The Oba of Benin has expressed worry over the spate of violence in the lead up to the polls. The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo has disclosed that he is having sleepless nights over the upcoming governorship…
US President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that people in the state of North Carolina should vote twice in the November election, once in person and once by mail, although doing so is a crime. “Let them send it in…
China on Thursday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, during which it endured a brutal invasion and occupation of much of its territory by Japan. Communist Party leader and head of state…
Dozens of journalists gathered Wednesday outside a police station in the capital of Belarus to protest the detention of colleagues covering a demonstration against the nation’s authoritarian president and an election the opposition sees as rigged. Police detained several journalists…
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for coronavirus, his staff and doctor confirmed on Wednesday. In a statement, officials from his political party, Forza Italia said that 83-year-old Berlusconi, a media tycoon and former political heavyweight, was…
The Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday it had invited the leaders of the United Nations and European Union to send observers to monitor parliamentary elections in December Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Twitter that a letter…
Joe Biden is calling the struggle to reopen US schools amid the coronavirus a “national emergency” and accusing President Donald Trump of turning his back to stoke passions instead about unrest in America’s cities. The Democratic presidential nominee’s broadsides came…
An average of 438.3 people per day tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium during the past week, according to the latest figures by Sciensano on Wednesday. The trend of new infections per day decreased by 12% over…
As the new school year has started, health officials gave some tips to children and parents to make sure they stay safe before, during and after school, at a press conference on Wednesday. “Pupils, teachers and parents must keep a…
A majority of pupils in Brussels went to class on the first day of school on Tuesday, with staff seeing it as a sign that fears related to the coronavirus are receding among parents. “We no longer have parents who…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his demand for a piece of the action from any sale of TikTok’s US operations for forcing such a deal. TikTok has been at the center of a diplomatic storm between Washington and Beijing,…
In the next five years, African economies are to be industrially transformed and employment opportunities enhanced for the teeming youths, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, pledged as he began a fresh five years in office…
Richard Hatchett, the head of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), is worried. His job is to ensure that future vaccines against Covid-19 will be shared on an equitable basis around the world, but the United States, Europe, and…
Residents of Ije-Ododo community in Iba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have commended the Lagos State government for approving a road to link Ijegun to Ije-Ododo and Abule-Ado areas along the Lagos-Badagry expressway axis of the state. Speaking on the…
Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has commended Federal Government’s efforts to ensure that peace returned to communities in the southern part of the state, while supporting the return of displaced persons to their ancestral homes. The president, Jonathan Asake, and…
Protesters demanded answers on Tuesday as they gathered in a south Los Angeles neighborhood where sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a black man during a violent confrontation the previous day. The man, identified as 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee, was riding his…
Former Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly matters, and Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, has said the controversial Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 does not target churches and religious…
A soldier of Tibetan origin with India’s special forces has reportedly been killed in the latest border confrontation between India and China on their contested Himalayan border, fuelling concerns of a wider military confrontation between the two regional powers. The…
United States President Donald Trump decried violence at recent racial justice protests as “domestic terror” while denying there is systemic racism within US law enforcement during a visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin. On Tuesday, Trump arrived in the city, where protests…
A popular monarch in Ondo State, the Owa-Ale of Ikare in Akoko Northeast local government area of Ondo State, Oba Samuel Kolapo Adegbite-Adedoyin has joined his ancestors at the age of 85. The monarch passed on early today at his…