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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

Crude Oil Price Hits $50 On COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Crude oil
New price portends higher cost of petrol Brent crude hit $50 a barrel yesterday, for the first time since oil prices crashed in early March, as hopes of swifter-than-thought COVID-19Read More

OPEC Pledges Support For Access To Modern Energy Sources

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
70% of cartel’s production now shipped to Asia, says Barkindo The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) yesterday pledged its support for the 1.1 billion people globally without access toRead More

US Removes Visa Reciprocity Fees For Nigerian Applicants

U.S. Visa
United States has removed all visa reciprocity fees for Nigerians seeking entry visas into the country. The Donald Trump government had in August announced visa reciprocity fees against some countriesRead More

OPEC Calls For Balancing, Stability Of Global Oil Market

Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has called on oil producing countries to maintain the stability of the global oil market in the light of emerging realities ofRead More

Japan Residents To Get Free COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine
Japan will give free coronavirus vaccines to all of its residents under a bill passed Wednesday, as the nation battles record numbers of daily cases. The bill, which says theRead More

OPEC Countries Disagree On January 2021 Crude Oil Output

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
The 108th meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) yesterday failed to reach an agreement on January 2021 crude oil output, prompting the deferment of further discussions tillRead More

Suicide Car Bomb Kills 30 Afghan Security Officials

Afghan security officials
A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 30 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months. TheRead More

New Study Explains Why Africa Defied Dire Predictions To Survive Deadly COVID-19

COVID-19
Experience in managing previous infectious diseases like Ebola, Tuberculosis, Lassa fever comes handy Timely lockdown, early surveillance, contact tracing at airports help Exposure to similar viruses in the past mayRead More

Ethiopia PM Orders Final Offensive Against Tigray Leaders

Ethiopia Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday ordered Ethiopia’s army to launch a final offensive against Tigray’s leaders in their regional capital Mekele, saying the window for their surrender had expired.Read More

FG Engages UK Government Over Parliamentarians’ Threat of Sanction

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama
Following the resolution of the United Kingdom parliamentarians for sanctions against top Nigerian officials and security agents involved in alleged violation of #EndSARS protesters’ rights, the Federal Government yesterday saidRead More