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The number of novel coronavirus cases in the world rose to 89,006, including 3,044 deaths, across 68 countries and territories by 0900 GMT Monday, according to a report gathered by AFP from official sources.Since 1700 GMT Sunday, 749…

The outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has sparked fears among residents in Edo State.This is because there is hardly any home in Benin City and environs that does not have a relative in Italy or other European countries.There is also…

NORTH Korea has brutally executed a coronavirus patient for going out in public, reports claim.Kim Jong-un’s dictatorship is dealing with the virus with an iron fist after the man was put to his death for dodging quarantine to go to a…

ECOWAS has postponed its mission planned for Guinea Conakry on Friday, 28 Feb., 2020.This statement by the ECOWAS Commission said the solidarity mission led by Niger President with his colleagues from Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Ghana,…

Algerian authorities on Tuesday announced the country’s first case of the novel coronavirus, in an Italian citizen who arrived in the country on February 17.“One case was confirmed positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), out of two…

Iran’s deputy health minister has been infected with the new coronavirus, a ministry official said on Tuesday, amid a major outbreak in the Islamic republic.“The Coronavirus test for Mr Harirchi, the deputy health minister who was on…

Hosni Mubarak is dead, Aged 91 Son says death followed a surgery in January he ruled for 30 yearsEgypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled in 2011 as part of the country's revolution, has died, according to state…

African Union Executive Council endorses African Development Bank President Adesina for second termThe decision was taken during the thirty-sixth Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council, held during the AU Summit in Addis Ababa,…

COURT PRESIDENT CHALLENGES BAR ASSOCIATION TO SET UP LEGAL AID SCHEME FOR INDIGENT CITIZENS The President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante has challenged members of the Bar association of Cote d’Ivoire to set up…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has urged Finland to collaborate with Nigeria in the area of Hi-Technology and trade.Lawan made the appeal on Thursday when the Ambassador of Finland in Nigeria, Dr.Jyrki Pulkkinen paid him a…