Commonwealth Secretary-General, The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, urges all electoral and political stakeholders in Malawi to play their part in contributing to a peaceful and credible presidential election in Malawi on 23 June 2020. The Secretary-General said: “Malawi’s democracy, stability and development hinge upon the credibility of the forthcoming Presidential election. I encourage all […]
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The government of the United States (U.S.) has sanctioned six Nigerians over $6million cyber fraud against its citizens. Micheal Pompeo, U.S secretary of state, disclosed this in a statement published on the department of state’s website, on Tuesday. The six persons were identified as: Benson Orson Kayode Abiola Ogunshakin Alex Okpoh Felix Olorunyomi Micheal Uzuh […]
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India’s government says it will provide 500 railway coaches to be converted into COVID-19 care centers as the nation’s capital is fast running out of hospital beds. “There should be infrastructure, there is need to be beds, patients are not being looked after, this is a deplorable state of affairs,’’ said a government official on […]
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The African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org) has responded swiftly to the needs of its member countries during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank’s operations have continued to run smoothly since the first cases appeared in early March, despite the wide range of lockdowns and measures imposed by governments to flatten the curve. The COVID-19 pandemic is […]
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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has killed about 407,914 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT on Tuesday. At least 7,169,550 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 3,148,200 are now considered recovered. […]
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Pierre Nkuruziza, Burundi’s President, is dead. The country’s government on Tuesday, said Nkurunziza, who is 55 years of age, died of a heart attack. “The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi… following heart failure on June 8, […]
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A 3m (10ft) great white shark has killed a surfer in Australia, police have confirmed. The attack took place off Salt Beach at about 10:00 local time on Sunday (midnight GMT Saturday). The shark bit the leg of the surfer, aged between 50 and 60, off Kingscliff, 800km (500 miles) north of Sydney. Several “heroic” […]
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Oil prices increased marginally on Wednesday as Brent crude, the benchmark against which Nigeria’s crude is priced, rose to $40 per barrel for the time since March. Brent crude rose by 43 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $40 per barrel, as of 02:52 GMT. This came as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, […]
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The International Police (Interpol) on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC access to its globalized information- 247. The information platform, codenamed IP-247, was extended to the EFCC in a brief ceremony attended by the Acting Executive Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, key officers of Interpol and some management staff of the […]
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A private autopsy arranged by the family of George Floyd shows he was suffocated by a US policeman, rather than dying from pre-existing heart problems as claimed by the official ruling, their lawyer announced Monday. “Independent medical examiners who conducted an autopsy of Floyd Sunday determined that asphyxiation from sustained pressure was the cause of […]
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