INTERNATIONAL NEWS

International arrivals entering Vietnam would no longer have to submit health declaration forms starting from Wednesday, the daily newspaper Vietnam News cited the country’s Ministry of Health as reporting. The ministry has submitted an urgent document to the People’s Committees of provinces and cities regarding medical quarantine activities. The ministry asked the localities to temporarily […]

The UK is under threat as Russia has warned that they will “immediately” launch a “high precision” attack if Britain continues to “provoke” Ukraine to bomb strategic sites on Russian soil. The Kremlin has warned the UK that they are “ready to carry out the strike with high-precision,” and they could strike British diplomats when […]

    French President Emmanuel Macron defeated his rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday by a comfortable margin, securing a second term and heading off what would have been a political earthquake. Cheers of joy erupted as the results appeared on a giant screen at the Champ de Mars park at the foot of the […]

  At least 201 people died and 98 injured, in violence in West Darfur state in Sudan, an official working for the governor of the region said on Monday. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) reported that tens of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes by the violence. It added that houses have […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday claimed that his main spy agency had foiled a Western plot to kill a prominent Russian journalist. He did not immediately provide evidence to support his claims. Reuters was unable to immediately verify the claims. The Interfax news agency said that members of a nationalist group had been detained […]

Kenya’s former president Mwai Kibaki has died at the age of 90, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced in a statement on Friday. Kenyatta hailed Kibaki as a “notable father figure’’ in Kenya’s history and ordered several days of national mourning until the funeral. Kibaki left behind a more united and prosperous country, Kenyatta said. Kibaki was […]

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will face each other in a runoff presidential election on Sunday, April 24 — a rematch of the 2017 vote. It’s Macron vs. Le Pen, round two. France’s presidential election will be a rematch of the 2017 contest, when the far right’s Marine Le Pen faced off against political newcomer […]

The Catholic Diocese in New Jersey, United States of America has agreed to pay $87.5m (£67.04m) to hundreds of people sexually abused by the church. In a first, the deal also paves the way for lawsuits against insurances firms that protect dioceses against charges of negligence. It is one of the largest settlements involving the […]

THIRTEEN (13) out of 19 Nigerians that were detained in various camps in Poland have been released. Their release followed the intervention of the Nigeria Ambassador to Poland, Major General Christian Ugwu (rtd). A statement yesterday by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit Nigerians in Diaspora Commission quoted Ugwu as saying […]

  Nigeria and Mauritius have retained their seats to serve for another four years in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) from 2023 to 2026. The candidates from the two countries are re-elected to occupy the two remaining vacant positions for Africa in CESCR. CESCR is the body of 18 independent […]