The death toll from floods in central China last month is at least 302 with dozens of people still missing, officials said Monday, after record downpours dumped a year’s worth of rain on a city in just three days. Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province and the epicentre of the […]
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A civilian and a soldier were killed by a notorious armed Islamist group on Friday in the latest bloody fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-plagued east, a military source said. The vast central African country’s government has placed the North Kivu and Ituri provinces under a state of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is preparing to leave the country for a medical check-up in London, the United Kingdom. He is also expected to take part in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education 2021-2025. This was disclosed in a statement by the president’s media adviser, Femi Adesina, […]
The Afghan government imposed a curfew across almost all of the country on Saturday in an attempt to stop the Taliban from invading cities. Aside from the capital Kabul and two other provinces, no movement will be allowed between 22:00 and 04:00. Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces […]
India monsoon death toll climbs to 124 as rescuers search for missing The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India climbed to 124 Sunday, officials said. The country’s western coast has been inundated by torrential rains since Thursday, with the India Meteorological Department warning […]
The U.S. Embassy in Niamey, Niger announces the donation by the United States Government of 151,200 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s global efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. APO press release said that the donated vaccines were part of the US […]
At least 18 dead in landslide, wall collapse in India monsoon rains At least 18 people were killed after several homes were crushed by a collapsed wall and a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India’s financial capital Mumbai, authorities said Sunday. A falling tree demolished a wall in […]
The dragging corruption trial of South Africa’s jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma resumes on Monday despite deadly violence that swept the nation after his imprisonment in an unrelated case. Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering related to a 1999 purchase of fighter jets, patrol boats and military gear […]
Haitian national police director, Leon Charles, has given more details on how President Jovenel Moise was assassinated by gunmen. Recall that Moise, 53, was killed after gunmen poured 12 bullets into his body at his residence in Port-au-Prince. The wife of the Haiti President who also sustained injuries during the […]
Stores and warehouses in South Africa were hit by looters Tuesday for a fifth day running despite the troops President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed to try to quell unrest that has claimed 72 lives. As pillaging erupted in the economic capital of Johannesburg and the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa’s […]
The Nigerian Ambassador appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Engr Omar Suleiman has officially presented his letter of Credence to President Felix Tshisekedi. Omar in a Phone interview with our correspondent said the official exercise is a guide that is making him hit the ground […]
Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated at his home early Wednesday morning by a group of armed individuals, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced. Joseph said he was now in charge of the country. Moise’s injured wife was in the hospital, according to Joseph, who urged the public to remain […]
The United Kingdom Parliament is set to commence a debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), had, last week, revealed that Kanu was repatriated and subsequently arraigned him. However, Malami did not reveal where the IPOB […]
BW Global Group, the American lobby firm hired by Nnamdi Kanu, Biafra separatist leader, has reportedly engaged the US government over the arrest of the activist. Foreign Lobby, a Washington-based platform, quoted the firm as saying it “had been in touch with the State Department and Congress” about the arrest […]
Outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, on Thursday, accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and his government over their alleged role in the abduction of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his subsequent ‘smuggling’ into Nigeria by security agents. IPOB threatened to drag Kenyatta and his ‘partners in crime’ to the […]
US comedian Bill Cosby was freed from prison on Wednesday, in a blow to the #MeToo movement, after a US court overturned his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 15 years ago. The 83-year-old left SCI Phoenix, a state jail 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia, after […]
President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin face off Wednesday at a tense Geneva summit, where ghosts of the Cold War will hover over modern-day US concerns about Russian cyber attacks and what the White House sees as a dangerous authoritarian drift. The setting — a sumptuous villa overlooking Lake […]
…..to meet President Melos Zeman soon for further bilateral talks The Nigerian Ambassador to Czech Republic, Mr Kevin Peter has on Wednesday presented Copie d’Usage of his Letters of Credence to the Director Diplomatic Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, Czech Republic, Mrs Marketa Sarbochova. The letter presentation is to […]
Brazil braces for third wave of COVID-19 Already reeling from one of the highest death tolls in the pandemic, Brazil is bracing for the threat of a third wave of Covid-19, fueled by vaccination delays and a lack of containment measures. So far, each pandemic wave has been successively worse […]
Anxiety as UK govt’s, major media outlets’ websites go down Major websites, including those of the UK government and news outlets such as Financial Times, New York Times and Bloomberg, are down. According to Al Jazeera, CNN and France’s Le Monde started showing error messages that appeared on the websites […]
Man slaps French President Macron A bystander slapped French President Emmanuel Macron across the face during a trip to southeast France on Tuesday on the second stop of a nationwide tour. Images on social media and broadcast on the BFM news channel showed Macron approach a barrier to greet a […]
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a three-year $2.05 million grant to Washington, DC-based Gallaudet University to support initiatives to advance education, employment, and life opportunities toward the empowerment of deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind children and youth in Nigeria. In collaboration with its partners, the […]
Pope updates Catholic Church law on sexual abuse, others Pope Francis updated the Catholic Church’s criminal code Tuesday, reinforcing penalties for priests who sexually abuse minors, measures long sought by activists against paedophilia. The most comprehensive revision of the Code of Canon Law in nearly 40 years followed a years-long […]
Acknowledge Nigeria is a failed country, ex-American Ambassador advises US Pope updates Catholic Church law on sexual abuse, others China records ‘first human case’ of H10N3 bird flu Donald Trump has cancelled his own blog, an advisor announced on Wednesday, highlighting the ex-president and election conspiracy theorist’s struggle to escape […]
Economic Community of West African State, on Sunday, suspended Mali from the sub-regional body following two military coups in the country. ECOWAS took the decision at an emergency summit in Ghana on Sunday. Ghana’s foreign minister, Shirley Botchwey, said the decision to suspend Mali was to ensure the return of […]
Boris Johnson gets married to Carrie Symonds in secret ceremony Boris Johnson has become the second British Prime Minister to get married while in office. The apex minister of the country married his fiancee, Carrie Symonds at Westminster Abbey in presence of close family and relatives. According to The Sun […]
Here is Platforms Africa close up on Idriss Deby’s son and successor, the new leader who should be 37 year-old before the end of this year. The son of Chad’s President Idriss Deby who on Tuesday died of injuries suffered on the frontline while fighting rebels in the north of […]
India will lock down its capital New Delhi for a week from Monday night to try and control a raging coronavirus outbreak, as the hard-hit the United States passed a hopeful milestone of giving at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose to half its adults. There was good news from Australia […]
Buhari, Niger’s new president meet, vow to tackle Boko Haram together President Bazoum of Niger Republic and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted the new President of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum, in Abuja. He said that Nigeria and Niger would do all it takes to […]
Blaise Compaoré, former president of Burkina Faso, has been charged with the murder of Thomas Sankara, his predecessor. According to Reuters, Compaoré was charged by a military tribunal on Tuesday with complicity in the assassination, undermining state security, and receiving cadavers. Compaoré, who was charged in absentia, had, in October […]
The 44th president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, has taken to his verified Instagram account to mourn the death of his grandmother, Sarah Obama. His grandmother, fondly referred to as Mama Sarah died at 99 in western Kenya, her daughter told AFP on Monday. Eulogising his grandmother, […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Saturday, said there was no plan to make neighbouring Republic of Benin the 37th State of Nigeria. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Republic of Benin Is Not Aspiring To Be Part Of Nigeria’ which was signed by the ministry’s spokesman, Ferdinand Nwonye. […]
International Monetary Fund says people should exercise caution in the use of cryptocurrencies, describing the trend as a matter of concern. IMF gave this warning during a virtual briefing on the recently published 2020 Article IV IMF Staff Report for Nigeria. Resident Representative of IMF for Nigeria, Ari Aisen, noted […]
Image-of-Kamala-Harris-at-the-swearing-in-2021-for-an-article-on-Firstnews- about-Nigerian-men-and-patriarchy Kamala Harris at the 2021 presidential swearing in So, it’s obvious that Nigerian men derive pleasure from being unfortunate and I honestly don’t blame them. After all, audacity is currently on sale in Lagos market. Nonsense! Since Kamala Harris recently got sworn in as the first female Vice […]
US President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Congress to enact “commonsense” gun law reforms, three years after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Herdsmen took up arms to defend themselves against brutality – Gumi Buhari won’t condone ethnic, religious violence – Garba Shehu “This administration will not wait for […]
Ghana’s parliament on Tuesday shut down for at least three weeks over a surge in cases of Covid-19 among lawmakers and parliamentary staff. The speaker of the house, Alban Bagbin, announced the legislature will be in recess until March 2 to make way for “disinfection and sanitisation of the premises.” […]
US President Joe Biden has made a ‘historic’ phone call to a Nigerian family living in Springfield, Illinois, in appreciation of the $5 donation they made towards his inauguration A video clip of the phone call between President Biden, his wife and Nigerian family members made up of a father […]
United States talk show legend, Larry King, has died at the age of 87. TGNEWS had reported that King was hospitalised with COVID-19 in Los Angeles, US, in late December. On Saturday, the TV star’s death was announced in a statement via his official Twitter handle. “With profound sadness, Ora […]
More knocks appear coming the way of US President, Donald Trump, as Google-owned YouTube temporarily suspended his channel. The media platform, as gathered, also removed a video on Trump’s channel for violating its policy against inciting violence. With the development, YouTube has joined other social media platforms that banned Trump’s […]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced the launch of a new partnership with the PanaBIOS Consortium , represented by AfroChampions, on the expansion of the scope of what began as a pan- African digital solution to support the safe re-opening of Africa to travel and trade in the wake […]
