Malaysia’s parliament will convene Monday to decide on the country’s next prime minister after days of horse-trading failed to break an impasse, said Mahathir Mohamad, whose resignation triggered the crisis. Mahathir quit this week as premier and the government collapsed, following a bid to form a new coalition without his designated successor Anwar Ibrahim and […]

Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam’s holiest sites, South Korea toughened penalties for those breaking quarantines and airports across Latin America looked for signs of sick passengers Thursday as a new virus troubled a mushrooming swath of the globe. With the illness pushing its way into a sixth continent and the number of sick and […]

It’s official, China has banned the consumption of wild animals More than 2,700 people have died as a result of the novel COVID-19, with another 81,000 cases confirmed across the globe. And now, China’s government has officially banned the trade and consumption of wildlife in their ongoing efforts against COVID-19 epidemic that has taken over […]

Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has apprehended three persons for indulging in the manufacturing and distribution of adulterated honey. The coordinator of NAFDAC in Kano office, Shaba Muhammad on Wednesday told journalists that the suspects were arrested from their operational base located at Abubakar Rimi Market […]

Shares in Aston Martin tanked Thursday after James Bond’s favourite carmaker said net losses nearly doubled last year on weak global demand — and warned over the potential impact of coronavirus. Losses after tax accelerated to £113.2 million ($147 million, 135 million euros) in 2019, Aston said in a results statement. That compared with a […]