British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a second stay-at-home lockdown across England, adding the nation had no choice but to be “humble” in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic. Some observers have noted that Johnson’s words echo a statement by founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Prophet T.B Joshua on … Read more
Hackers have reportedly stolen $2.3m from a funding account used in assisting the re-election of the incumbent president of the United States of America, Donal Trump. State party chairman of Wisconsin, Andrew Hitt, who said they had suspected the activity on Thursday, October 22, said that the FBI is now investigating. Wisconsin is a key … Read more
Rescuers dug through heavy blocks of concrete with their bare hands on Friday in a desperate search for survivors from a powerful earthquake that leveled buildings across Greece and Turkey, killing at least 14 people. The late afternoon quake caused a mini-tsunami on the Aegean island of Samos and a sea surge that turned streets … Read more
The Spanish government has declared a second nation-wide state of emergency and ordered a nationwide curfew over a massive coronavirus spike. This comes after Spain became the first European country to record more than a million cases of the virus. Last Friday, 19,851 cases were reported along with 231 deaths. Some 20,986 positive tests were … Read more
India’s central bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Sunday he had tested positive for the coronavirus, the latest high profile name in the country to contract the virus. “I have tested Covid-19 positive. Asymptomatic. Feeling very much alright,” Das said in a tweet. “Will continue to work from isolation. Work in the RBI (Reserve Bank … Read more
A roadside bomb tore through a passenger bus east of the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing nine civilians, officials said, in the latest attack blamed on the Taliban. Violence on the ground has spiked in recent weeks despite the Taliban and Afghan government holding peace talks in Qatar to end the country’s grinding war. The … Read more
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, an aide said on Saturday, as the country faces a record rise in cases. “Ladies and Gentlemen, as recommended President @AndrzejDuda was tested yesterday for the presence of coronavirus. The result turned out to be positive. The President is fine,” Blazej Spychalski, secretary of state in … Read more
President of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump, has reportedly attempted to influence voters’ decision to favour him in the forthcoming election. The President was said to have sent “big boxes” of food items to churches of the black skins. The box contained food items such as apples, yogurt, white onions, amongst other … Read more
China is stepping up the construction of its 5G network and has now built over 600,000 5G base stations, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). With the rapid increase in 5G users, the number of connected devices on the network has exceeded 150 million, data from the ministry showed. “In the … Read more
Kyrgyzstan’s President Sooronbay Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday, saying he wanted to bring an end to the crisis sparked by disputed parliamentary elections earlier this month. “I am not clinging to power. I do not want to go down in the history of Kyrgyzstan as a president who allowed bloodshed and shooting on its people. I … Read more
Officials say Ten people have lost their lives after a three-story building collapsed before dawn on Monday in western India. Report has it that about 25 are feared trapped in the residential building. The accident in the city of Bhiwandi, which neighbours India’s financial capital Mumbai, happened around 3:40 am (2210 GMT Sunday), according to … Read more
Several documents called FinCEN files have exposed how the world’s biggest banks have enabled criminals to launder money around the world. The leaked documents showed about $2tn of transactions. The BBC reports that the FinCEN files are more than 2,500 documents, most of which were files that banks sent to the US authorities between 2000 … Read more
A former model has accused US President Donald Trump of groping and forcibly kissing her in 1997 — the latest allegation made against the Republican incumbent just weeks before he seeks reelection. Amy Dorris told Britain’s The Guardian that Trump sexually assaulted her in his VIP suite at the US Open tennis tournament in New … Read more
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has assured the South-East governors and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo of regretting their alleged role in its proscription by the Federal Government. It described the proscription as the greatest mistake its leaders had made in history. IPOB through a statement by the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, alleged … Read more
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “five or six” more Arab countries were poised to agree to normalize relations with Israel, in line with the landmark accords struck between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. “We’re very far down the road with about five countries, five additional countries,” Trump said … Read more
Millions of Italian children returned to the classroom on Monday as most schools reopened more than six months after they were closed to curb the coronavirus pandemic. Although some Italian schools opened earlier this month, roughly 5.6 million students from a total of eight million went back to school on Monday, confronting a new reality … Read more
The head of Mali’s military junta, Colonel Assimi Goita, vowed to establish an 18-month transition government on Saturday, at the close of talks on returning the country to civilian rule following last month’s coup. An expert group appointed by the junta adopted a charter for an 18-month transition government, the president of which would either … Read more
About 50 people are feared dead after a gold mine collapsed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following torrential rain, local authorities said Saturday. The accident in the makeshift mine occurred on Friday in the town of Kamituga, in South Kivu province. Provincial governor Theo Ngwabidje Kasi deplored “the tragic deaths of 50 people, … Read more
Beijing on Friday denied trying to meddle in US presidential election after American tech giant Microsoft said it had parried cyberattacks from overseas groups – including from China – against both the Republican and Democratic campaigns. Microsoft warned it had detected attempts at election interference from overseas, including Russia, Iran and the China-based “Zirconium”, which … Read more
A white US university professor who lied for years about being black has quit her job at George Washington University, the school said. “Update regarding Jessica Krug: Dr. Krug has resigned her position, effective immediately,” the university said on its Twitter account. Jessica Krug, a history professor focusing on Africa, said she had been pretending … Read more