A 31-year-old Nigerian mother had no idea what she was about to witness when she went into labor last February. Now, she has no problem telling her twin sons apart. Brothers Daniel and David were born just minutes apart, yet they look nothing alike except for big brown eyes. Their parents Stacy and Babajide, who […]
The representative of Sokoto East in the Senate, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, claims his constituents are at the mercy of bandits as they have been abandoned to their fate by the military. Gobir made the claim on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday while seconding the motion moved by the Deputy Chief Whip, Sabi Abdullahi, […]
Mali has become the first African nation to secure a moratorium in debt payments from the Paris Club of creditor nations, a French finance ministry source said on Tuesday. Last month, G20 and Paris Club creditor nations agreed to waive most debt payments for the world’s poorest countries in 2020 as a result of the […]
A medical doctor at the Federal Medical Centre Yenogoa has tested positive for COVID-19 in Bayelsa State, bringing the number of active cases in the state to two, Governor Douye Diri has announced. Diri confirmed the case on Tuesday at the Government House, Yenagoa, during a meeting of the COVID-19 taskforce, which he serves as […]
A pastor in California has been hospitalized with pneumonia resulting from coronavirus, after holding a Mother’s Day Church service with singing despite officials specifically advising him not to due to the spread of respiratory droplets. Redwood Valley Assembly of God Church pastor Jack McMilin has tested positive for Coronavirus and was hospitalized on Saturday. On […]
Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, has disclosed the mission of the 15 Chinese experts who came into the country in April. While speaking at the daily press briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 today May 19, Arebesola said the experts are in Nigeria on the bill of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) […]
Half of Chile’s 50-member Senate, as well as four ministers, have reportedly been placed in quarantine after coming into contact with colleagues infected with Coronavirus. Parliamentary sources confirmed the news after Finance Minister Ignacio Briones and Chief of Staff Felipe Ward both announced on Twitter that they had tested negative for the virus but were in […]
The All Progressives Congress has announced Monday, June 22, and Monday, July 20 as dates for its governorship primary elections in Edo and Ondo states respectively. This was contained in a notice signed by the APC National Organising Secretary, Emma Ibediro, in Abuja, on Tuesday. The statement added, “Each aspirant is expected to pay a […]