NOVEMBER 9, 2020 The Director-General of the World Health Organization has hailed as “encouraging” Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement on Monday that their vaccine has in trials proved 90-percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections. The two pharmaceutical companies said the vaccine they have jointly developed had during Phase 3 trials provided protection to nearly all patients … Read more
US President-elect Joe Biden, as a way of signalling his plans to prioritise Covid-19, has appointed scientists who will lead his administration’s task force team on the pandemic. The task force will be led by three co-chairs which include epidemiologist and former Federal Drug Administration commissioner David Kessler, former surgeon general Vivek Murthy, and Yale … Read more
Russia’s elections chief, Ella Pamfilova, says that voting by mail in the US presidential election had paved the way for massive voter fraud. The head of Russia’s elections commission on Monday said she had carefully studied mail-in voting in the United States and found the process vulnerable to fraud. “For me, the conclusion is clear: … Read more
A yet-to-be-identified gunman has shot a 31-year-old man near a victory celebration for President-elect Joe Biden in downtown Seattle. The Seatle police stated that the man who was shot around a place known as the notorious Capital Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone, was rushed to the city’s Harborview Medical Center but later died as a … Read more
Three Indian soldiers and three suspected rebels were killed in fighting near the de facto Kashmir border with Pakistan, the army said Sunday, in the deadliest clash to hit the contested region in months. The fighting began early Sunday after soldiers detected “suspicious” movements in the northern forested Machil area near a military fence that … Read more
The United States has removed from its list of “terrorist” groups a shadowy faction regularly blamed by China to justify its harsh crackdown in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region. In a notice in the Federal Register, which publishes new US laws and rules, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was revoking the designation of the … Read more
Two people were killed when a pair of helicopters from the same Malaysian pilot school collided during a training flight, authorities said on Sunday. Amateur video that has gone viral on the internet showed one helicopter falling into a wooded part of Kula Lumpur, while the other managed to land safely in a school field. The … Read more
United States President-elect, Joe Biden has said his first task in office is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. Biden stated this in his acceptance speech, which he delivered before a crowd of supporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday night. “Our work begins with getting COVID-19 under control. “We cannot repair the … Read more
Denmark’s prime minister wants to cull all minks in farms to minimise the risk of re-transmitting COVID-19 to humans. Denmark’s State Serum Institute, which deals with infectious diseases, has found mink-related strands of the novel coronavirus in 214 people since June, according to a report on its website updated on November 5. Meanwhile, one strain … Read more
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 The United States had opposed Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala and instead declared it support for South Korean Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee to lead the WTO The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has postponed a meeting where members are expected to pick a new Director-General after the United States blocked the candidature of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The … Read more
Republicans have reportedly provided evidence of conspiration to commit an election fraud in the Pennsylvania area of United States of America. Trump was said to have been arguing that there was widespread voter fraud, but without providing any evidence. The Daily Beast reported late Thursday evening that “Hours before President Donald Trump went on national … Read more
While votes are still being counted across the United States, Democrat Joe Biden has reportedly launched a transition website “so that the Biden-Harris Administration can hit the ground running on Day One”. On the website, buildbackbetter.com, a short statement read that “The American people will determine who will serve as the next President of the … Read more
Supporters of United States President, Donald Trump, have surrounded Maricopa County Election Department, Arizona, protesting against the election result. A video of the protest broadcast on CNN, showed many of the protesters carrying Trump banners and placards, expressing their frustration over a projection by a cable network that the Democratic party would win the state’s … Read more
Joe Biden’s White House campaign slammed President Donald Trump’s threat to try to stop the election vote count as “outrageous” early Wednesday, saying its legal team was ready to prevent such an “unprecedented” act. “The president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect,” Biden … Read more
Before the announcement of the final results, President Donald Trump has declared himself as the winner of the United State’s election. He said this on Wednesday, adding that he would go to the Supreme Court to dispute the counting of votes, if not declared the re-elected president. “We did win this election,” Trump said in … Read more
While President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are in for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States, the latter has secured victory in 11 states with 126 votes The first results are trickling in, with US media projecting wins for the Republican incumbent so far in 13 states including … Read more
The President of the United States of America (POTUS), Donald Trump says it is a great honor to him for Nigerians to hold a parade in support of his reelection. Donald Trump is seeking a second term of four years in office in a historic presidential election taking place today, November 3, 2020. He is … Read more
Trump has explained why his government refused to pay the more than $1 million ransom demanded to free its citizen who was kidnapped in Niger Republic and held in Nigeria. He said, “once you pay, you’ll have many many more” to pay, adding that members of the elite Seal Team 6 – which rescued the … Read more
Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, says the planet is at stake if President Donald Trump is re-elected for another term. He warned electorates against voting for his opponent, stating that, “our planet” will not recover if Trump rules for another four years. He made this known in a tweet on Tuesday. Biden tweeted, “If we give … Read more
– Results show Biden votes ahead of Trump – Trump sees himself as a re-elected leader already Results of polls in the ongoing US presidential election have shown that Democrat Joe Biden holds a national lead over President Donald Trump. AFP reports a RealClearPolitics average of surveys had Biden up 7.2 percentage points Sunday. But … Read more