Tag: United States
US diplomats to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
The United States has announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in China.
The White House said no official delegation would be...
COVID-19: Brazil imposes travel ban on southern African countries over new...
Brazil will shut its borders to travellers arriving from six southern African countries, the chief of staff to President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday,...
Taliban says failure to recognise their authority would have global consequences
The Taliban called on the United States and other countries on Saturday to recognise their government in Afghanistan, saying that a failure to do...
Nigeria’s manufacturing sector records deficit of N4.3trn
The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that the value of imported goods into the country exceeds exports by N4.37 trillion in the second...
Container Scarcity: Nigeria’s imports suffer loss
The global container shortage is beginning to take its toll on imports into Nigeria as a large volume of imports is now trapped in...
Covid pill, Molnupiravir, reduces risk of hospitalisation
An experimental drug for severe Covid cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half, interim clinical trial results suggest.
The tablet - molnupiravir...
Zenith Bank: My life in the bush of ghosts by Wole...
By Wole Oguntokun
I opened a corporate account with my company, Jasonvision Ltd in 2006 at Zenith Bank’s Adeniran Ogunsanya Branch in Surulere, Lagos.
On the...
UN Summit: Buhari departs for US on Sunday
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for New York, United States, on Sunday, 19th of September, 2021.
The President is billed to speak at the...
Biden requires vaccines for millions of US workers
President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new Covid-19 measures that require workers at large companies to be vaccinated or face weekly testing.
The measures also...
Tennessee flash floods kill 22, scores missing
Twenty-two people have been killed and scores more are missing following flash floods in the US state of Tennessee.
Rescue crews are searching for more...
