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*** ‘This is a defining moment in America’s history’ says NAACP The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden on Tuesday named Kamala Harris, a black US senator from California, as his choice for vice…

‎ President Donald Trump was escorted from his daily coronavirus news briefing at the White House on Monday, later saying a shooting had occurred just outside the White House. Just as the president was delivering his opening remarks to his…

President Donald Trump on Thursday issued executive orders that would ban social media apps TikTok and WeChat from operating in the US in 45 days if they are not sold by their Chinese-owned parent companies. The orders, which use…

‎ Chinese authorities have sealed off an entire village after one of its residents died of bubonic plague. The death in Suji Xincun village, Inner Mongolia was reported to authorities in Baotou city on Sunday. Y‎esterday the patient was…

The U.S has lifted the Global Level 4 Health Advisory, which it issued in March against all international travels by Americans due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Department of State announced the decision in a statement on…

‎ ‎ The United Kingdom has advised its citizens in Nigeria to stay away from the North and South South states in the country. The UK, in a fresh travel advisory published on the website of the UK Foreign Office, said multiple locations in…

Gambian President Adama Barrow has declared a state of emergency and introduced nationwide night curfew for 21 days in the face of a rising cases of coronavirus. ‎The president said the borders and airspace will remain closed except for…

Germany on Thursday recorded its highest number of new daily coronavirus infections in three months, the government’s infectious diseases institute said. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) recorded 1,045 new infections within the past 24…

Al-Qaeda and ISIS are looking to make an inroad into Southern Nigeria, the United States said on Wednesday. Already, the terrorist group is penetrating the North-West geopolitical zone. The Commander of the US special operations command,…

Amidst the controversy trailing the purported clause ceding Nigeria’s sovereignty to China in its loan request for the funding of railway projects, the Chinese government on Monday said it has no plan to interfere in the internal affairs or…