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Mauritius declared COVID-19-free after 10 fatalities, 322 recoveries
Mauritius, Africa’s island nation, has officially been declared Coronavirus-free after suffering 10 fatalities. It’s total recoveries from coronavirus infections was announced today (May...
China Declines WHO Reps to Investigate Coronavirus Origins
China has refused requests by the World Health Organization to take part in an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus....
U.S former VP Joe Biden denies sexual assault allegation
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied a decades-old accusation of sexual assault leveled by a former staffer in his...
Piers Morgan tears into his friend Donald Trump for coronavirus failures
Following US President Donald Trump’s decision to unfollow Good Morning Britain’s Piers Morgan on Twitter, the UK TV personality has written...
Trump calls Buhari, vows to donate ventilators amid coronavirus and Chinese inroads
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, discussed with his US counterpart President, Donald Trump, on the telephone. “President Muhammadu Buhari had a phone...
Angolan polygamist with 281 children, 250 grandchildren from 47 wives, dies at 73
…battled prostate cancer …mass of mourners defy COVID-19 ban to pay last respect A celebrated Angolan polygamist, the late Pa Francisco...
COVID-19 palliatives : One million people benefit from Refugee Zakat Fund worldwide, says UNHCR
…urges organizations, well-meaning people for more contributions The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged Muslims and other faith-based organisations...
Church loses 11 members to covid-19 in one month
A pastor who lost 13 members in 30 days, including 11 to the deadly novel coronavirus, said he believes the faith...
Grand conspiracy against Nigeria’s Adesina at AfDB
…as disgruntled elements embark subtle moves to scuttle his re-election By Olukayode Oyeleye and Mustapha Ogunsakin THE LID ON THE...
Crop-ravaging locusts threatens millions in Africa with food insecurity
The historic spread of desert locusts that has left tens of millions in danger of food insecurity in Africa is expected to...
Trump halts funding to World Health Organization, consider alternative to global health body
President Donald Trump Tuesday said the United States will stop funding the World Health Organization until his administration completes a review of...
China to Nigeria: We did not maltreat Nigerians, only imposed strict measures on foreigners amid COVID-19
… Nigeria is a good friend, nothing’ll be done to destroy relationship At last, the Chinese Government has responded to...
Sanders finally endorses Biden for president
Bernie Sanders finally got around to endorsing Joe Biden for president on Easter Monday — just 7 months before Republican incumbent Donald...
COVID-19 : British PM Boris Johnson recovers, released from hospital
Barely a week of hospitalization after testing for COVID-19, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Sunday discharged from hospital. But he will...
Easter of Virus Sorrow: Pope Francis urges global solidarity
Pope Francis on Easter Sunday called for solidarity the world over to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic, as...
Coronavirus kills at least 7 prominent pastors, leaving churches to celebrate Easter in mourning
Dozen churches across the United States will be celebrating Easter in grief come Sunday as the novel coronavirus has claimed the lives...
