Coronavirus Updates: Biden To Unveil New 6-point COVID Vaccination Plan
President Joe Biden will unveil a new strategy for battling the spread of COVID-19 today. The plan will be centered around six points, including vaccinating the unvaccinated. There will be a focus on furthering protection for those who are vaccinated, keeping schools open safely and stepping up requirements for COVID testing and the wearing of […]
9/11 Candlelight Vigil Held In Manhattan Ahead Of 20th Anniversary
A candlelight vigil was held in Manhattan Wednesday night to mourn the victims of the devastating 9/11 attacks just a few days before the 20th anniversary. There were nearly 3,000 candles for the nearly 3,000 gaping wounds that will never heal. The 3,000 scars that will never fade. In Stuyvesant Town Wednesday night, two beams […]
Coup: ECOWAS Holds Guinea’s Membership, Sends Mission To Conakry
The ECOWAS mission would be directed by Ghanaian Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey with representatives from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and the ECOWAS Commission. A mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will on Thursday visit Guinea which has been gripped by a military coup, according to a communique issued late Wednesday. The […]
COVID-19: Nigeria Records 559 New Cases, 5 Death Wednesday
The new cases increased Nigeria’s number of active cases to 9,089 from 8,755 reported 24 hours earlier. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night disclosed that five more people have died from the coronavirus. Data from the disease center shows that the fatality toll now stands at 2,578, as additional 559 new […]
Three Commissioners Resign Their Appointment In Plateau State
The Director of Press and Public Affairs, Government House, Macham Makut, disclosed in a statement in Jos, on Wednesday the resignation of three Commissioners from their appointments. Makut said their resignation was to enable them to contest for the position of local government chairmen in their respective council areas during the forthcoming local government election […]
Bandits Abduct 23 People, Kills Police Inspector In Kaduna
During the early hours of yesterday, some bandits invaded on Ungwan Maje and Ungwan Laka communities in Chikun LGA of Kaduna state, killing a police inspector and abducted 23 people during the raid. They were said to have shot sporadically as the villagers scurried for safety. An eyewitness said: “The bandits first attacked Ungwan Maje, […]
Taliban Form All-male Afghan Government of Old Guard Members
The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition, a move that seems unlikely to win the international support the new leaders desperately need to avoid an economic meltdown. Appointed to the key post of […]
President Joe Biden Surveys Deadly Ida Disaster Zones In NJ, NYC
President Joe Biden traveled to New Jersey and New York City Tuesday to survey damage in parts of the northeast that suffered catastrophic flash flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Biden declared climate change “everybody’s crisis” after touring the neighborhoods severely damaged by Ida. He said it’s time for America to get serious about […]
Mexico Earthquake Near Acapulco Kills At Least 1
A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one person and causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City hundreds of kilometers away. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7 and was centered about 10 miles northeast of Acapulco. […]
COVID News: Concern Over Growing Number Of Pediatric Cases
There are new concerns about the rise in new coronavirus cases among children. Last week, the United States reported nearly 252,000 COVID-19 cases in kids. That’s the biggest number of pediatric cases in a week since the pandemic began. Here are more of today’s COVID-19 headlines: NBA All-Star Cedric Ceballos hospitalized in ICU with COVID-19 […]
