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The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday. “The risk of Ebola spread in DRC and the region remains very high, and the risk of spread outside the region remains low,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of […]

Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen has been elected as the European Commission’s first female president. Her nomination was approved by 383 votes in a secret ballot on Tuesday evening at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. There were 327 votes against her and 22 abstentions. After being elected by a narrow margin of just nine votes over the required […]

Members of the Northern Elders Forum and the Coalition of the Northern Groups have asked Fulani herdsmen to leave the southern part of Nigeria. They said the herdsmen should return to the North where their (herdsmen) safety and that of their property could be guaranteed. The northern elders and the youths said they were worried […]

The Presidency Monday turned down every entreaty to respond to the recent letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari to rise up to the occasion and stop the high rate of insecurity with its attendance loss of lives in the country. Former President Obasanjo in an open letter to President Buhari said […]

Former Super Eagles captain and coach Christian Chukwu has thanked billionaire businessman Femi Otedola for helping foot his medical bills in a London hospital. Chukwu returned to the country on Friday, after nearly two months in London, where he underwent treatment and surgery at Wellington Hospital. Chukwu, first Nigerian to lift the Africa Cup of […]

Novak Djokovic successfully defended his Wimbledon Open title with a gutsy performance against Rodger Federer — and the crowd, overcoming the Swiss maestro 7-6 (7-5) 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 13-12 (6-3) in a five-set thriller. The game, which lasted four hours, 57 minutes is the longest singles final in the tournament history. The Serbian World […]

A former Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon, said on Saturday he and another  ex-Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, were among key figures who stopped former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s impeachment by the National Assembly in 2007. Gowon  said  Obasanjo was able to complete his tenure because  he and other prominent Nigerians  convinced  then-Speaker, House […]

Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district, says he is now a member of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and deserve a share of the Ruga settlement. The senator said during the funeral service of his mother in Aiyetoro-Gbedde, Ijumu local government area of Kogi state, he received 104 cows from […]

Roger Federer remains on course for a ninth Wimbledon title after beating Rafael Nadal in an enthralling encounter to reach his 12th final at the All England Club. It took more than three tense, nerve-shredding hours of the highest quality tennis for the Swiss to wrap up a 7-6 1-6 6-3 6-4 victory. Federer will […]

Trump confirms Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will begin arrests of illegal immigrants from Sunday… US President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will launch raids across the country this weekend to round up thousands of undocumented migrants for deportation. “They came in illegally,” he told reporters […]

The United States has advised its citizens in Nigeria to avoid large crowds and demonstrations in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and Lagos, its commercial nerve centre. The U.S. Mission in Nigeria issued the alert on Friday ahead of ‘expected’ protest by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN). “The U.S. Mission in Nigeria advises U.S. […]

A new report released on Thursday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) says more than 50 percent of Nigerians are poorer. The report revealed that in Nigeria, even though the proportion of people who are multidimensionally poor has remained constant at just over 50% over […]

Euromoney, a financial information company based in Europe, has named Guaranty Trust Bank plc the best bank in Africa. The bank got the honour at the 2019 edition of the annual awards of Euromoney which held in London on Wednesday. GTBank was also named the best bank in Nigeria for a record ninth time. Now […]