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Samsung Heir Apologises Over Corruption Scandal

The heir to the Samsung empire bowed in apology Wednesday for company misconduct including a controversial plan for him to ascend to the leadership of the world’s largest smartphone maker.

Health

COVID-19: Key Symptoms, Difference Between Self-Isolation, Quarantine, Distancing, Must Do and Donts If In Contact With A Positive Patient

There have been several misconceptions about the disease and without knowing the symptoms many persons have been misdiagnosed, leaving them in more danger of dying from the disease. Below are

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Military Jets Fly Over US Cities to Salute Frontline Workers

Military jets flew over US cities on Saturday to salute frontline workers in the country with the highest coronavirus caseload and death toll in the world. Residents of the nation’s

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UK PM says doctors had plan in case he died of COVID-19

Doctors treating Boris Johnson for coronavirus prepared to announce his death after he was taken to intensive care, the British prime minister said on Sunday, in his first detailed comments

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North and South Korea exchange gunfire at border

North Korean troops fired multiple gunshots towards the South in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula on Sunday, prompting South Korean forces to fire back, Seoul said. The rare exchange

Health

41 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in DR Congo Overcrowded Jail

At least 41 coronavirus cases have been recorded in an overcrowded military prison outside DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa, health authorities said Friday. Health Minister Eteni Longondo told TopCongo radio that

Sports

Judge Rules Against Equal Pay For US Women Soccer Team

A federal judge dismissed the United States women’s soccer team’s bid for equal pay on Friday, rejecting claims the players had been underpaid in a crushing defeat for the reigning

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Biden Breaks Silence, says Alleged Sex Assault ‘never happened’

US presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied sexually assaulting a former aide, saying the alleged incident 27 years ago “never happened.” The former vice president thus broke a

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North Korea’s Kim reappears after weeks of speculation

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reported Saturday, following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was

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Facebook Set to Permit Creators, Musicians Charge For Livestream Access

Facebook Live will be overhauled as the coronavirus lockdown forces entertainment industries online. Facebook has announced sweeping changes to its Facebook Live platform, including plans to let artists charge for

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ICANN Rules Against Private Equity Group Running Charity-haven .org

The agency that oversees internet addresses late Thursday rejected a controversial bid to let a private equity firm control the .org online neighborhood known as a haven for nonprofits. Ethos

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Trump says Evidence Ties China Lab to Virus, Threatens Tariffs

Donald Trump claimed he has seen evidence the new coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab, as he threatened tariffs on Beijing over its role in the global pandemic. The US

Politics

COVID-19 Palliative: Uju is a Fulfilled Philanthropist- Okoro

Ikenna Orioha Member representing Ohaji/Egbema State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon Heclus Okoro, has described Hon Kingsley Uju as a fulfilled Philanthropist who is down to

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Abuja Master Bakers Caterers Decries High Costs of Baking Materials, Calls for Govt Intervention

ThankGod Emeh, OWERRI. buja Master Bakers has called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene and regulate the costs of baking materials occasioned by COVID19 in order to cushion the

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100 Days In Office: Imo NUJ Congratulates Uzodinma …commends him for reviving Imo Newspaper

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Imo State Council has congratulated Gov.Hope Uzodinma of Imo State on his 100 days in office. In a release signed by the Chairman of

Health

British Virus Death Toll Now World’s Third-Worst

Britain’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped to 26,097 on Wednesday — the second-highest in Europe behind Italy and third-highest in the world — as the government took into

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Two Dead As Eight-Storey Building Collapses In Imo

Fear grips Imo residents as an eight-storey building collapsed in the State on Thursday. Verified reports says at least two persons have died in the accident. The building located along

Politics

100Days in Office: General- Overseer Camp-Hope Felicitates Governor Uzodinma

The General -Overseer, Camp Hope Organization Worldwide and Special Adviser to the Governor, High Chief Canice Moore Nwachukwu ( Omeogo Na Orlu) has joined Imolities to celebrate the 100 Days

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Trump says US may seek damages from China over virus

US President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that he may seek damages from China over the coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread around the

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COVID-19: Uju Distributes Food Items to Constituents

Ikenna Orioha, Owerri.  Member representing Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta and Oru West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Kingsley Uju, has, through Zara Uju Global Foundation, given palliative food items

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One Million Masks Purchased From China Unfit For Health Workers – Canada Govt

The Canadian government said Friday that one million KN95 masks imported from China did not meet its strict standards and so could not be distributed to frontline health workers amid

Sports

NFF to benefit from FIFA COVID-19 grant

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is to benefit from the sum of $500,000 (about N95million)with FIFA sharing $150million to its member associations as palliative amid the hardship occasioned by the Coronavirus

Health

WHO Launches Plan to Fast-Track COVID-19 Vaccine

World leaders have launched a World Health Organization initiative to speed up the research, development and distribution of vaccines, drugs and tests against the coronavirus. WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said

Health

Sunlight Rapidly Destroys Coronavirus -recent study reveals

Does sunlight rapidly destroy the coronavirus? A White House presentation on a mysterious government study says so — but some scientists have called for caution as we await more evidence.

World

Johnson under pressure to explain UK virus plan on return to work

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to return to work soon after his recovery from COVID-19, as pressure mounts on his government to explain how to get Britain out of