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For the first time since 2008, the United Kingdom’s economy has plunged into a recession due to a 2020 second quarter shrink. The country's economy decline of a record 20.4% in Q2, followed a 2.% drop in Q1. Echotitbits gathered Wednesday morning that the development signaled the deepest slump UK economy...
United States President Donald Trump has finally fulfilled his promise to send ventilators to Nigeria. Receiving 200 ventilators on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at a ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, described the medical...
US Democratic candidate in the November Presidential election, Joe Biden has named Kamala Harris as his running mate, making the California senator the first Black and South Asian American woman to run on a major political party's presidential ticket. The former Vice President who served alongside President Barak Obama was...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday disclosed that the world's first vaccine against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) would be registered in his country in a few days. Putin, who stated this on his Facebook page, explained that Russian scientists have passed necessary test stages and proved the safety and effectiveness of...
Military targets in southern Syria have been attacked by Israeli fighter jets and combat helicopters hours after “thwarting” an infiltration attempt by suspected Hezbollah militants from Syria. In a statement acknowledging strikes in neighbouring Syria, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said the targets included “observation posts and intelligence-collection systems, anti-aircraft...
The United States says efforts are now underway to develop plans and options to relocate U.S. Africa Command headquarters and forces from Germany. This was contained in a statement by the command on Friday, stating that the relocation is in response to President Donald Trump's direction. As part of the U.S....
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Abike Dabiri-Erewa has applauded the exemplary conduct of Lt. Victor Agunbiade, a Nigerian serving in the US Navy. The NIDCOM boss In a congratulatory message, described Agunbiade as a good ambassador whose excellent and outstanding behaviour earned him...
Official data reveals that Coronavirus death toll in India has now surpass number of fatalities in France on Friday with 30,601 deaths and nearly 50,000 new cases overnight. According to AFP tally, the figure of coronavirus death in India is the sixth-biggest behind the US, Brazil, Britain, Mexico and Italy. Having...
Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has given Nigerian citizens living in that country with expired visas up till August 17 to pack up their belongings and leave otherwise they would be greeted with wrath of the law. Following this development, the Nigerian Embassy in Abu Dhabi has implored...
New York Police Department (NYPD) Tuesday says a man believed to be Fahim Saleh, the founder of Nigeria’s motorbike hailing company, Gokada, has been brutally murdered in his New York condo home. The police explained the gruesome murder of the 33-year-old tech entrepreneur, saying Saleh’s corpse, disembered with an electric...