UK to deliver post-Brexit budget under coronavirus cloud
Britain unveils its first post-Brexit budget on Wednesday and analysts expect Prime Minister Boris Johnson to press ahead with major spending on infrastructure, despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Finance minister Rishi Sunak, who will present the budget after his predecessor Sajid Javid resigned unexpectedly last month, is also scheduled to outline emergency funding […]
COVID-19: Egypt records 33 new cases on Cruise ship
Egypt has recorded 33 new cases of the coronavirus. Health minister Hala Zayed told the media on Saturday that the cases were recorded aboard a cruise ship on the Nile river in Luxor, Southern Egypt. “Out of the 12, 11 are negative. Then we found 33 new positive cases. All of them have the virus […]
Gilmour told ‘hard work starts now’ after midweek heroics
Frank Lampard insists Billy Gilmour will keep his feet on the ground despite the teen midfielder’s star turn against Liverpool. Scotland youngster Gilmour produced a first-class performance, bossing the play as Chelsea dumped Premier League champions-elect Liverpool out of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win on Tuesday. Now the 18-year-old could enjoy another start […]
Int’l Women’s Day: How E-commerce Company is Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
As the world celebrates the 2020 International Women’s Day on March 8, there will be enormous conversations around women empowerment, and gender equality. Aligned with the United Nations Women’s multigenerational campaign, this year’s International Women’s Day is themed” I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”.
Four nabbed in Akwa Ibom for beheading woman for ritual purpose
By Harris Emanuel Tragedy struck at the weekend at Oku Abak community in Abak Council Area of Akwa Ibom, as a woman simply identified as Eka Sammy was reportedly beheaded in her farm and the head dumped in front of her house. Vanguard gathered that the woman fondly called Mma Iko Mbakara was ambushed in […]
Boko Haram attack: Elders hold service in burnt church
By Sam Eyoboka with Agency report FOUR Nigerian church elders held a Sunday service in their burnt church building on February 23, 2020, two days after Boko Haram militants abducted some of the church’s female members and set fire to the building. The terrorists’ rampage had destroyed churches, homes, schools and businesses, in the Christian […]
