Category: Foreign
Americans sent back home after landing in Italy over Covid-19
Five Americans who attempted to enter Italy after flying on a private jet to the island of Sardinia were rejected because of the latest EU’s coronavir [...]
Jeff Bezos’ wealth soars to $171.6bn, topping pre-divorce record
Jeff Bezos’ net worth has smashed through its previous peak, even after he relinquished a quarter of his stake in Amazon as part of a divorce settleme [...]
TM Lewin to shut all 66 stores in favour of online sales
TM Lewin has announced plans to close all 66 UK stores, with 600 jobs set to be lost in the process. The iconic menswear brand, famous for its office [...]
UK auctioner sells Igbo statues stolen during civil war for N86m
Christie’s, a British auction company, has defied criticisms to sell two Igbo life-sized wooden statutes which disappeared during the civil war for an [...]
Flu with potential human pandemic found in Chinese pigs
Chinese pigs are frequently becoming infected with a strain of influenza that has the potential to jump to humans, according to infectious disease res [...]
Senegal to lift Covid-19 curfew, allow int’l flights next month
Senegal president, Macky Sall has announced that the country would be lifting its curfew and state of emergency imposed to tackle the coronavirus (COV [...]
Ex French PM, Fillon, wife jailed for embezzlement
Former French prime minister, François Fillon and his Welsh wife, Penelope, have been sentenced to jail for embezzling public funds as part of the “fa [...]
Ghana to rebuild demolished Nigerian embassy building
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the government of Ghana will rebuild the demolished building belonging to the [...]
Nigeria doesn’t have required documents, but structure would be rebuilt – Ghana
The Ghanaian government says Nigeria did not have the required documents for the land on which a building that was erected on the premises of Nigerian [...]
South Africa to begin continent’s first coronavirus vaccine trial
South Africa plans to roll out the continent's first coronavirus vaccine trial this week as the country grapples with the highest number of coronaviru [...]