The United States says the Al-Qaeda insurgent group has started penetrating the north-western part of Nigeria. In recent times, there has been an increase in attacks in Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara and other north-west states. During a media briefing, Dagvin Anderson, commander of the US special operations command, Africa, said Al-Qaeda is also expanding to other parts of West Africa. In his remarks [...]
The death toll in the explosion that rocked Beirut, capital of Lebanon, has risen to 100 with more than 4,000 injured. George Kettaneh, the head of the Lebanese Red Cross, said the toll is expected to rise as officials dig through the rubbles caused by the explosion. He added that the Red Cross was coordinating with the country’s ministry of health for [...]
Dozens of people have been killed and thousands injured in a massive explosion that rocked Beirut, capital of Lebanon, on Tuesday. The state-owned national news agency traced the source of the explosion to a warehouse of firecrackers near the port in Beirut. Many cars and buildings got damaged in the incident. Some residents said the explosion sounded like an earthquake as the grounds [...]
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The family of David Nagy, a resident of Texas, US, says selfish people who failed to observe COVID-19 safety guidelines are to blame for his death. Nagy, aged 79, died of COVID-19 complications on July 22. The family, in an obituary published in the Jefferson Jimplecute, also blamed US President Donald Trump and Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, "and all the other [...]
A United Nations plane (pictured) skidded off the runway while touching down at the Gao Airport, Mali, on Monday, leaving 11 people injured. United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) disclosed in a statement that the 11 people on board comprised seven crew members and four passengers. The UN aircraft had attempted to make an emergency landing before it went [...]
Despite the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari, Alpha Conde, the 83-year-old president of Guinea is insisting on running for a third term in office, against the country's 2010 constitution. Cellou Diallo, former prime minister of Guinea and presidential candidate of the leading opposition party for the October 2020 election, said Buhari's intervention, and that of Nana Akufo Addo of Ghana, has [...]
Some schools in the US have recorded new cases of the COVID-19 shortly after they resumed activities following weeks of lockdown. According to BBC, a student of one of such schools at Indiana tested positive for the novel coronavirus -- barely a few hours after classes resumed. The school, which was among the first to reopen in the US, however, said it [...]
‘I’m not scared of losing my licence’– Nigerian-trained US doctor insists chloroquine cures COVID-19
Stella Immanuel, the Nigerian-trained US doctor who claimed she treated 350 COVID-19 patients, is insisting that chloroquine can cure the disease. Immanuel had come under criticisms after a video where she made the claim went viral. Twitter and Facebook had pulled down the video which they branded as misleading. In an interview with Click2Houston, a news platform in the US, Immanuel said Herman [...]
Vietnam has recorded its first COVID-19 death, six months after it recorded an index case. The victim is a 70-year-old man from the central city of Hoi An, according to state media. The Southeast Asian country, which shares border with China where the disease originated from, confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in January. Vietnam, hailed as having one of the best-organised epidemic [...]
