The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has detected a confirmed case of the SARS-CoV-2, known as the Delta variant in Nigeria. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja. NAN reports that the deadly Delta variant is recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a variant of…
The Biden administration confirmed Thursday that it recognised Claude Joseph as acting prime minister of Haiti and it would help the Haitian National Police investigate the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Administration officials emphasised the need for democratic elections this year. It has become clear that a power struggle was shaping up between Joseph and…
Former South African president Jacob Zuma lost a court bid on Friday to overturn his arrest for contempt, days after turning himself in for a 15-month jail term. “The application is dismissed,” the presiding judge said The constitutional court last week ordered Zuma jailed for refusing to give evidence at an inquiry into corruption during…
By Elijah Udofia, The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has sued for peace over the clash that occurred between the indigenes of Olokemeji and Fulani herdsmen in Odeda Local Government Area of the State. The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kunle Somorin, warned that the government would not condone…
By Kehinde Balogun and Goke Oyebade The Ogun State Government remains committed to youth advancement that will motivate and redirect their mindset to engender more productivity in life, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi has restated. Talabi made this position of government public while receiving the Ogun Youth Ambassador and winner of…
By Jamiu Lawal, The Ogun State House of Assembly says amendment of the existing Local Government Law of Ogun State, 2006, will further reposition the Local Government administration for optimum performance, to give more recognition and boost morale of the workforce. Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, said this during a stakeholders’ forum…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that most British troops have left Afghanistan, almost 20 years after the UK and other Western countries sent troops into the country to engage in what they described as a “war on terror”. Johnson stressed on Thursday that the threat posed by al-Qaeda to the UK has substantially diminished,…
By Alessandra Migliaccio and William Horobin and Christopher CondonBloomberg Global finance chiefs this week will make their most concerted effort yet to redefine the world economic order in the era after Donald Trump and the coronavirus pandemic. With trade tensions no longer bedevilling the Group of 20 economies in the way they did during the former US…
Residents of Australia’s largest city will spend at least one more week in lockdown, authorities announced on Wednesday, after detecting dozens of new coronavirus cases. Sydney, home to a fifth of Australia’s 25 million people, first on June 26 amid an outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant. While strict stay-at-home orders were due to…
