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277 cartons of fake and unregistered Malamal Fort anti-malaria drugs worth over N1.2 billion have been seized by the National Agency for Food Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The drugs were hidden in a spare parts warehouse along Ilasa-Oshodi after being shipped in a container from China. Revealing the matter to newsmen in […]
President Bola Tinubu arrived in Maiduguri on Monday to commiserate with the government and people of Borno state over the recent flood incident. On September 10, flood displaced many residents in the Fori, Galtimari, Gwange, and Bulabulin areas of Maiduguri. No fewer than 30 people have been reported dead from the flood which occurred […]
Following the outrage online that a Chinese supermarket has barred Nigerians from entering its premises, the China General Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria has reacted to the allegations. A video went viral on Sunday that the Chinese supermarket at the Royal Choice Estate, Airport Road, Abuja, has denied Nigerians from buying groceries from […]
Bird flu is a condition caused by an influenza virus which is generally observed among wild aquatic birds. It can also infect domestic poultry, other birds, and animals. Bird flu infections in humans, though possible, is rare. There are many strains of bird flu, one of which is the H3N8 strain. The World […]
A massive fire engulfed a high-rise office building in downtown Changsha, capital of China’s southern province of Hunan, on Friday afternoon, state media reported. Dozens of storeys of the more than 200-metre tall (656-foot) China Telecom (0728.HK) building “burned with great intensity”, sending thick smoke into the sky, state broadcaster CCTV said. The fire […]
In China, more than 40 people have been killed due to a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Sichuan province and shook the capital Chengdu, Aljazeera reports. Chinese State Media, Xinhua, reported on Monday citing local authorities at a press briefing that Forty-six people were killed in the quake. The epicenter was at Luding, […]
North Korea says six people have died amid an ‘explosive’ spread of fever, a day after it acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak. North Korea said Friday that 187,000 people were being “isolated and treated” for fever. “A fever whose cause couldn’t be identified explosively spread nationwide from late April,” the official Korean Central News Agency […]
Australia will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as other allies weighed similar moves to protest China’s human rights record. The United States has said its government officials will boycott February’s Beijing Olympics because of China’s human rights […]
Universal Studios’ Beijing resort opened its doors to the public on Monday after a two-decade wait, including delays because of COVID-19. The highly-anticipated opening takes place amid U.S.-China relations that have deeply deteriorated in recent years. The park will be U.S.-based Universal’s largest and its fifth globally. It is also a first for […]
China’s Liaoning Province has built 26,500 5G base stations to date, amid efforts to accelerate the upgrade of its digital infrastructure, local authorities said on Tuesday. It is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. The 5G network now covers all Liaoning’s urban […]
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