Speaking on the impact of the latest surge in COVID-19 cases in India, the Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said: “On behalf of the whole Commonwealth family, I want to express our deep concern and solidarity with the people and the Government of India as your national agencies mobilise to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and as […]
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Nigeria’s Government has declared Monday, May 3, 2021, public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers Day Celebration. The country’s Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the federal government, congratulated Nigerian Workers for witnessing this year’s celebration. He commended them for their patience, understanding and support in driving the policies and programmes of the […]
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House of Representatives on Tuesday requested President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare a state of emergency in the security sector to effectively tackle the raging and ravaging insecurity in the country. The House also invited the National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Mongunu, the Service Chiefs and the paramilitary heads to appear before the institution and […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has told the Northern Governors Forum of his commitment to end all forms of insecurity in the country. The president had given the assurance when he met with governors from the region at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. The meeting was attended by the Chair of the Northern Governors […]
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A four-star general who is a son of Chad’s late president Idriss Deby Itno will replace him at the head of a military council, the army announced Tuesday. “A military council has been set up headed by his son, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno,” the army’s spokesman, General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, said on state radio, […]
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President of Chad, Idriss Déby has died in a clash with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV. Kokomansion understands that the President’s death came shortly after provisional election results which projected he would win a sixth term in office, with 80% of the vote. […]
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Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is dead, kokomansion understands. The Duke of Edinburgh was confirmed dead on Friday at Windsor Castle in England. According to Nytimes, the Buckingham Palace said he passed away peacefully. Recall that Philip had been hospitalized several times and recently in February. The 99-year-old also had a successful surgery for a […]
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Six lions were found dead in Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda, a national conservation agency said on Saturday. Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said the lions are likely to have died of poisoning. “The carcasses of the lions were found last evening at Ishasha sector with most of their body parts missing,’’ UWA said […]
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Immediate past President of the United States, Donald Trump, has asserted that he handed President Joe Biden government a modern-day medical miracle in terms of vaccines for COVID19. Trump said while listing out some of the key achievements of his administration as he addressed conservatives in his first speech since January 20 when he left […]
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Poorer countries will most likely “bear the brunt of hundreds of thousands of needless deaths” from inequalities in access to Covid-19 vaccines. This dire warning was given by the Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland in a video address to the High-Level Segment at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 23 […]
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