Maruf Adedeji

Britain is urgently looking at its social distancing rules and could ease quarantine for travellers to help its economy recover amid a coronavirus crisis collapse.Britain's Finance Minister, Rishi Sunak, disclosed the move on Sunday June…

Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands have signed an agreement with pharmaceutical group, AstraZeneca, to guarantee 300 million doses of a possible coronavirus vaccine.The German government through the Ministry of Health announced…

Egypt has commenced operating special flights through the Omani capital Muscat to bring back Egyptian stranded in Qatar.The repatriation move came following reports of pressing needs to evacuate Egyptians stranded in Qatar due to growing…

Humanitarian workers and medical personnel in North Darfur, Sudan, have raised concern over the astonishing rate at which the elderly are dying during the past weeks.The death toll report is coming from the sprawling refugee camps of…

Facebook has dismissed one of its staff who had questioned Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg.The decision was taken after the employee had criticised the social media company for not taking action against recent inflammatory posts by US…

Pakistan has intervened with Qatar on behalf of its nationals who are working on FIFA World Cup projects in the Gulf state.Pakistan's government officials waded in on Thursday 11 June, 2020 over worker payment issues for its nationals,…

China has firmly opposed the move made by the United States government to restrict Chinese students from studying abroad.This was contained in a statement issued on Friday June 12, 2020, by China's ministry of education spokesperson."We…

Turkey has faulted Twitter for suspending more than 70,000 accounts that supported President Tayyip Erdogan.Turkish authorities alleged on Friday June 12, 2020, that the social media company was damaging the government's reputation and…

Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations said, on Thursday 11 June 2020, that Kenyan detectives have arrested three police officers for allegedly whipping a woman and dragging her along behind a motorbike.The report from the police…

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has fired the prime minister Imad Khamis and replaced him with water resources minister Hussein Arnous.This was disclosed on Thursday June 11, 2020, in a presidential decree through the state media.…

Meriam-Webster has accepted to re-define the word "racism" after receiving an e-mail from Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate from Drake University, requesting the dictionary publisher to review its inadequate definition of the word.The…

Lebanon's currency has slid further against the U.S. dollar despite the new pricing system aimed at controlling the price increase on food and the negotiation deal with International Monetary Fund for bail out from crisis.Over 60% value…

On Sunday 8 June, 2020, the total number of coronavirus fatalities among Egyptian doctors rose to 47 after the death of 11 doctors in less than a week.Ibrahim El-Zayat, a board member of the Egypt's Medical Syndicate said that the 47th…

Democratic US presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has announced plan to travel to Houston on Monday 8 June 2020 and meet with the George Floyd's family.According to Biden's aides, the move is coming following Floyd's death in police…

New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Arden, said on Monday 8 June 2020 that New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the coronavirus domestically and would therefore proceed to lift all containment measures except for border controls.…

Qatar has said it would host FIFA World Cup in 2022 as planned despite the current coronavirus threats and the fallout that is projected to follow it for years to come.The Qatari Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani,…

Kuwait has said the first batch of Japanese medicine will arrive in the country next week.Disclosing this on Friday June 5, 2020, Kuwait's Health Ministry said the first shipment of Japanese medicine would arrive in the country next…

The Kingdom of Jordan has reopened the country's mosques for communal prayers.According to the official announcement made on Friday 5 June, 2020, the country made the move to gradually ease the restrictions imposed to curb the…

Japanese government has announced plan to launch coronavirus vaccines by June 2021 as the country is getting fully ready to host the postponed 2020 Olympics in 2021.While disclosing this on Friday June 5, 2020, the Japan's Health…

The Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association has issued a nationwide strike ultimatum to the government to meet all terms of payment as contained in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in April or face "a massive disruption" of…

Senegalese government on Thursday announced that it would relax slightly an overnight curfew across the country following protests that have spread to Dakar, the country's capital.The growing unrest in Dakar saw protesters take to the…

Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways on Thursday 4 June, 2020, announced its plan to resume carrying transit flights passengers from 20 cities in Europe, Asia and Australia, effective from 10 June, 2020.The state-owned carrier of Etihad Airways…

Saudi Arabia has been described as the biggest supporter of Yemen, with the value of its country's humanitarian and development aid to Yemen totalling nearly $17 billion USD.This was disclosed on Tuesday June 2, 2020, by Saudi Ambassador…

A fourteen-year-old girl has committed suicide in her family home in Southern part of India.It was reported that the teenager was found dead on Monday June 1, 2020, the first day of the new school term.The deceased, who was known as…

The Nigerian government has announced the reopening of churches, mosques and hotels, effective from June 2, 2020.The chairman of Nigeria's Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this on Monday during a televised…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has set 1st July this year for a nationwide vote to extend his rule till 2036.The proposed constitutional amendment, which is still awaiting approval, would allow Mr Putin to spend another 12 years in…

The news has been reported from health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo about a fresh Ebola outbreak in the country's northwest, barely a month to the anticipated end to the Ebola epidemic outbreak in the country's east.The…

The World Health Organization has said that it is still interested in collaborating with the United States.The UN health agency disclosed this on Monday 1 June, 2020 during a virtual press conference.This news is coming after the US…

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the United States embassy in London in solidarity with the protests in the United States against the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.The protest took place on the southern Bank of the…

Federer has become the world's highest-paid sports star.This was contained in the publication released by Forbes on Friday 29 May, 2020.The 20 time-major champion earned $106.3 million over the past 12 months to grab the top spot.…