A GoFundMe campaign to help the family of George Floyd, the black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer forcefully kneeled on his neck during his arrest on Monday, has raised over $1.9 million in less than 48 hours. The campaign created by Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, has received more than 72,000 donations totaling to $1.9 million as of Friday afternoon (May 29). The …

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has rejected plans by the African Development Bank’s board to end an investigation into its president, Akinwumi Adesina, and called for an independent probe into allegations against him In a letter dated May 22 and addressed to Niale Kaba, chairwoman of the bank’s board of governors, Mnuchin said the Treasury disagrees with findings by the …

A new procedure for the removal of heads of public agencies in the country has been issued by the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha. In the circular issued on Tuesday May 19 after the Minister of Power Sale Mamman, announced the removal of Usman Mohammed as managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ministers were told that …

Boris Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings, who played a large role in drawing up the UK’s lockdown rules, has been accused of travelling 260 miles from his London home to stay with his parents in Durham. Mr Cummings allegedly visited his parents’ farm while he was recovering from COVID-19. He has a record within Westminster as a radical reformer but …

International travellers could face fines of £1,000 if they fail to self-isolate for 14 days after arriving in the UK, the government is expected to announce. Visitors, including returning Britons, will be asked to share their contact details under the measures, with health officials performing spot checks to ensure they are complying with the rules. The policy, which will be …

Two hundred and ninety-two Nigerians evacuated from Saudi Arabia due to the Coronavirus pandemic have arrived in Nigeria. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama, who disclosed this on Twitter on Wednesday morning, said the evacuees were mostly women and children. We received 292 evacuees stranded in Saudi Arabia yesterday. The Saudi Government                …

Former Barcelona and Cameroon legend, Samuel Eto’o has insisted that he is the greatest African player to have ever played the game. His comment comes after El-Hadji Diouf of Senegal and former Liverpool striker recently claim that he was the greatest striker ever from Africa, and most recently Chelsea and Ivory Coast legend, Didier Drogba was mentioned in a Twitter …

Barring any last-minute changes, the Federal Executive Council will hold its first virtual meeting on Wednesday May 13.   The FEC meeting which is the highest decision-making body of the Federal government, had its last meeting on March 18. The meeting was suspended as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.   While most Ministers and Heads of parastatals …

President Buhari has lost his nephew Alhaji Mutari Dauda Daura to the cold hands of death, days after he lost his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari and his in-law Alhaji Modu Sheriff.   Though the cause of death was not revealed in the statement released by the President’s media aide Garba Shehu on Friday May 8, it was however gathered that …

A virtual meeting of South African lawmakers was disrupted as hackers flooded the Zoom video call with pornographic images.   South Africa’s parliament is closed and all its meetings are currently held by video conference calls as the country remains under strict lockdown restrictions to combat the spread of the coronavirus.   During a meeting today, May 7, members of …

A member of the US Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump’s personal valets has reportedly tested positive for Coronavirus.   CNN confirmed the news on Thursday, raising concerns about the President’s possible exposure to the virus.   According to the publication, the valets are members of an elite military unit dedicated to the White House and often …

World Health Organisation (WHO), has revealed why COVID-19 patients who recovered from the disease tested positive again.   The organization told AFP that people who tested positive for the second time after recovering are not getting reinfected but are still expelling dead lung cells rather than getting a new infection.   This comes after South Korean health authorities raised fresh …

Brian Anthony Howe, the lead vocalist for Bad Company has passed on at the age of 66.   The singer who launched his music career when he worked on Ted Nugent’s 1984 “Penetrator” album, died on Wednesday May 6 at his home in Florida. A relative told TMZ he died from cardiac arrest. Howe had heart issues and he also had a heart …

Opinions on the president are divided in Johnstown, where some still back him but others are left “flabbergasted” at his words. Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has sent jaws dropping across the globe. But there are just a few places in America where opinions could be consequential for his presidency. One of them is Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It’s one …

Georgina Rodriguez, the stunning girlfriend of Juventus striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, took to Instagram to showcase her pert bottom in a black thong as she aired clothes on her balcony. See full photo below. 

Nigerians have taken to social media to express worry over alleged mysterious deaths in Kano state which has reportedly risen to 640 in one week.   Though the state was on lockdown for 7 days, it was recently relaxed for a day by Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje following the declaration of Ramadan.   While the mysterious disease killing people in …

The World Food Programme has said the coronavirus outbreak could cause “multiple famines of biblical proportions”. Millions of Indians who have been without work for weeks are facing hunger as the country battles the coronavirus outbreak. The most vulnerable are daily wage earners, contract workers and migrant labourers who have been without work and earnings since the country was shut …

The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford.   Two volunteers were injected out of more than 800 people recruited for the study.   Elisa Granato (pictured above), a scientist, was the first volunteer to be injected and she said she volunteered because she wanted to try to support the scientific process.   Half …

At an unusually contentious briefing Thursday of the coronavirus task force, President Trump floated the idea that people infected with COVID-19 might be treated using injections of disinfectant and applications of ultraviolet light. Trump brought up those theories in the context of a presentation by William Bryan, a scientist at the Department of Homeland Security, about research indicating that the …

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq , has said the Federal government will be using BVN/Bank accounts and mobile phone records to identify poor and vulnerable Nigerians who would receive the Conditional Cash Transfer in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.   She disclosed this while responding to questions at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 …