President of Poland, Andrzej Duda has tested positive for the COVID-19 and is self-isolating, his chief of staff Pawel Szrot said on Wednesday. “The president is fine, has no severe symptoms and is under constant medical care”, Szrot said. Szrot said the president had received three Covid vaccine doses in April, June and December of […]
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Dozens of people have been killed in the collapse of a defunct gold mine in Sudan’s West Kordofan province, according to the country’s state-run mining company. Sudanese Mineral Resources Company Limited said in a statement posted on Facebook on Tuesday that the collapse of the closed, non-functioning mine took place in the village of Fuja, […]
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The burial of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died Sunday, has been set for January 1, his foundation has disclosed. it could be understood that the Late Archbishop died at age 90. “While arrangements for a week of mourning are still in their infancy”, the period would lead to the archbishop’s funeral […]
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North Koreans have been banned from laughing, drinking, or showing signs of happiness for 11 days to mark the tenth anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il’s death. Government authorities have ordered the public not to show any signs of happiness while North Korea commemorates the 10th anniversary of his death. Kim Jong Il ruled North Korea […]
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The United Kingdom (UK) has said Nigeria and 10 other countries will be removed from its travel red list from 4am on Wednesday. The move follows anger from Nigeria and other African countries, with the United Nations describing the ban on non-UK residents entering England as “travel apartheid.” The British government had on December 4 […]
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With effect from Tuesday, December 14, the federal government will restrict airlines coming from Canada, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia into Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced the decision on Sunday in Lagos and explained that it was to reciprocate restricted flights from Nigeria into those countries over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says six countries, including Nigeria, accounted for around 50 percent of malaria deaths worldwide in 2020. The organisation disclosed this in its world malaria report released on Monday. According to WHO’s latest report, there was an estimate of 241 million malaria cases and 627,000 malaria deaths — mostly of children under […]
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Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has said the travel ban on some African countries over Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant is “very unfair, non-scientific and discriminatory”. Adesina, who said this through his verified Twitter handle @akin_adesina, urged the western countries to lift the travel ban on the African countries He […]
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Former CNN star anchor, Chris Cuomo is preparing to sue the Cable News Network for $18 million left on his contract, claiming that the media company’s President Jeff Zucker knew about his involvement in his brother’s sex scandal probe. Recall, CNN fired 51-year-old Cuomo on Saturday, December 4, citing his role in defending his brother, […]
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The United Kingdom (UK) has released a new update on the processing of visa applications for countries on its red list. Recall that on Sunday, the British High Commission announced that it will “pause making decisions” on visitor visa applications from all red list countries, including Nigeria. The development came after the UK put Nigeria on its travel red […]
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