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Saudi Arabia will open the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims from other countries from Nov. 1, Saudi media reported on Thursday. The news comes as the kingdom relaxes measures it had taken to check the spread of the coronavirus. “The Umrah pilgrimage is allowed for Muslims from across the […]

The Federal Government on Thursday announced a two-day total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State for a concrete work on some sections. The Federal Controller of Works in the state, Mr Olukayode Popoola, in Lagos said that the closure would begin from midnight of Oct. 30 and […]

Desmond Elliot has apologized for addressing the youths as ‘Children’ while making his submission during plenary at the Lagos state House of Assembly. In a viral video, the former actor and lawmaker addressed the youths as children while giving reasons why the country needs social media regulation. Nigerians on social media […]

Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was ordered back to prison Thursday as the country’s Supreme Court upheld a 17-year jail term for bribery and embezzlement offences. The conservative Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, had been out on bail awaiting the ruling and was not in […]

he meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) has once more failed to reach a decisive conclusion. The closed-door meeting which was held on Wednesday at the conference room of the Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja lasted for five hours with newsmen […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a second national lockdown for at least the whole of November, to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people who fall sick with COVID-19 will experience mild to moderate […]

Tragedy struck in Enugu state, as a truck crashed into a school bus, knocking it into a ditch and killing many pupils. According to multiple reports, the crash occurred in Agwu community of Enugu state on Wednesday October 28, as a truck knocked a school bus into a ditch. Duru […]

In an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced a one month partial lockdown. The lockdown is set to begin on the 2nd of November 2020. Angela Merkel and Germany’s state premiers announced on Wednesday a new partial lockdown to begin on Monday, November […]

The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, made this known in a statement on Thursday. . The statement was titled, ‘LASG approves reopening of schools from Monday’. . It read in part, “The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools […]

Senegalese President Macky Sall has dissolved his 32-strong government team with immediate effect. Sall signed a decree to terminate the functions of all ministers and state secretaries, the presidency said in a statement late on Wednesday. Presidential spokesman, Abdou Latif Coulibaly said Sall had signed a decree to that effect […]