Former US First lady, Michelle Obama has revealed she is suffering from ‘low grade depression’. According to Obama, who was speaking with NPR’s Michele Norris onepisode two of ‘The Michelle Obama Podcast’ on Spotify, her depression is’not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the…
The Gambian government has imposed a 21-day state of emergency in response to the surge in Coronavirus cases in the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday, August 5, the presidency said that the government had also imposed a night time curfew and the country’s borders and airspace have been closed. “All land, sea, and…
A massive explosion erupted in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, August 4. The afternoon blast shook several parts of the capital with Local Red Cross reporting hundreds injured and widespread damage. Local TV stations reported the blast was at Beirut’s port inside an area where firecrackers were stored, while an Associated Press photographer near Beirut’s port…
Bristow Helicopters has announced the sack of over 100 pilots and engineers in its employ. In a statement released on Tuesday August 4, the company said the workers were layed off due to the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on its operations. The aviation company which described the sack as “painful”, said it engaged with the National…
The Federal government has rescued the 30 Nigerian ladies who went viral over the weekend after pleading for assistance to return home. The ladies in the viral video, pleaded with President Buhari and other well-meaning Nigerians to come to their aid and rescue them. A statement from Gabriel Odu, spokesperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM,…
The Mexican Army has captured a famous drug cartel leader after years on the run, the country’s security forces have announced. José Antonio “El Marro” Yépez Ortiz, the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (CSRL), a Mexican criminal organization from the state of Guanajuato was captured on Sunday, August 2, in a village…
Former US President Barack Obama has condemned President Donald Trump’s use of federal agents against protesters and his attempts at voter suppression in the United States. Obama, giving a eulogy at the emotional funeral service in Atlanta of civil rights leader John Lewis on Thursday night, July 30, blasted alleged Republican attempts to suppress the…
President Donald Trump has revealed plans to ban TikTok app in the United States through executive authority today. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump told reporters while flying home from Florida on Friday evening, July 31. The president said he would sign something as soon as Saturday,…
Zambia’s Education Minister, David Mabumba has been fired after allegedly appearing in a viral sex video. Though President Edgar Lungu’s spokesperson, Isaac Chipampe did not disclose the reason for Mabumba’s dismissal, it however came after the sex tape of a man that looks like him went viral. The man was spotted in live WhatsApp video with a woman, naked…
Bill Gates, the former CEO and founder of Microsoft, believes Coronavirus tests are a ‘complete waste.’ According to the Billionaire, the amount of time it takes for test results to come back means they don’t achieve the purpose for which they were carried out, which is a timely isolation of the patient before spread of…