coronavirus North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea. The man illegally crossed the border this month, state media said on Sunday. Read Also: India Extends Restrictions On Domestic Flights Operations … Read more
Indian Government has decided to extend the existing restrictions on limited domestic flight operations and caps on air fares till Nov. 24. Currently, domestic flight operations are allowed to function at 45 per cent of their total capacity. Read Also: Mexican President Says Need For Face Masks Not Proven Scientifically Media reports quoted a senior … Read more
President Donald Trump called Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler “pathetic” after the Oregon politician was gassed by federal troops while standing among protesters outside a courthouse. “He made a fool out of himself. He wanted to be among the people, so he went into the crowd and they knocked the hell out of him,” Trump said … Read more
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that the need to always wear a face mask in public had not been scientifically proven. Obrador made the remark one day after the country marked a new record in daily coronavirus cases. Read Also: Singaporean Pleads Guilty To Spying For China In U.S. HesHe said … Read more
A Singaporean national has pleaded guilty to spying for China in the U.S., according to the Department of Justice. The department said in a statement on Friday evening that the defendant, Jun Wei Yeo, entered the plea in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It said Jun admitted to establishing a fake … Read more
– Tanzania’s ex-president Benjamin Mkapa dies at 81 – Presidency announces a seven-days mourning Former Tanzanian president, Benjamin Mkapa is dead. The incumbent president, John Magufuli announced this in a statement on Friday, July 24, 2020. President John Magufuli said, “Mkapa, 81, died in hospital in the city of Dar es Salaam, where he was … Read more
Thirteen nuns at a convent in Livonia, Michigan, have died from the coronavirus since April. Between Good Friday on April 10 and May 10, a dozen members of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice, or Felician Sisters, died from COVID-19, the Global Sisters Report said. Read Also: China Launches First Independent … Read more
China successfully launched Tianwen-1-its first independent mission to Mars on Thursday. According to Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 5 rocket carrying the spacecraft ignited at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s tropical Hainan province at 12:41 p.m. (0441 GMT). A live stream of the launch hosted by Chinese media company douyu.com and … Read more
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden labeled Donald Trump on Wednesday the first racist to become U.S. president. The Trump camp quickly rejected the label. Biden, who was vice president under Barack Obama, the first Black U.S. president, fielded a question at a Service Employees International Union round table from a healthcare worker concerned about the … Read more
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Wednesday appointed 18 civilian governors for the states, including two women for the first time. “Appointment of civilian governors for the states constitutes a completion for the structures of the transitional period,’’ said Hamdok at a press conference in the capital Khartoum. Read Also: Ondo Guber Poll: Eyitayo Jegede … Read more
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 310 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 48,744. Of the new cases, six are imported cases, seven are community cases and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign workers. Read Also: Ondo Guber Poll: Eyitayo Jegede Clinches PDP Ticket … Read more
Philippine authorities on Wednesday warned that more people would be arrested for failing to wear masks in public and could face up to 30 days in prison. The warning is coming as the government steps up enforcement of anti-coronavirus restrictions. The Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, warned that government would start arresting more people now. Read … Read more
A Nigerian poet, writer and spoken word artist, Wana Udobang, has been selected by the United States Department of State to participate in the 54th International Writing Programme (IWP) Fall Residency. The U.S. Consulate in Lagos disclosed this in a statement issued by Temitayo Famutimi, the Consulate’s information specialist. Read Also: Nicki Minaj Confirms She … Read more
Nigerians are known to be people of extraordinary talent, determination and zeal for great exploits irrespective of where they find themselves in the world. This propensity of leaving an indelible mark on the sands of time are found in nearly every human endeavor and this unquenchable taste for success and contributing to the advancement of … Read more
Russia records 6,109 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing its total to 771,546. The country’s COVID-19 response centre made this known in a statement on Sunday. According to the update, the team said the country also recorded 95 new deaths, bringing the nationwide count to 12,342 deaths. READ ALSO: Ex-Ado Poly Governing … Read more
According to several reports, Grammy-nominated songstress Tamar Braxton was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday night after possibly overdosing and attempting suicide. Police responded to a distress call of a possible overdose and suicide attempt at a residence in a downtown Los Angeles high-rise. It is gathered that officers found the 43-year-old singer … Read more
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million are at risk of acquiring it. The figures, would constitute a new world record, far more than the 3.7 million cases reported by leaders, United States. Rouhani said the figures he reeled out … Read more