The Australian city of Brisbane will host the 2032 Summer Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the recommendation of its executive board. “The International Olympic Committee has the honour to announce that the Games of the 35th Olympiad are awarded to Brisbane, Australia,” IOC President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday after a vote…
France has rolled out a new COVID-19 health pass amid a surge in infections which has prompted warnings the country is in the grip of a fourth wave of the pandemic. From Wednesday, people wanting to visit cinemas, museums, sports matches and other cultural venues will now be required to show proof of vaccination against…
Police in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Zamfara have said they secured the release of 100 villagers kidnapped in early June following negotiations with their abductors. Mohammed Shehu, spokesman for Zamfara state police, said in a statement on Tuesday the release was “unconditional” and that it had been secured “without giving any financial or material gain”…
The desperation of detractors of Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, is manifest, yet again, with the circulation of an old video of a primary election in Akwa Ibom State and mischievously captioning and passing it off as an altercation involving the governor. It must be stated that the intent of the purveyors of the…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Leaderships in Abeokuta South Local Government have endorsed the candidature of Hon. Omolaja Ayodele Majekodunmi as the Local Government Chairman and his running mate Hon. Iretiolu Lanre Sotayo as Vice Chairman, as well as the Ward 2 Councillor Hon. Sanyaolu Ismail Oluwajuwonlo for the forthcoming L/G election in Ogun State….
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 59 suspected cases of Monkeypox with 15 confirmed, its Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Tuesday in Abuja. Ihekweazu was reacting to the Dallas, Texas resident who recently returned from Nigeria and tested positive to the disease. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that it…
Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has appealed to bandits to lay down their arms and repent for peace and stability of the country. Abdulsalami made the call on Tuesday in an interview with newsmen shortly after observing rakaats prayers for Eid-el-Kabir in Minna. “I prayed Allah to touch the hearts of these…
The phone of French President Emmanuel Macron was targeted for potential surveillance on behalf of Morocco in the Pegasus spyware case, French newspaper Le Monde reported on Tuesday. The French presidency said that if the revelations about Macron’s phone were true, they would be very serious. Le Monde said that, according to sources, one of…
Edros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), has thrown his weight behind the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, even as a surge in the Delta variant drives a resurgence of COVID-19 around the world and the event faces continued opposition just days before the opening ceremony. Speaking to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
