Covid-19: EU plans to start spending huge recovery fund in months
Paolo Gentiloni (L), European Commissioner for Economy, and President of Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe, co-hosting an online press conference BRUSSELS, Jan…
Nigerian troops kill 30 bandits in gunfight
ABUJA, Jan 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Thirty bandits were killed in a gunfight with troops in Nigeria’s northwest region, a spokesman…
Covid-19: Italian 108-year-old woman gets vaccine; oldest person in the world to be vaccinated
ROME, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Italian centenarian has become one of the oldest people in the world to get…
Covid-19: Biden team says US will not lift Europe, Brazil travel bans, despite Trump statement
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President-elect Joe Biden’s spokeswoman quickly dismissed Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that a Covid-19 ban…
Leaving office, Pres Trump has lowest approval rating of his presidency
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump will leave the White House Wednesday with the lowest approval rating of…
Biden to reverse Trump’s Muslim ban on inauguration day
US President-elect Joe Biden WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — On his first day in office, US President-elect Joe Biden, plans…
Covid-19: Scientists see new evidence South African variant binds more readily to human cells
The variant was identified by South African genomics experts late last year PRETORIA, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Scientists have new…
Covid-19: Ghana, Nigeria reopen schools but other African countries have closed up
School kids observing COVID protocols ACCRA, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Schools in GHANA resumed classes on Monday across the country…
Eyes on Djibouti as it mediate in Somalia and Kenya peace deal
Members of Djibouti Fact-Finding Mission on the Kenya-Somalia border dispute DJIBOUTI, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Djibouti-led mission to resolve accusations of…
The Gambia bans importation of live birds from Senegal amid bird flu outbreak
Gambia has banned the importation of live poultry from Senegal BANJUL, Jan 19 (NNN-GNA) — The Gambian Ministry of Agriculture announced…