Brazil Suspends WhatsApp Digital Payments
(FILES) In this file photo a picture taken on December 28, 2016 in Paris shows the logo of WhatsApp mobile messaging service. Facebook on June 15, 2020 added a digital…
COVID-19: Yemen Weddings Air On Live TV To Avoid Virus Shutdown
File: A woman (L) wearing a face mask adjusts a wedding dress as a couple poses for wedding photos in Beijing on June 23, 2020. WANG Zhao / AFP The…
Court Strikes Out Suit Seeking To Bar Obaseki From Participating In Edo PDP Primary
A file photo of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has struck out the suit filed by Mr Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama stopping Governor Godwin…
Bill To Decriminalise Homosexuality Makes Headway In Gabon
A bill to decriminalise homosexual activity is making headway in Gabon, where such contact has been banned for nearly a year. The central African country’s National Assembly voted late Tuesday…
Markets Mixed As Investors Track Second Wave, New Lockdowns
People walk through a shopping area in Tokyo on May 12, 2020. Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP. Equities were mixed Wednesday in Asia after a healthy run-up the day before as…
Benue Govt. Denies Rumour Of First COVID-19 Death
An image showing the map of Benue, a state in North-Central Nigeria. The Benue State Action Committee on COVID-19 has faulted reports that the state recorded its first COVID-19 death…
Two Arrested Over Demolition Of Nigeria Building In Ghana
The staff quarters of the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana said to have been demolished by a businessman. Two persons have been charged following their arrest over the demolition of…
Gunmen Attack Filling Station In Ondo, Kill Attendant
A file photo of a police van. Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have killed an attendant at a filling station in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The filling station…
US Poll: Obama Helps In Raising $11m For Biden Campaign
File: This screen grab from a video released courtesy of The Obama Foundation shows MBK (My Brother’s Keeper) Alliance Virtual Town Hall with President Obama on “Reimagining Policing in the…
Djokovic ‘Deeply Sorry’ Over COVID-19 Positive Results
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic (L) talks to his wife Jelena during a match at the Adria Tour, Novak Djokovic’s Balkans charity tennis tournament in Belgrade on June 14, 2020.…