Oil Prices Slide On Shattered Demand, Stocks Rise
Oil prices plunged Monday to an 18-year low as the number of novel coronavirus cases worldwide surged past 700,000, reinforcing…
Hungary’s Orban Gets Sweeping New Powers In Virus Fight
Hungary’s parliament endorsed a bill on Monday giving nationalist premier Viktor Orban the sweeping new powers he says he needs…
Global Lockdown Tightens As Coronavirus Deaths Mount
Harsh lockdowns aimed at halting the march of the coronavirus extended around the world on Monday as the death toll…
North Korea Slams Pompeo: ‘We Will Walk Our Way’
Nuclear-armed North Korea on Monday warned it could cut off dialogue with the United States, but Washington’s top diplomat said…
Kenya: Uproar Over Police Brutality During Virus Curfew
Uproar has greeted the manner in which police officers executed curfew orders on Friday, with some rights groups calling for…
Our Experience In Lagos Centre – Coronavirus Survivors
Two coronavirus survivors who were discharged on Monday from the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba, Mainland Hospital, Lagos, have recounted their…
UK Coronavirus Outbreak Shows Early Signs Of Slowing Down
The UK could remain under coronavirus emergency measures for as long as six months, a top health official has said,…
Operations To Continue At The Ports – NPA
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Monday said that operations would continue at the ports in spite of the two-week lockdown…
Boko Haram Commander, Usamah, Killed In Borno
The Military has said that one of the top Commanders of the Boko Haram terror group, Abu Usamah, has been…
Journalists’ Movement Not Restricted During Lockdown – FG
The Nigerian government has advised journalists and other media staff to use their Identity Cards to access their places of…
South Africa: Treasury Announces COVID-19 Tax Measures
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Sunday announced exceptional tax measures to counter the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “The…
Uganda: Police Shoot Two for Defying COVID-19 Order
Police in Uganda have shot and injured two people reportedly caught defying a presidential directive on public transport. President Yoweri…