Belgium’s average new coronavirus infections dropped below 2,000 a day yesterday, and today sees the decline continue, according to the latest figures published by the Sciensano public health institute on Wednesday. Between 20 and 26 December, an average of 1,801.4…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday signed the free trade agreement with the European Union to frame their trade relations after their historic break-up, which is due to come into force Thursday at 11:00 PM (midnight Belgian time). This…
Lead drummer of legendary Apala musician, Ayinla Omowura, Alhaji Rahman Adewole Oniluola is dead. He died at the age of 97 years at about 10.00 pm on Tuesday in his hometown, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. His remains will be…
Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel on the one hand, and Boris Johnson on the other, will sign on Wednesday the post-Brexit agreement reached on 24 December by both parties, the European Council and the European Commission announced Tuesday.…
In a little more than two days, the default maximum speed allowed in the majority of Brussels will become 30km Ahead of the launch, Brussels Minister of Mobility Elke Van Den Brandt (Groen) and Brussels Mobility issued a statement of…
Belgium’s daily average new coronavirus infections have dropped below 2,000, according to the latest figures published by the Sciensano public health institute on Tuesday. Between 19 and 25 December, an average of 1,843.7 new people tested positive per day over…
Fifty journalists and media workers were killed in connection with their work in 2020, the majority in countries that are not at war, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Tuesday. The figure shows an increase in the targeting of reporters investigating…
Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday confirmed the sacking of coach Thomas Tuchel, who had been at the club since July 2018, but did not name his successor. “After an in-depth analysis of its sporting situation, Paris Saint-Germain decided to terminate Thomas…
Former Spain and Chelsea striker Diego Costa’s contract with Atletico Madrid was terminated on Tuesday, six months before it was scheduled to end. “Atletico de Madrid and Diego Costa have reached an agreement for the termination of the striker’s contract,…
A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake collapsed buildings in central Croatia on Tuesday, striking near the town of Petrinja where rescue teams raced to comb through the rubble. The tremor, which struck at a depth of 10 kilometres at around 1130…
Legendary French fashion designer Pierre Cardin died Tuesday at the age of 98 at a hospital in Neuilly in western Paris, his family told AFP. Cardin was born in Italy in 1922 but emigrated to France as a small child.…
Following the call out by Nigerians on the micro-blogging platform, Twitter, over the alleged abuse of an 11-year-old student Don Davis, the Deeper Life Bible Church has said it would address the public on the controversial claim of the pupil…
The mother said the report would be released to the public at the appropriate time. Mrs Deborah Okezie, the mother of the boy who was allegedly molested at Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has revealed that her…
Four days after being injected with the first dose of Pfizer vaccine, an American doctor has tested positive for coronavirus disease. The incident occurred at Montefiore Hospital in New York, with Dr. Amos Dudi, an intensive care and lung disease…
The Trump administration has been accused of irresponsibility by the US President-elect, Joe Biden for failing to give his team the information it needs for the transition of power. Biden said his team had encountered “obstruction from the political leadership”…
Nigeria stands as the number one country in Africa in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2020 World Economic Outlook’s ratings of countries. Using countries’ GDPs, IMF ranked Nigeria among the first 26 countries in the world in the same position…
A mob on Monday set two persons ablaze over alleged robbery at Molete and Oke-Ado areas of Ibadan. The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the incident in a statement in Ibadan. Fadeyi said that…
The immediate arrest and prosecution of the Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah has been called by the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) over his Christmas day message. Recall that the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Kukah in his Christmas day message, attacked…
Romeo Odey Africa’s leading network marketer and first Yellow Diamond in Norland Industrial Group, has flaunted a new mansion in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The 6-bedroom gigantic edifice sits on a 1300 square meters parcel of land in…
A 27-year-old Nigerian identified as Fulgens Quadio alias Kristopher Wilmer, was on Thursday, December 24 arrested in Mumbai by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) Chennai, India for alleged commodity scam. According to police, in 2019,…