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French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the South-East of France. In a video circulating on social media, Mr Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l’Hermitage outside the city of Valence. A man in a green …

Already reeling from one of the highest death tolls in the pandemic, Brazil is bracing for the threat of a third wave of Covid-19, fueled by vaccination delays and a lack of containment measures. So far, each pandemic wave has been successively worse in Brazil, peaking at a weekly average …

The envoys of the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union in Nigeria among others, have insisted that the Federal Government’s suspension of Twitter, is a violation of the fundamental human right of freedom of expression. The envoys who met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in …

Cyprus illegally granted citizenship to thousands of non-EU residents between 2007 and the end of 2020, according to the head of a special investigative committee on Monday. The report is now going to prosecutors, who will have to decide how to proceed. According to the allegations, the scandal caught up …

The United States Government says the suspension of Twitter by Nigeria is at variance with the 1999 Constitution which guarantees freedom of expression. The US said in a statement that the move undermines Nigeria’s ability to exercise this freedom and it sends a poor message to investors. The statement read, …

In spite of the several challenges caused by low oil prices and the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Nigeria’s economy is finally out of the woods and has exited recession as Gross Domestic Product rose by 0.51 per cent in the first quarter of 2021. This is contained in …

  President Buhari and other leaders at Grand Palais Éphémère during the Plenary Session of the African Finance Summit in Paris, France on 18th May 2021. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Paris, France, called on European countries and global financial institutions to consider loan restructure or complete debt reliefs, …

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old. “This is a promising development in our fight against the virus,” said President Joe Biden. “If you are a parent who wants to protect your …

SuperSport viewers on DStv and GOtv can look forward to live actions from the La Liga and Serie A seasons, with  exciting matches scheduled  for this week. The pick of matches for this round sees Atletico Madrid host Real Sociedad at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano tomorrow  at 9pm on SuperSport La …

Serena Williams raised doubts over her participation at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, ahead of her return to the limelight this week at the Italian Open. The 39-year-old, still ranked eighth in the world, has been absent from the courts since her semi-final defeat by eventual champion Naomi Osaka at …