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China allows couples to have three children in major policy shift
China announced on Monday that it would allow all couples to have up to three children as it grapples with an ageing population....
Guangzhou displaces Atlanta as busiest airport in 2020
The Airports Council International (ACI) World has published its preliminary world airport traffic rankings – covering passenger traffic, cargo volumes, and aircraft...
UNICEF projects 21,000 babies will be given birth to in Nigeria on New Year Day
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As 2021 rolls in, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has projected that an estimated 21,439 babies...
In UNGA 75 speech, Trump slams China for Covid-19; vows punishment
President Donald Trump slammed China for the coronavirus pandemic in a speech Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly in New York....
Oil markets will remain fragile for the rest of 2020, IEA says
Oil markets are set to remain “even more fragile” for the rest of the year as Covid-19 infections increase globally, the International...
US cancels 1,000 China student visas
The US State Department has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers it said had ties to the...
Alleged Stolen 48m Crude Oil Barrels, Whistleblower’s fee: NNPC’s Counsel, Afe Babalola (SAN) Heads To Court
For the injury done to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its officials by the falsehoods peddled by SAMANO and...
48m barrels of Nigerian crude “abandoned’’ in China, whistleblower’s 5 per cent compensation, an elaborate hoax, scam
A snow job by some international crude oil fraudsters which has triggered a controversial request for the payment of 5 per...
Chinese military scientist arrested for allegedly stealing U.S lab research work
The U.S security operatives recently arrested a researcher from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at Los Angeles International Airport while attempting to...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala vows to be a peacemaker in US-China trade war if elected WTO DG
Nigeria’s nominee for the World Trade Organization(WTO) director general, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says she’ll play the role of peacemaker in the trade...
President Donald Trump announces US will pull out of World Health Organization
Speaking at a press conference Friday, President Donald Trump announced the United States will pull out of the World Health Organization. Trump...
Trump threatens to make suspension of WHO funding permanent
President Donald Trump threatened to permanently end funding to the World Health Organization and reconsider the country’s membership in the global health...
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...
COVID-19: Some Nigerian lawyers slam $200bn damages on China
As Nigeria battles the virulent COVID-19 with several fatalities, some Nigerian lawyers have concluded plans to institute a $200 billion suit...
North Korea leader in a ‘vegetative state’ after heart surgery, says Japanese Media
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s health is reportedly in a vegetative state after undergoing a failed cardiovascular procedure earlier this month,...
COVID-19: FG spurns China’s mistreatment of Nigerians, says it’s disappointing
…it’s a red line, we‘ll fight it to the very end …to demand compensation from China The continued mistreatment...
