Egypt Overtakes SA As Virus Deaths In Africa Hits 1126
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has said that there are now 23, 505 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 52 countries across Africa. Africa CDC stated this in a tweet on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday morning. According to the tweet, COVID-19 has killed 1158 people in Africa, while a total […]
Middle East Braces For Bleak Ramadan Amid Virus Threat
From cancelled iftar feasts to suspended mosque prayers, Muslims across the Middle East are bracing for a bleak month of Ramadan fasting as the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic lingers. Ramadan is a period for both self-reflection and socialising. Believers fast from dawn to dusk and then gather around a family or community meal each […]
Hamilton Ready To Stick With Mercedes ‘Dream Team’
Lewis Hamilton has hailed Mercedes as his “dream team” as the world champion made it clear he has no plans to leave when his contract expires after the 2020 season. The British driver was linked with a move to Ferrari after the six-time world title winner revealed in January he had yet to open talks […]
Premier League’s Transfer Market Bubble Set To Burst
The financial squeeze put on Premier League clubs by the coronavirus crisis could be felt across the continent in the coming months as the well to fund massive transfer fees runs dry. For each of the past four summers, Premier League clubs have flexed their financial muscle to splurge over £1 billion ($1.3 billion) on […]
Families Mourn, Police Seek Motive For Canada Gun Rampage
Investigators on Monday scoured crime scenes from the worst mass shooting in Canadian history to try to understand why a dental worker with no criminal past killed at least 18 people. The gunman, identified by police as 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, began his rampage late Saturday in the seaside village of Portapique, Nova Scotia, dying 14 […]
American Oil Crashes Below $0 A Barrel
London (CNN Business) The spectacular collapse in oil markets is showing no signs of easing, as the coronavirus crisis saps demand and producers run out of places to store all their excess barrels of crude. What’s happening: US oil prices plunged, falling below $0 Monday to $-37.63 a barrel. That’s the lowest level since NYMEX opened oil […]
Violence Against Women Up Amid Latin America Lockdowns
Medellin, Colombia – As Arussi Unda watched videos of empty Mexico City metro cars and shuttered businesses just one month ago, it felt as if Mexican women had made history. Unda, a leader of the feminist organisation Brujas del Mar, was one of the organisers of the country’s National Women’s Strike on March 9, when 6.6 […]
Canada: Gunman Kills At Least 18 In Mass Shooting
Nova Scotia investigators are scouring for answers after a deadly rampage that began in the tiny town of Portapique on Cobequid Bay led police on a miles-long chase across the Canadian province. When the manhunt ended about 12 hours later, the gunman had killed 18 people, officials say — including a police constable and a teacher — […]
Israel: Netanyahu, Gantz Form Coalition Government
After three stalemated elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist rival Benny Gantz agreed Monday to form an emergency coalition government. The deal would end a year of political deadlock, in which none of the two political gladiators was able to form a government. Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud and Gantz’s Blue and White party […]
Abba Kyari: FFK Releases List Of Buhari’s Cabal Warriors
Former presidential aide, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday, revealed the identities of those he claimed are President Muhammadu Buhari’s “cabal” members. He gave the names in an article about Buhari’s late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, entitled “How are the mighty fallen.” The Minister of Aviation was close to Kyari, who decades ago, worked for […]
Russia Intercepts US Navy Aircraft Over Mediterranean Sea
Washington (CNN) A Russian fighter aircraft approached a US Navy aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea Sunday, both governments confirmed while offering different accounts of the incident. US Naval Forces Europe-Africa/US 6th Fleet said in a statement Sunday the Russian aircraft, a SU-35 jet, “flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner” while intercepting the US Navy P-8A Maritime […]
No Ramadan Lectures, Prayers This Year – Sultan Of Sokoto
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said there will be no Ramadan lecture this year, following the COVID-19 outbreak. Abubakar declared that there will be no congregational prayers in Mosques across the country this year. In a statement issued through the Secretary-General of JNI, Dr. […]