The biggest threat to Brazil's ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, according to the British medical journal The Lancet.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview on Saturday there was a growing risk of a hard Brexit in the midst of the coronavirus crisis as negotiations between Britain and the European Union so far on the future trade relationship had yielded hardly any progress.

Falkland Islands schools in Stanley are making final preparations for reopening on Monday, May 11. Camp Education, an integral part of the schooling system also re-opens on the same day.

Auto production in Mexico and Brazil, Latin America's top producers, plunged by an unprecedented 99% in April as a result of the coronavirus crisis, with the two countries building a total of just 5,569 vehicles.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new high in the first four months of the year, according to data released on Friday, a worrying trend after the devastation caused by record fires last year.

The COVID-19 lockdown wiped out 20.5 million jobs in the United States in April, destroying nearly all the positions created in the prior decade in the world's largest economy, the Labor Department reported on Friday.

Brazil's Real firmed for the first time this week, bouncing from last session's all-time lows, while most other Latin American currencies also strengthened on Friday on signs of easing tensions between the United States and China.

Argentina will keep pushing for talks with creditors even as a deadline for its US$ 65 billion debt restructuring proposal passed on Friday with little sign it had the support needed from international bondholders to unlock a comprehensive deal. Apparently on averaged less than 20% of bondholders accepted Argentina's conditions

“Can N40 billion be stolen when it did not exist? Is the payment of staff salaries and benefits, an act of corruption?" an official argues.

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Only 148 out of 607 samples of the returning almajiris have so far been tested, and 40 are already positive.

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Many fans reproduced the song in prayer postures.

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Tanzania gets Madagascar's anti-coronavirus drink disputed by WHO.

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The general earned a salary of N750,000 before retirement.

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The protesters accused the government of unfairly distributing aid packages provided by a charity.

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Tselane Mashilo says she believes teaching should be an holistic process, that you don’t separate the body from the mind.

The RAF has not been declared an essential service and is not allowed to operate under level four of the lockdown regulations.

'Premature reopening of schools is not permitted as department is still finalising Covid-19 compliance protocols

Numsa and Sacca have welcomed the Labour Court's ruling that the retrenchment process initiated by the SAA business rescue practitioners was unfair.

The SAHRC has urged government to ensure that all people who have been arrested for petty offences under the Covid-19 lockdown regulations be released and warned to appear in court on a future date.

The Constitution and other laws are not suspended during the Covid-19 lockdown period, and B-BBEE remains law and in place, Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said.

Syria's oil and mineral resources ministry announced Saturday a reduction in automobile fuel subsidies, the latest government measure to tackle a deepening economic crisis.

The eastern European nation of Belarus held a full-fledged military parade Saturday to mark Victory Day, shrugging off safety concerns during the coronavirus pandemic that led Russia to curtail its own long-planned 75th anniversary observances.

The Maldives, an Indian Ocean archipelago nation with one of the world's most congested capitals, has seen a rapid rise in coronavirus cases over the past few weeks.

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "architect of rock 'n' roll" whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, died Saturday. He was 87.

Even though there were no major ceremonies across Europe, British veteran George Sutherland turned a determined walk into his own parade on Victory in Europe Day.

The flight from Italy was one of the last arrivals that day at the Stockholm airport. A Swedish couple in their 50s walked up and loaded their skis into Razzak Khalaf's taxi.

The Lagos State House of Assembly has described the efforts of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his team in the fight against the spreading COVID-19 pandemic as worthwhile. The House, which commended the Executive Arm for its cooperation and unity of purpose, said at this period of a major health crisis, it can only take a
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On Monday 27th April 2020, during a live nationwide address, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR laid out the easing of lockdown restrictions to curtail the spread of the coronavirus in Lagos, FCT, and Ogun States. The highlights of the new measures include revised operating hours for Banks and Financial institutions as an essential service, each branch
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The former member representing Warri Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives Hon.Daniel Reyenieju has condoled with the Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal over the death of his father Sheikh Haruna .

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By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Nigeria Customs Service, Area 1 Command, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has posted N16,180,827,894.00 revenue for the First Quarter of 2020 despite the negative impact of Coronavirus. Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed who disclosed this in an operational report said the revenue was  N2,993,362,850.00 higher than
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Diego Maradona has lent a hand in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in his hometown by autographing an Argentina national team jersey for a raffle. The sale raised money for an underprivileged area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires affected by quarantine rules. I was asked for bribe to make 2014 World Cup squad
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By Chimaobi Nwaiwu – Nnewi The Anambra State Commissioner for Transport, Dr. Christian Madubuko has warned Commercial Tricycle Owners and Riders Welfare Association of Anambra State, CTORWAAS, and their alleged paid agents to desist from peddling false allegations against his Ministry or face the wrath of the law. Dr. Madubuko also warned CTORWAAS, its Chairman,
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France defender Samuel Umtiti has picked up a calf injury in just the second session since Barcelona returned to training from the coronavirus quarantine, the Spanish champions announced on Saturday. Barca said that Umiti picked up an injury to his right calf during Saturday’s training session at the club’s Joan Gamper facility, but did not
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When the NCDC got to Imo state a couple of weeks ago they left a warning. They asked Imo to find Coronavirus cases. At the time Imo had no confirmed case, and the NCDC thought Imo which had many citizens in diaspora, and heavy international  traffic, was too clean.

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Dayo Johnson – Akure All the unclaimed and unburied corpses in Ondo government morgues across the State would be given mass burial in the next one month. Health commissioner Dr. Wahab Adegbenro said this in a statement issued by his Press Office Abooluwa Famakinwa in Akure. Adegbenro has therefore called on relations of the deceased
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The US women’s national team on Friday filed an appeal against a legal setback in their equal pay lawsuit, saying they are being paid less than the men even though they win twice as much. In dismissing their equal pay claim last Friday, Judge Gary Klausner said the case was unwarranted because they had previously
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Power has been restored in the East African nations of Kenya and Uganda after they were hit by nationwide outages in the morning, the countries’ electricity providers said.

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In the face of the continuous lockdown occasioned by the Covid-19, the Kano State Council of Ulama's have demanded to know it fate from the government on whether it will be allowed to conduct or observe the Eid congregational prayers or not which marks the end of the Muslim Ramadan fast.

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Abia Police Command in Abia says it has rescued two persons kidnapped in Aba town of the state. 

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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, says the PTF is not operating at variance with the state committees response on coronavirus. Mustapha is the Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The SGF spoke at the PTF daily media briefing on Friday in Abuja. He insisted that the national response is […]

Coronavirus: Nigerian govt reacts to alleged rift with states

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, says no cure has been found for coronavirus. He made the declaration at the PTF daily media briefing on Friday in Abuja. Mustapha is the Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The SGF noted that everybody is only trying to lay hands on possible […]

Nigerian govt speaks on coronavirus cure

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has revealed that the wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the coronavirus in December, 2019. Dr. Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO expert on food safety and zoonotic viruses speaking at a Geneva news briefing said that investigations are ongoing to […]

WHO admits Wuhan market played role in outbreak of coronavirus

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced that Nigeria recorded 386 new cases of coronavirus in the country. NCDC disclosed this in a tweet via its Twitter handle, on Friday. The tweet read “386 new cases of #COVID19; 176-Lagos 65-Kano 31-Katsina 20-FCT 17-Borno 15-Bauchi 14-Nasarawa 13-Ogun 10-Plateau 4-Oyo 4-Sokoto 4-Rivers 3-Kaduna 2-Edo 2-Ebonyi […]

NCDC confirms 386 new cases of coronavirus as toll rises to 3,912

Fear has continued to grip the citizens of Ebonyi State, following the continuous rise in the number of cases of COVID-19 pandemic in the State. The Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi had yesterday announced another two more cases of COVID-19. Umahi while addressing journalists at the new government lodge, Abakaliki, confirmed that two […]

COVID-19 cases rise to 7 in Ebonyi