G20 Leaders Seek To Help Poorest Nations Of The World In Post-Covid
Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies on Saturday vowed to ensure a fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, drugs and tests around the world and do what was needed to support poorer countries struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. “We will spare no effort to ensure their affordable and equitable access for all people, […]
Ethiopia Refutes Tigray Conflict Talks After AU Named Envoys
Ethiopia denied on Saturday that talks on the growing conflict in its northern Tigray region were imminent, just hours after three African former presidents were named to help mediate the two-week-old crisis. The current African Union Chair and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had appointed three African “distinguished Statespersons”: Joaquim Chissano, former President of Mozambique; […]
Army Admits Live And Blank Bullets Were Taken To Protest Ground In Lekki
The Nigerian Army has admitted that it took live and blank bullets to the Lekki tollgate in Lagos – the venue where #EndSARS protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against police brutality. A representative of the army, Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo, stated this on Saturday when he appeared before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up […]
Recession:Cut Down Cost Of Governance, SERAP Ask Buhari
Human Rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) say it has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to cut the cost of governance and implement bold transparency and accountability measures in response to Nigeria’s second recession in five years. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Sunday by SERAP […]
Nigeria Hits Her Worst Economic Recession In Decades
Nigeria has slid into its worst economic recession in over three decades. Following the release of the Gross domestic product (GDP) numbers by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday , it is an indication that the nation recorded a contraction of 3.62 percent in the third quarter of 2020. This is the second consecutive quarterly […]
Canada’s Largest City Faces Lockdown For At Least 28 Days
Toronto, Canada’s biggest city, is going into lockdown for at least 28 days to limit the spread of Covid-19, according to a news release from the Office of the Premier of Ontario published Friday. The lockdown will go into effect Monday and it includes Peel Region, which is part of the Greater Toronto Area. Ontario […]
School Children Die In Ogun During Deworming Exercise
Two public primary school children have allegedly died from complications in the ongoing deworming exercise embarked upon by the Ogun State Government. According to reports, the pupils developed reactions after being administered with the deworming drug where the state government targeted about 700,000 pupils from fourteen endemic local government areas of the state The duo […]
Business And World Leaders Move On As Trump Fights To Reverse Election
Inside the wrought-iron fences that surround the 18-acre White House complex, the 2020 election rages on, with President Trump angrily refusing to concede. But the rest of the world — and President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. — is moving on. The leaders of Western Europe have called Mr. Biden, as has the president of the […]
Eight Dead As Barrage Of Rockets Hit Kabul
At least eight people were killed Saturday when a barrage of rockets struck densely populated parts of Kabul, marking the latest big attack in a wave of violence sweeping the Afghan capital. The salvo slammed into various parts of central and north Kabul — including in and around the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses […]
Ugandan Presidential Candidate Charged With ‘Acts to Spread Covid-19’
An eastern Uganda magistrate court has charged presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, with the offence of committing an act likely to spread coronavirus disease. While in court, Kyagulanyi said President Yoweri Museveni should be in the courtroom for murdering innocent civilians. This comes after police said 37 people had died since […]
