Italy will close all schools and universities from today Thursday, as it also rolled out other emergency measures to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-hit country as the death toll and number of cases jumped. The total number of dead in Italy rose to 107 after 28 people died of … Read more
Italy’s regional minister Alessandro Mattinzoli has tested positive to coronavirus. The 60-year-old man who serves as Commissioner for Economic Development in Lombardy, the Italian region most affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak, has tested positive for the virus. The region said the entire 17-member Lombardy regional government would undergo testing for the novel coronavirus. Earlier, … Read more
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat has revealed that the Italian man diagnosed with the deadly Coronavirus in Nigeria was at Ogun State before he fell ill and was conyeyed to Lagos. He said this while featuring as a guest on TVC’s flagship programme, ‘Your View,’ on Friday. He explained that the man came … Read more
Two Nigerian mafia clans operating in Italy and abroad to traffic and sell Nigerian women into sex slavery and prostitution have been busted by Italian police. In a massive operation on Tuesday, some 32 people were arrested in Puglia, Sicily, Campania, Calabria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Marche, Emilia Romagna, Veneto and, abroad, in Germany, France, Netherlands and … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a lightning visit to Rome on Thursday, including talks with the pope, hailing efforts by Italy’s populist government to ease sanctions despite Moscow’s ongoing crisis with the West. Rome’s historic centre was on security lockdown for the visit, with 50 streets blocked to traffic. Putin landed around an hour late … Read more