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COVID-19 – Evacuation of Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the novel coronavirus will begin on May 10, the Consulate of Nigeria in New York has announced. It said 700 Nigerians have registered with the missions in the US for the evacuation, which would be done in batches. The Consul-General, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, […]
Covid-19: Messages of hope from Mahmood Ahmadu and other KT’s partners Whilst the Covid-19 situation appears to be doom and gloom, one should always have hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel. All it takes is for a cure or approved treatment to come out. Businesses should get very tight control […]
Oil Price – Saudi Arabia and Russia Thursday ended their oil war that has shaken the global oil markets and negatively affected many oil-reliant economies, including Nigeria. The world’s two largest oil exporters came to a resolution at an expanded Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) emergency meeting which was held through a video conference. Both countries […]
A popular African proverb says: “When the python fails to act as one, little ones will mistake it for a rope and use it to tie their firewood”. With broken and bleeding heart, I am constrained to put to writing what we – the black African people are passing through in China and in the […]
Coronavirus – Over 100,000 persons who were infected with coronavirus globally have recovered from the disease, data from worldometers.info has shown. Although the outbreak is still ongoing and new cases are reported daily, some people have been treated and discharged. As of Monday, 17:54 GMT, 101,069 are reported to have recovered from respiratory disease. Since […]
Ne-Yo and his wife, Crystal Smith, are going their separate ways. The singer confirmed the news on an episode of the Private Talk With Alexis Texas podcast, released on Saturday, sharing that he and Crystal are getting a divorce after four years of marriage. “It’s slowly but surely becoming public knowledge that myself and my wife have decided to […]
Ronaldinho – The Instituto Ronaldinho Gaúcho (IRG), which was closed in the end of 2010, was investigated on two occasions due to allegedly irregular contracts with the Porto Alegre city hall. The first probe came in 2012, with city councillors claiming that more than $100,000 was paid to the educational institute led by Ronaldinho. That […]
Anthony Joshua – British-Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua who delivered an emotional speech while addressing the Royal Family at the Commonwealth Day 2020 service, said he spent part of his childhood in Nigeria, adding that he is proud to be a Nigerian. Joshua said: “My name is Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua and, like many of you […]
Anthony Joshua chose not to give a detailed reaction in the immediate aftermath of Tyson Fury’s win over Deontay Wilder on February 22. Instead, the unified champion let his rivals have their moment and simply posted a couple of Instagram stories branding them both ‘gladiators’. Now, two weeks later, AJ has given his first long interview […]
Coronavirus – Researchers in China have found two different strains of Covid-19 (coronavirus) which could be causing infections worldwide, CNBC has reported. In a preliminary study published Tuesday, scientists at Peking University’s School of Life Sciences and the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai found that a more aggressive type of Covid-19 had accounted for about 70 […]