The Economic Community of West African States and has condemned the coup d’état that took place in the Republic of Guinea Conakry on Sunday. President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana condemned the action in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. Akufo-Addo, who is also the Chair of the…
For the first in its national history, doctors in Israel have successfully separated twins conjoined at the head — and say that after the 12-hour “life or death” operation, both babies are likely to live completely normal lives. Dr. Isaac Lazar told The Times of Israel of the remarkable moment on Sunday when the girls looked at…
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 459 new COVID-19 cases in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed on Monday morning. The NCDC also reported 30 COVID-19 related deaths. The centre added that the new cases posted on Sunday, showed a drop from the 964 infections posted on Saturday. The…
The Taliban has claimed victory over opposition forces in the last holdout province of Panjshir, completing their takeover of Afghanistan three weeks after capturing Kabul. “With this victory, our country is completely taken out of the quagmire of war,” chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Monday. The anti-Taliban National Resistance Front (NRF), pledged to carry…
A former sniper in the US military killed four people, including a woman and her three-month-old baby boy in her arms, before surrendering to police in central Florida. The suspect, identified as Bryan Riley, 33, also wounded an 11-year-old girl who underwent surgery for seven gunshot injuries, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told a news…
Nearly half a million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Australia overnight, officials have said, the first batch of a swap deal with Britain that Australia is using to speed up its inoculation programme as it battles a surge in cases that has put more than half its 25 million population in…
Taiwan says 19 Chinese military aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, entered its southwestern airspace on Sunday, the latest in a string of almost daily incursions by China’s air force. The Ministry of National Defense said it tracked the 19 Chinese planes as they flew into its air defence identification zone (ADIZ), and issued radio warnings to…
Dr. AbdulAzeez Olatunde, the Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, has predicted that the party will govern the state in 2023. Olatunde spoke to newsmen in Ibadan on Saturday after the Ibadan South-East Local Government congress of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the new set of party executives…
Nollywood actor Uche Maduagwu has revealed why singer, 2Face Idibia’s silence over his marital issues while his brother, Charles, continues to trade words with his wife, Annie, on social media is wrong. The actor, in a post via his Instagram account on Sunday, noted that 2baba’s silence over the issue only portrays him as a…
