World
Feb 10,
2020
More than 300 Chinese firms including Meituan Dianping, China’s largest food delivery company, and smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp are seeking bank loans totaling at least 57.4 billion yuan ($8.2 billion) to soften the…
Feb 10,
2020
The British government has declared the new coronavirus a serious and imminent threat to public health, giving the government additional powers to isolate those suspected of being infected. Britain has…
Feb 07,
2020
The White House announced on Thursday, that US counterterrorism operation in Yemen had killed Qassim al-Rimi, the head of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the first official confirmation since…
Feb 07,
2020
The United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has expressed outrage over the killing of eight “peaceful protesters” in Iraq on Wednesday. In a statement on Thursday evening, Pompeo urged…
Feb 06,
2020
Record-breaking NASA astronaut Christina Koch has returned to Earth today, February 6, 2020, after spending 328 days in space. This is the longest single spaceflight by any woman. Astronaut Christina…
Feb 05,
2020
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters admits his organisation must try to improve VAR after a season marred by controversy surrounding the review technology. A recent survey from opinion polling…
Feb 04,
2020
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said his ministry will this month convene a stakeholders’ meeting as part of efforts to design a framework for the…
Feb 04,
2020
Former Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the country between 1978 and 2002, has died, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. Moi was 95. Moi’s 24-year rule saw his country…
Feb 03,
2020
Neymar blasted referee Jerome Brisard for booking him over his sensational showboating in Paris Saint-Germain’s 5-0 thrashing of Montpellier. PSG were leading 1-0 at the time and the 27-year-old Brazilian…
Feb 01,
2020
The Federal Inland Revenue Service of Nigeria p has warned businesses and individuals against tax evasion as the Federal Government begins the implementation of the 7.5 per cent Value Added…
Jan 31,
2020
The leaders of the European Union’s three institutions warned Britain on Friday that it cannot expect “the highest quality access to the single market” unless it adopts the bloc’s standards…
Jan 30,
2020
Nigeria’s debt to the World Bank soared from $8.51 billion (about N3.085 trillion) as of September 2018 to $9.81 billion (over N3.556 trillion) as at September 2019, the Debt Management…
Jan 29,
2020
Australian scientists at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity announced that they have recreated the deadly coronavirus in order to find a cure. The breakthrough announcement made by researchers…
Jan 29,
2020
Britain on Tuesday gave the green light to a limited role for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in the country’s 5G network, in a decision it said was necessary for developing…
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