Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Wednesday. Magufuli was 61. He was Tanzania’s first president to die while in office. His death was announced after more than two-week absence from public life, that […]
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By Muhaimin Olowoporoku A Japanese court has ruled that same-sex marriage is constitutional, setting the stage for a new era of marriage equality in the country. It was the first time that a court has ruled on the constitutionality of […]
By Ruth Olurounbi Jobless rate increased to 33.3% in the fourth quarter More than half of labor force are unemployed or underemployed Unemployment in Africa’s largest economy surged to the second highest on a global list of countries monitored by Bloomberg. […]
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has arrived Abuja on her first official visit. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, was among those who received her at the […]
A senior Democratic congressman sued former President Donald Trump Tuesday, accusing him of violating the 19th century “Ku Klux Klan Act” by supporting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Bennie Thompson accused Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed cooperation in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and emphasised the possibility of joint production of vaccines against the virus. Kremlin disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. […]
The Canadian government has appointed a Nigerian-born Canadian, Kaycee Madu, as the justice minister and solicitor general of Alberta, a province in Canada. With the new appointment, he replaces Doug Schweitzer, the new minister of jobs, economy and innovation. “Madu […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dismissed the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory and declared that viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks. The organisation said in a statement yesterday that contrary to the theory, COVID-19 is a respiratory […]
Three Nigerians have been indicted by a US federal grand jury in Bismarck, North Dakota, after investigators said they stole $348,000 from a Dickinson company through a complicated computer fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that federal court documents […]
A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death for fatally stabbing two officials at a checkpoint set up to control the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak. The virus has infected more than 80,000 people and killed nearly 3,000 […]