Rwanda Capital To Shut Down As COVID-19 Cases Soar
Rwanda will put the capital Kigali and eight other districts across the country under lockdown from Saturday to rein in surging coronavirus cases and deaths, officials said. The restrictions will…
Last Of Five Catholic Hostages Freed In Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. A Malian priest — the last of a group of five Catholics kidnapped in mid-June — has…
Johannesburg Mayor Dies From COVID-19 As South Africa Extends Vaccine Age
File photo of Mayor Geoff Makhubo. Credit: South African presidency. The mayor of Johannesburg on Friday became the latest fatality of a third Covid wave ripping through South Africa as…
Edo Cult War Rages On Two Confirmed Dead in Black Axe vs Mafite War
In 1953, future-Nobel Prize winning author Wole Soyinka and a group of six friends formed the Pyrate Confraternity at the elite University College, Ibadan, then part of the University of…
Bollywood’s ‘Tragedy King’ Dilip Kumar Dies Aged 98
In this file photo taken on May 22, 2004, Indian veteran actor Dilip Kumar speaks at the podium for his award for oustanding achievement in Indian cinema at the 5th…
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock Resigns After Covid Breach
In this file photo taken on May 27, 2021 Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock gives an update on the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual press conference in Downing Street…
Church Says Kidnapped Malian Catholics Released
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. An abbot and several Catholic laypeople kidnapped in central Mali by armed men have been released, a…
Diana Statue Event May ‘Break Ice’ For Prince Harry, William – Royal Biographer
The late Princess Diana The unveiling of a new statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, next month could help thaw frosty ties between her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry,…
Biden Takes Tea With The Queen In Maiden Overseas Trip As President
US First Lady Jill Biden (L) and US President Joe Biden (R) speak with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (C) at the dais in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle in Windsor,…
Canada Pays Final Homage To Family Killed In Truck Attack
People arrive at the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario on June 12, 2021, to pay their respects at the funeral of four members of the Afzaal Family, in London, Ontario,…
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Welcome Daughter
In this file photo Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R) and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave after attending a Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in central London, on…
Biden, Queen Elizabeth To Meet In Person After G7 Summit
A file photo of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II will hold her first in-person meeting with a foreign leader in over a year when she hosts US President…
Fear Of Military Coup Grips Mali As Army Detains President, Prime Minister
In this file photo taken on September 25, 2020 Transition Mali President Bah Ndaw (C) is seen during his inauguration ceremony at the CICB (Centre International de Conferences de Bamako)…
Attahiru Was Determined To End Boko Haram – Zulum
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum and other top dignitaries observe prayers at the National Mosque in Abuja during burial rites for the COAS Attahiru. Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum on…
COAS Attahiru, 10 Others Buried In Abuja
The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other officers who died in a plane crash were laid to rest at the National…
China’s Father of Rice Dies – Chinese scientist Yuan Longping has died at the age of 90. www.beij.i.ng
China’s ‘father of hybrid rice’ Yuan Longping dies at 90 Agronomist was best known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s and helping ensure food security in…
In New Docuseries, Prince Harry Again Insists His Family Lacks Empathy
In a new documentary series set for release Friday Prince Harry is once again emphasizing that his family turned a blind eye to the struggles of his wife Meghan Markle,…
Five Members Of Gaza Family Perish In Israeli Strike
Smoke billows from an Israeli air strike on the Hanadi compound in Gaza City, controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, on May 11, 2021. MOHAMMED ABED / AFP Young brothers…
Family releases burial details for Nowamagbe Omoigui . www.edo.news
The family of Nowamagbe Omoigui, civil war and military historian, has released a directory on how the deceased cardiologist will be buried. The native of Edo State died about a…
Meghan Markle Baby Daughter Might be Born on Princess Diana’s Birthday !
The late Princess would have turned 60 this year The Duchess of Sussex is preparing to welcome her baby daughter this summer and it could very well happen that Meghan…