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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended the proposed walk for peace rally due to the discovery of the Omicron variant coronavirus in Nigeria.

Suspected hoodlums pretending to be new converts have reportedly attacked and killed a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in FESTAC Town, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

The outgoing leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to clarify the “tax collector” allegation against the Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee (NWC) by naming persons bribed to get the party’s governorship ticket in 2020.

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised for going clubbing after coming into close contact with a Covid-19 case.  

Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor, formally taking power after Angela Merkel’s historic 16 years as leader.  

Gen. Bipin Rawat, India’s highest-ranking military official, leading efforts to modernize the country’s armed forces, died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday along with his wife and 11 others, officials said.

A Saudi man suspected of involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been arrested in France, police say.

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed February 21, 2022, for judgment in a suit seeking to challenge former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s eligibility to vie for the office of the president.

The 76-year-old has been charged with a range of offences including corruption, possessing unregistered walkie-talkies, and violating the official secrets act. Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been found guilty of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules, in the first of a series of verdicts that could see her jailed for life. Her sentence has been reduced from …

Kamala Harris has been branded a ‘bully’ who inflicted ‘constant-soul destroying criticism’ on her office staff in a damaging expose by a liberal newspaper.