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Ghana is likely to reopen its entry points for inbound traffic on Sept. 1 as active cases of the new coronavirus decline, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has hinted. In his 15th nationwide broadcast on COVID-19, Akufo-Addo said the…

Ahead of the November 3 elections, President Donald Trump of the United States has again restated his opposition to mail-in voting, insisting that the process would be a catastrophe for the election. The United States Postal Service is…

‎ Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, died on Saturday night aged 71 after being hospitalised in New York, the president said in a statement. ‎The president on Friday visited his brother in hospital after White House officials…

Concerned about the security situation in some parts of the country, Catholic pontiff, His Holiness Pope Francis on Saturday called for prayers for northern Nigeria. The Pope made the call in a series of tweets via his official Twitter…

‎ The United Nations has warned that the economic impact of the COVID -19 pandemic could worsen conflict, hunger and destitution in the North-East.‎ UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Edward Kallon, raised the alarm during a…

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is making progress in its efforts to ensure the reversal of the United States’ suspension of the issuance of “immigrant visas” to Nigerian passport holders. The president also pledged…

*** insist ‘the case against Trump, Pence is open and shut’ Presumptive Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Wednesday officially launched their presidential ticket in Wilmington,…

A former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, is dead. He was aged 90. According to her, “It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to God for his life of selfless humanity that I announce the passing of my…

‎United States on Wednesday expressed scepticism about Russia’s claim of developing the world’s first safe coronavirus vaccine, pointing to the lack of data from its initial trials. ‎Moscow said Tuesday its vaccine offered…

The UK economy has suffered its biggest slump on record between April and June 2020 as COVID-19 lockdown measures pushed the country officially into recession. The economy shrank 20.4% compared with the first three months of the year, the…