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Super Eagles fans have slammed the national team coach Gernot Rohr and his team following their lethargic performance against Sierra Leone in Friday’s 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Samuel Stadium, in Benin City, Edo State, Saturday Punch reports. Nigeria let a dominant four goal lead slip in a 4-4 draw with Sierra Leone […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO), says nearly one in five COVID-19 deaths in Africa is linked with diabetes, according to a study. WHO disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday from its Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo. According to the statement, WHO finds out that 18.3 per cent of COVID-19 deaths in the […]

Senior US federal and state election officials said Thursday that there was “no evidence” that votes were lost or changed, or voting systems corrupted, in the presidential election. The officials, responsible for election security across the country, rejected claims made by President Donald Trump and Republicans that fraud and lost ballots led to his loss […]

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), says he is in support of the plan of Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, to repeal payment of pension to former governors. TheCable had reported how Sanwo-Olu submitted a bill to the state house of assembly on the abolishment of pension payments to former governors […]

Just five days after American rapper King Von was killed in Atlanta, another rapper, Mo3 has been killed in Dallas, Texas. Rapper Mo3.whose real name was Melvin Noble, was killed while driving on a freeway in Dallas on Wednesday morning, according to multiple reports. CBS reported that the 28 year-old talented singer died after being […]

Scientists Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci have dedicated their lives to the field of oncology and infectious diseases, and spent years pioneering personalized immunotherapy treatments for cancer. But amid the coronavirus pandemic, the couple’s groundbreaking research in the field of modified genetic code has catapulted them into the public eye, as the brains behind the world’s first […]

President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday called President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede his election loss an “embarrassment” but dismissed the standoff as unimportant. “I just think it’s an embarrassment, quite frankly,” Biden said when asked what he thinks about Trump’s refusal to acknowledge defeat in the November 3 election. “How can I say this tactfully? […]

Nigerian youths would do well to keep the peace, as it is in their own interest ultimately, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke Monday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s former Minister of Environment. “Our own generation is on the last lap, […]

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has declared a nationwide strike, sparking fears of fuel scarcity in the country. PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, confirmed the union’s position during his appearance on Sunrise Daily on Monday. “Today, PENGASSAN has declared a strike,” he said in an interview on the Channels Television breakfast programme. He added, […]

Former Barcelona and Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto’o is in stable condition after he was involved in a road accident around Nkongsamba-Douala road in Cameroon. Eto’o was said to be returning from a wedding celebration when his car was hit by a public transport bus on Sunday morning. Although the car was badly damaged in the front, the 39-year-old was […]

The United States is hurtling toward yet another grim milestone of 10 million cases, with over 9.9 million reported cases as of Sunday evening, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The country recorded 100,762 new cases and and 453 new deaths as of 9:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, marking the fifth highest day of new cases in […]

One of the most prominent Republicans in the US Congress on Sunday urged Donald Trump to “fight hard” and not concede his loss to Joe Biden in the race for the White House, saying unfounded allegations of fraud by the president must be investigated. Other Republicans sought to walk a finer line, saying legal challenges […]

US President-elect, Joe Biden, says his first task in office is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. Biden stated this in his acceptance speech, which he delivered before a crowd of supporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday night. The president-elect said he believed part of the mandate from American voters is […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Vice President Joe Biden on his election as new President of the United States. In a statement on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President noted that the victory came “at a time of uncertainty and fear in world affairs.” “Your election is […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the United States Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris, has Nigerian DNA because her father is from Jamaica where many slaves were taken to from Africa. Obasanjo said this in a congratulatory message to the President-elect of the US, Joe Biden. He wrote, “I felicitate with Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris as the […]

Former US President, Barack Obama, on Saturday, hailed the reported election of Democrat challenger Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, as the next US president-elect and vice-president-elect, respectively. Major international and US-based TV networks projected on Saturday that Biden won the US presidency over Donald Trump, a victory sealed after the Democrat claimed […]