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US VP Pence, wife test negative for COVID-19 after Trump tested positive

Ihesiulo Grace 2 October 2020 0

United States Vice President Mike Pence and his wife have tested negative for the coronavirus after President Donald Trump tested positive. In a tweet by Pence’s Press Secretary Devin O’Malley, on Friday, October 2, the vice president is routinely tested daily for the virus and he

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Trump, wife postpone campaign after testing positive for COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 2 October 2020 0

US President, Donald Trump and First Lady, Melania, have postponed their election campaigns after contracting COVID-19. “As too many Americans have done this year, @potus & I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19,” Melania tweeted, Friday, October 2. “We are feeling good & I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure […]

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BREAKING: Donald Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 2 October 2020 0

President Donald Trump of the US has tested positive for COVID-19 as well as his wife, Melania Trump. The US president confirmed this via his official twitter page. Donald Trump said he and the First Lady would begin their quarantine and recovery process immediately and expressed optimism they will get through it together. Daily Times […]

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Trump, Biden clash in chaotic first presidential debate

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2020 0

U.S. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night clashed in the first presidential debate described by commentators as chaotic and messy. The 90-minute encounter was characterised by frequent interruptions, mostly from Trump, and insults, with Biden calling the president a clown, Daily Times Nigeria has learnt. READ ALSO: Trump accuses […]

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COVID-19 made me lose weight — Boris Johnson

Ihesiulo Grace 29 September 2020 0

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, revealed Tuesday he was obese when he contracted coronavirus earlier this year, but after losing weight said he now felt much better. Boris Johnson, 56-year-old, spent three nights in intensive care in April after contracting Covid-19, and there have been swirling questions about his health ever since. “I am fitter than […]

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US Treasury to give American Airlines $5.5bn loan

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2020 0

American Airlines has agreed to a $5.5 billion loan from the US Treasury as it aims to ride out the downturn caused by the coronavirus, the carrier announced Friday. READ ALSO: Americans to get N441,000 each as Trumps signs historic $2.2trn financial stimulus bill The airline, which has said it could lay off as many […]

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BREAKING: 20 dead as plane crash-lands in Ukraine

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2020 0

The interior ministry of Ukraine on Friday said at least 20 people were killed when a military plane crash-landed in the Kharkiv region in the east of the country, Daily Times gathered. Ukraine’s air force said the Antonov-26 transport plane was carrying crew and cadets. The interior ministry said there were “20 dead and two […]

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Kim Jong Un issues apology over killing Of South Korean

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2020 0

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare apology Friday over what he described as the “unexpected and disgraceful” killing of a South Korean at sea, Seoul’s presidential office said. READ ALSO: After rumours about health, North Korea state media report Kim Jong Un appearance Daily Times Nigeria gathered that apologies from the North […]

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BREAKING: Okonjo-Iweala makes WTO’s final 5 candidates [Full list]

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2020 0

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, has made the final shortlist of candidates for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Daily Times gathered. The WTO members, however, evicted three candidates from the race to be the next DG of the body on Friday. The Geneva-based WTO said Egypt’s Hamid Mamdouh, […]

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Trump reveals how COVID-19 pandemic helps him in election campaign

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2020 0

US president, Donald Trump has revealed how the COVID-19 pandemic has been helping him during his election campaign. He said the coronavirus pandemic ‘could be a good thing’ as it would allow him to stop shaking hands with ‘disgusting’ supporters. According to a former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, Trump said this in reaction […]

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Trump reveals when COVID-19 vaccine will be ready, contradicts top expert

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2020 0

President Donald Trump expressed renewed confidence Wednesday that a viable Covid-19 vaccine would be ready by October, directly contradicting a top administration health expert and facing fierce criticism from his Democratic election rival Joe Biden. READ ALSO: President Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Daily Times Nigeria gathered that Trump sowed confusion

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Uganda: Police hunt 200 escaped inmates after jailbreak

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2020 0

Ground and an aerial manhunt are underway in northeast Uganda where 200 inmates overpowered their guards and escaped with weapons after a shootout, the country’s prison commissioner told AFP on Thursday. The prisoners seized guns from the armory at a government prison in Moroto, about 460 kilometers (286 miles) from Kampala, before dashing for the cover of […]

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Mali junta moves towards appointing interim president after embargo threat

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2020 0

Mali ruling junta has revealed that it is making moves to appoint an interim president. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Mali junta frees President Boubacar Keita Recall that Daily Times reported that  ECOWAS leaders had given one week for a civilian interim president and prime. The jjunta spokesman, Wague told reporters it could not give an immediate response. A […]

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Farmer’s son Yoshihide Suga named Japan prime minister

Ihesiulo Grace 16 September 2020 0

 Former prime minister Abe, resigned because of ill health making his chief cabinet secretary, Yoshihide Suga succeed him with the hope to launch his own cabinet later Wednesday. READ ALSO: Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe resigns over poor health Yoshihide Suga was elected by Japan’s  parliament to be prime minister on Wednesday, replacing long-serving leader

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Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates loses father

Ihesiulo Grace 16 September 2020 0

The father of Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates died Monday, according to his son. William Henry Gates II was 94 years old. “We have all had a long time to reflect on just how lucky we are to have had this amazing man in our lives for so many years,” Bill Gates wrote on his […]

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Israel to close Peace deals with six Arab countries — Trump

Ihesiulo Grace 15 September 2020 0

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “five or six” more Arab countries were poised to agree to normalize relations with Israel, in line with the landmark accords struck between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. READ ALSO: President Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize “We’re very far down the […]

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El-Rufai’s sanction extended as Oshiomhole, Kano, Kogi governors make US Visa Ban List

Ihesiulo Grace 15 September 2020 0

A former governor of Edo State and ex-National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello have all been confirmed to be among top Nigerians slammed with a visa ban by the United States Government on Monday, Daily Times has learnt. On the other hand, Governor Nasir […]

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U.S. bans election riggers in Nigeria over impunity in Kogi and Bayelsa elections

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2020 0

The U.S. has imposed visa restrictions on some individuals who “operated with impunity at the expense of the Nigerian people and have undermined democratic principles” in the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections, Daily Times gathered. In a statement on Monday, Mike Pompeo, secretary of state, said actions have also been taken against some persons in […]

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Middleweight champion, Alan Minter is dead

Ihesiulo Grace 11 September 2020 0

Former world middleweight champion Alan Minter has died aged 69, British boxing chiefs announced on Thursday. Minter won Olympic bronze in Munich in 1972 and claimed the WBC and WBA titles with a win over Vito Antuofermo in March 1980 in Las Vegas. But his reign lasted a matter of months as he was beaten […]

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Donald Trump revokes 1,000 visas of Chinese students

Ihesiulo Grace 10 September 2020 0

Over 1,000 Chinese nationals have had their visas revoked by the United States since June, under a program aimed at graduate students and researchers believed to have ties to the Chinese military. The US State Department said in a statement Wednesday, September 9, said that “high-risk graduate students and research scholars” had been expelled. Daily […]