Biden ‘Doing Fine’ After Stumbling On Aircraft Stairs
US President Joe Biden is “doing fine” after stumbling on the steps as he climbed aboard Air Force One, the White House said on Friday. Boarding a flight to Atlanta, where he was to speak to the Asian-American community about a shooting there this week, Biden stumbled slightly about halfway up stairs, recovered, then stumbled […]
Nigeria Records No New COVID-19 Deaths In Two Days
Nigeria has not recorded any fatality from COVID-19 in the past two days, according to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. According to the NCDC in a late-night tweet on Friday, the country’s death toll still stands at 2,027. The disease control agency last recorded death on March 17. Since then, the casualty […]
Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Resort Partially Closed Over COVID-19 Outbreak
Former President Donald Trump’s Florida resort Mar-a-Lago has been partially closed after some members of staff tested positive for the coronavirus, US media reported Friday. “As some of our staff have recently tested positive for Covid-19, we will be temporarily suspending service at the Beach Club and a la carte Dining Room,” the club’s management […]
Paris Enters New COVID-19 Lockdown As Europe Resumes Astrazeneca Jabs
A third of France’s population was under a new partial lockdown Saturday to stop the spread of COVID-19, as some European countries resumed AstraZeneca vaccinations following an all-clear from EU regulators and the WHO. The pandemic is still speeding up worldwide, with the number of new global coronavirus infections rising by 14 per cent over […]
Anti-Coup Protesters Defy Myanmar Junta’s Campaign Of Fear
Protesters returned to the streets across Myanmar on Saturday, defying a junta-led campaign of fear as regional powers Indonesia and Malaysia condemned the violence deployed by security forces against anti-coup demonstrators. The country has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power in a February 1 coup, triggering […]
Nigerian Government Promise To Provide Legal Aid To Nigerian Lady Wrongfully Jailed In Cote D’Ivore
The Federal Government has said it is making efforts in securing the release of a Nigerian lady, Itunu Babalola, who was was handed a ten-year jail term in Cote d’Ivoire. In a statement issued on Friday, the government, through the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), said it would take up the case and get justice […]
Suspicious Packages Sent To At least 5 New York City Schools
The NYPD issued a warning Thursday night, about suspicious packages that have been sent to several schools in New York City. Officials say at least five schools in Manhattan received envelopes, which contained a white powdery substance. They say the packages were received between March 10 and March 18. Officials say the substance wasn’t dangerous. […]
US And China Diplomats Clash Publicly During First Talks Of Biden Presidency
The first high-level US-China talks of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides levelling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies in a rare display that underscored the level of bilateral tension. The run-up to the meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, which followed visits by US officials to allies Japan […]
Six Months After, Nigeria’s First Lady Aisha Buhari Returns Home From Dubai
Six months after she left for Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has returned to Nigeria. Aisha, whose Dubai trip was steeped in controversy due to conflicting reports on why she travelled was said to have returned to Abuja on Wednesday evening and was reportedly sighted at the State House, […]
Insecurity: Nigeria To Receive Six Super Tucanos In July
The Presidency says six of the 12 super Tucano fighter aircraft earlier ordered by the Federal Government will arrive in the country by July 2021. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu announced on his Twitter handle on Thursday saying six of the twelve super Tucanos are on track to arrive in mid-July 2021 while the remaining six […]
