Ethiopian Refugee, Symbol of Integration in Italy, Killed on Farm
An Ethiopian refugee who became a symbol of integration in Italy, her adopted home, has been killed on her farm where she raised goats for ...
Month: December 2020
Hong Kong Activist Jimmy Lai Returned to Jail After Bail Revoked
Hong Kong’s highest court has revoked media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s bail after prosecutors succeeded in asking the judges to send him back to detention. Lai ...
Troops’ll Descend Heavily On Boko Haram, Bandits In 2021 – DHQ Warns
The Defence Headquarters have warned Boko Haram terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals to repent before 2021. Speaking to newsmen on Thursday, the Coordinator, Defence ...
President Buhari Signs 2021 Budget Into Law
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the country’s 2021 Appropriation Bill of N13.588 trillion ($34.518bn) into law. The signing took place at the President’s ...
FG Lifts Suspension On Replacement Of Old Sim Cards
The federal government of Nigeria has suspended its earlier directive which banned the registration and replacement of old sim cards. This development was made known ...
Nigerian Army Corporal Who Killed His Own Mother Makes Shocking Confession About Why He Did It
Corporal Thomson was among the 82 suspects paraded by the Kaduna State Police Command for various criminal acts in Kaduna on Thursday. Charles Thomson, an ...
California identifies second US case of highly contagious Covid-19 variant
California on Wednesday announced the nation’s second confirmed case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus, offering a strong indication that ...
US Senate leader denies bipartisan bid for $2000 Covid-19 relief checks
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all but shut the door Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks, declaring Congress has provided ...
Boris Johnson’s father seeks French citizenship as Brexit ends free movement
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s father Stanley confirmed plans on Thursday to seek French citizenship as the free movement of Britons in the EU comes ...
France detects first case of South African strain of Covid-19
France has detected its first case of the South African variant of coronavirus, the health ministry said on Thursday. The 501.V2 Variant was detected by ...
New Year’s Eve in France: What’s allowed and what’s not?
The French are still living under tight restrictions, as cases of Covid-19 continue to rise. Yet after the year we’ve all had, seeing an end ...
10 grand figures the world lost in 2020
FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the famous faces that have left us in 2020, from lionised British spy novelist John Le Carré to ...
Police Arrest Organisers Of Kaduna S3x Party
The arrest was made possible through the advertisement sent on social media platforms. The Kaduna State Police command has arrested organisers of the maiden edition ...
President Buhari To Sign N13.588tr 2021 Budget
This is to enable the budget implementation to kick off in January next year. President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Wednesday, December 30 sign the N13.588 ...
Interpol Uncovers €500,000 COVID-19 Fraud In Nigeria
According to Interpol, the scheme was coordinated using compromised emails, advance-payment fraud and money laundering. The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has traced a €500,000 ...
Argentina’s senate passes historic bill to legalise abortion
Argentina passed a landmark bill legalising abortion on Wednesday over the objections of its influential Roman Catholic Church. The Senate voted by 38 in favour ...
European Union leaders formally sign post-Brexit UK trade deal
EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel signed the post-Brexit trade deal agreed with Britain in a brief ceremony on Wednesday. The texts ...
Wuhan Covid-19 cases may have been ten times higher than first reported, study finds
The number of coronavirus cases in the Chinese city where the pathogen was first detected may have been 10 times higher than official figures suggest, ...
EU agrees investment deal with China, says it will help ‘rebalance economic ties’
The European Union and China agreed on Wednesday to an investment deal that will give European companies greater access to Chinese markets and help redress ...
France criticised for slow start to Covid-19 vaccinations
The French government on Wednesday faced criticism over the slow progress of its drive to vaccinate people against Covid-19, a problem compounded by the high ...