The risk of Ebola affecting fans at the World Cup is low, according to Dr Oliver Johnson, a global health academic at King’s College London, but heightened screening and travel restrictions could complicate logistics. The expanded 48-team tournament, co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, runs from June 11 to July 19. An Ebola...
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party leader Peter Obi arrived in Cape Town on Saturday, May 22, 2026, to participate in the Spier Dialogue 2026, an annual high-level forum focused on Africa’s governance, democracy, economic inclusion, urbanisation, migration, leadership, and youth empowerment. In a statement, Obi expressed optimism about...
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, – The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo province most affected by the country’s Ebola outbreak banned funeral wakes on Friday, a day after residents clashed with police while trying to recover the body of a victim. The incident in Ituri province’s Rwampara town recalled the hundreds of attacks on health...
Every terrorist group, no matter how ideologically driven or militarily organised, shares one unavoidable vulnerability: it needs money to survive. From kidnapping ransoms and cattle rustling to cryptocurrencies and shadow networks, extremist groups operating across Nigeria have raised billions to sustain their campaigns of carnage — and the question that now confronts the nation is...
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo on Wednesday, May 21, 2026, sentenced a church usher, Ndifreke Isaiah Nelson, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Emem Monday Effanga, at her residence along Aka Road in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. The judgment followed months of trial...
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has raised concerns over the health and safety of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, alleging that a foreign doctor of Russian origin was secretly brought to examine him while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). In a...
NUUK – The US opening of a larger diplomatic hub in Greenland on Thursday was met by demonstrators opposed to President Donald Trump’s ambition for greater influence in the Arctic island, while local government ministers shied away from the event. Moving from a wooden cabin on the outskirts of Nuuk to a much larger downtown...
CANNES, France, – Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar urged artists to speak out about the crises facing society on Wednesday, describing it as their moral duty against “monsters” such as United States President Donald Trump. “The creator, from their small platform, each from their own, must speak without mincing words,” said Almodóvar at the Cannes...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Al Nassr defeated Damac 4-1 on Thursday, May 21, 2026, to clinch the Saudi Pro League title and end the Portuguese star’s five-year wait for a major club trophy. After weeks of pressure, setbacks, and a title race that refused to slow down, Al Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo have finally...
WASHINGTON/BERLIN, – A US citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain of the virus has killed over 130 people, is currently on his way to Germany for treatment, the US CDC said on Tuesday. The patient has been previously identified by the Serge Christian mission...
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