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Trump Hails Chancellor Olaf Scholz Election Defeat As Great Day For Germany

Friedrich Merz
After a conservative opposition leader named Friedrich Merz declared victory in an election, US President Donald Trump praised Sunday as a “great day for Germany.” According to exit polls from the German election, the far-right AfD made significant gains, but leader Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party emerged victorious. According to public broadcaster ZDF, the CDU/CSU combination was expected to take the lead with 28.5% of the vote, followed by the AfD with 20%, which would be the far-right party’s highest-ever result in polls that was keenly watched throughout Europe and the US. According to the prediction, the center-leftRead More

UK, Canada, Australia Join US To Boycott Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Boycott
Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the leaders of the three countries said Wednesday. SpeakingRead More

S’Africa: Researchers Produce First Look At How Vaccine Deals With Omicron Variant

Omicron COVID-19
Vaccines against the virus that causes COVID-19 may provide less immunity to the Omicron variant than to other major versions of the deadly disease, according to laboratory experiments in SouthRead More

Red List: Nigerian Govs Reject UK’s Arbitrary Stigmatisation

Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)
COVID-19: 3.5 million Nigerians full vaccinated, says NPHCDA NANS urges students to take jab The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected what it described as arbitrary stigmatisation of Nigerians becauseRead More

UK To Add Nigeria To Red List of Countries Amid Omicron Spread

Omicron COVID-19
Bans non-UK, non-Irish citizens from Nigeria FG, Afrexim Bank intensify talks on local vaccine production Nigeria can’t be ready to produce vaccine in one year, says Tomori Following the 21Read More

Buhari Meets Ramaphosa, Calls For End To ‘Rivalry’ Between Nigeria And S’Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Muhammadu Buhari
Describes visit as success despite omicron variant scare Again, South African president flays travel ban on his country Says it’s unscientific, unfair, discriminatory President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday stressed the needRead More

China Pledges One Billion Additional COVID-19 Vaccines For Nigeria, Other African Countries

Chinese President Xi Jinping
Promises $10bn investment in three years Omicron variant outbreak: WHO bemoans poor alert system, says new pandemic accord needed Aviation agencies vigilant, await FG’s directive NCDC harps on vaccination, adherenceRead More

Canada Says Two Cases of COVID-19 Omicron Variant Have Nigeria Travel History

Omicron COVID-19
Canada said it has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 omicron variant from persons who had recently travelled from Nigeria. According to report by Associated Press, the government of Canada hadRead More

Omicron COVID-19: Nigeria Stands With S’Africa, Warns West Against Discrimination

Omicron COVID-19
AfDB president says Africa should not be penalised for new strain Wants vaccine manufacturing accelerated in continent Emefiele, OPS seek proactive action Ramaphosa urges countries to reverse travel ban NigeriaRead More

London Police Probe Death Of 20-Year-Old Nigerian While Attempting To Save Drowning Woman

Late Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole
An investigation has been opened into a 20-year-old Nigerian resident in London, Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, who died after jumping into river Thames to rescue a woman who fell from the LondonRead More

Cape Verde Establishes Mission In Nigeria, ECOWAS

Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS)
Cape Verde, a member state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with a population of about 555,988, has established a diplomatic mission in Nigeria to strengthen diplomaticRead More