The Nigerian government has ordered the reopening of all schools in the country. Education Minister Adamu Adamu made the announcement on Friday morning. The minister’s spokesperson Bem Goong clarified to bluebloodz.com that post-primary schools owned by the federal government – locally known as unity schools – would reopen on 12 October. State and private schools […]
Tanzania’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) has barred the main opposition presidential candidate, Tundu Lissu, from campaigning for a week. It comes at a critical time with the elections at the end of the month. The NEC said its ethics committee had taken the decision following complaints from the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi – CCM party […]
US President Donald Trump has been flown to hospital less than 24 hours after testing positive for coronavirus. The White House said the decision to transport him to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center was taken “out of an abundance of caution”. Mr Trump – who had a fever – said early on Friday he […]
A Chinese influencer has died after her ex-husband allegedly doused her in petrol and set fire to her as she was attempting to live stream, said local media reports. Lamu was popular on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, where she had hundreds of thousands of followers. Lamu suffered burns on 90% of her body and […]
The United Kingdom has announced an Increase in Fine for covid -19 travel offenders, and the addition of Poland & Turkey to it’s quarantine list. Travellers arriving in the UK from Poland, Turkey and three Caribbean islands will have to self-isolate for 14 days from 04:00 on Saturday. Poland’s infection rate has risen, while the […]
Uganda has reopened its international borders for the first time since March when they were closed as a control measure against the coronavirus pandemic. The East African country closed its borders to passenger travel even before it registered its first case of Covid-19, but continued to allow both land and air cargo. The national carrier, […]
INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020 Fellow Nigerians I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to […]
Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski has been named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year for 2019/20. The Polish international, 32, who scored 55 goals in 47 games, including 15 in the Champions League, beat off competition from Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne and Bayern team-mate Manuel Neuer to emerged the winner. The award was […]
American rapper, Nicki Minaj and her husband Kenneth Petty have reportedly welcomed their first child together. According to TMZ, the 37-year-old gave birth on Wednesday, September 30, in Los Angeles. The site shared that the gender of the child and the name have not yet been made available. The rapper revealed her pregnancy in August […]
US President Donald Trump and wife Melanie Trump has tested positive for Covid, he has just announced on Twitter. The president tweeted: Earlier Vice-Presdient Pence and Trump appeared at a coronavirus task force briefing in the rose garden of the White House on Monday – and as you can see below, they were fairly close […]