Somewhere between 2,500 to 5,000 people who travelled during the winter vacations likely returned to Belgium with a coronavirus infection, according to biostatistician Geert Molenberghs (UHasselt and KU Leuven). While 80,000 people filled out a “Passenger Locator Form” during the…
All of Belgium’s major coronavirus indicators are continuing to drop, according to the latest figures published by the Sciensano public health institute on Friday. Between 29 December and 4 January, an average of 1,664 new people tested positive per day…
The number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in the Brussels-Capital Region is rising again, “very likely” due to the returning travellers after the Christmas holidays. “We are seeing a marked increase of 23% in the number of confirmed infections in Brussels,”…
Autogrill, the company that operates the KFC at Brussels’ Gare du Nord station, has announced that it will take STIB and the Brussels-Capital Region to court, after the news it would have to close shop in a few months. The…
Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke and several experts announced Belgium’s new accelerated coronavirus vaccination strategy in the parliamentary committee on Friday. While the renewed strategy will speed up Belgium’s vaccination plan, Vandenbroucke stressed that the concrete rollout of the vaccinations…
A city of 11 million people in the northern province of Hebei has been locked by the China government in order to contain the country’s worst coronavirus flare-up in months. Residents of Shijiazhuang, a provincial capital close to Beijing have…
Joseph Akeredolu, a 48-year-old Nigerian has been arrested in India for duping a diamond broker from south Mumbai of Rs 1.16 crore or $217,000. According to Indian police, Akeredolu is part of a gang that creates fake accounts on social…
Femi Fani-Kayode has lashed out on Nigerians who are against the current US President, Donald Trump. Recall that after the Wednesday, January 6 invasion of Capitol Hill by Trump supporters, some Nigerians and other global citizens calling for the arrest…
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been hospitalized. Reports reveal that he is presently in the hospital in a ‘serious but stable’ condition. Reports in Switzerland claim the 84-year-old was rushed to hospital on Thursday, January 7. According to Blick,…
A Billionaire businessman and entrepreneur, Mr Leo Anuforo has been killed by unknown gunmen in Imo state. According to report, Mr. Anuforo was killed when his convoy was traveling on Monday along Ideato South Local government area of Imo State.…
The publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna state chapter, Abraham Alberah has been arraigned by the state government for allegedly attempting to commit adultery. The opposition party spokesman is also accused of flouting COVID-19 protocols. Recall that…
The coach of Kwara Falcons Basketball Club of Ilorin, Steve Onishola, is dead. Kwara Basketball Association chairman, Joseph Adeyemo, confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Onishola died on Thursday, hours after his younger sister, Folake Aremu…
After brutally killing her stepson, Rokeeb Musa, on Saturday, December 26, 2020, 24-year-old housewife resident in Ede, Osun State, Mariam Musa, has revealed how and why she murdered him. Mariam, said she poisoned Rokeeb because her husband cared more for…