June 2020

PHOTOS: Four ex-Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing appear in court

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing appeared before a judge on Monday, June 29. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and ...

British Auctioneer Sells Igbo Statues Allegedly Stolen During Nigerian Civil War For N85.6m

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

British auction company, Christie’s, sold two life-sized wooden statues with Nigerian roots for N85.6 million ($238,000) in an online auction on Monday, June 29, 2020. ...

Police Arrest Two Fleeing Robbers And Their Herbalist In Oyo And Osun

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

Police in Ogun state have arrested two fleeing members of a robbery gang and their herbalist. The suspects fled their hideout three weeks ago when ...

Alleged Rape: IGP Orders Probe Of Policemen Who Arrested D’Banj’s Accuser

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

The drama between Nigerian singer D’banj, whose full name is Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo and Seyitan Babalola, the lady who alleged that the popular entertainer raped ...

Group Drags Nigerian Army To Court Over Illegal Detention Of Soldier, Wife For Criticising Killings

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

A group of revolutionary lawyers have dragged the Nigerian Army before the Federal High Court, Abuja over the unlawful arrest and detention of Lance Corporal ...

Former French Prime Minister, François Fillon And Wife Sentenced To Jail For Embezzling Public Funds

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

Former French prime minister, François Fillon and his Welsh wife, Penelope, were sentenced to jail on Monday for embezzling public funds as part of the ...

China passes feared Hong Kong security law

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

China passed a sweeping national security law for Hong Kong on Tuesday, a historic move that critics and many western governments fear will smother the ...

NPA dismisses allegation of $1b cloned account

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has denied having any cloned account with hidden $1billion, describing the allegation as baseless. A petitioner, John Okpurhe, had earlier ...

US couple draw guns on protesters passing their mansion

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

A US couple brandishing an assault rifle and a handgun confronted protesters outside their Missouri mansion in a viral video that was retweeted by President ...

UK reimposes lockdown on virus-hit city of Leicester

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

Britain on Monday reimposed lockdown measures on a city hit by an outbreak of coronavirus, in the first big test of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ...

Coronavirus: 82 New People Tested Positive In Belgium,Brings Total To 61,427

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Newsbreak

An average of 82 people per day tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium, according to figures by the Federal Public Health Service ...

1 in 8 job seekers in Flanders,Belgium cannot speak Dutch

Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 by Newsbreak

One in eight job seekers in Flanders only have a limited knowledge of Dutch, De Morgen and Het Laatste Nieuws reported. New figures from Flemish ...

Cuban medics in Guinea-Bissau to bolster COVID-19 combat

Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 by Newsbreak

A Cuban medical brigade arrived in Guinea-Bissau to assist in the fight against COVID-19. The group of 21 health workers included 11 doctors and 10 ...

How Malawian voters celebrated president Chakwera’s poll victory

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Newsbreak

Supporters of Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera gathered for a fireworks display in the capital Lilongwe, celebrating his victory in a keen presidential election re-run. ...

#BlackLivesMatters: Protests Was Used As Scheme To Implant Microchips, To Control The World, Says Oyakhilome

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Newsbreak

Popular Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has dropped another exposition as the well-known President of Love World Incorporated, also known as Christ Embassy has interprets the US ...

Bode George Blasts Tinubu Over APC Crisis, Says The Former Governor Is Facing God’s Judgement

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Newsbreak

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George has blasted former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying the All Progressive Congress ...

We Defied Rules Guiding Land Use In GRAs To Allow Ajimobi’s Burial, Oyo State Governor, Makinde Reveals

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Newsbreak

Barely 12 hours after video of Florence Ajimobi, the wife of late ex-governor of Oyo state blasting Oyo state government went viral, the Executive Governor ...

Nigerians To Pay More For Electricity In July, Minister Insists

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Newsbreak

The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman has insisted that Nigerians will pay higher electricity tariff from July this year. Sale Mamman made this known in ...

Gunmen Attack At Pakistan Stock Exchange Leaves 4 Assailants Dead (photos)

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Newsbreak

Gunmen attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi Monday, with four of the assailants killed, police said. Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon said the ...

Global COVID-19 Infections Top 10 Million

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Newsbreak

Global infections from the novel coronavirus have topped 10 million as the rate of new cases surges, particularly in the United States and Latin America, ...