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Boris Johnson apologises to Queen Elizabeth over lockdown parties
Boris Johnson apologises to Queen Elizabeth over lockdown parties

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has apologised to Queen Elizabeth for two staff parties in Number Ten the night before Prince Philip’s funeral. The gatherings took place on 16th April 2021 and went on until the early hours. The Prime Minister’s spokesman said it was deeply regrettable that this took place at a time of national mourning.…

UK removes Nigeria and 10 other African countries from it’s travel red list
UK removes Nigeria and 10 other African countries from it’s travel red list

The UK government says that all eleven countries will be removed from the it’s travel red list on Wednesday. Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe are on the list. The red list was reintroduced in late November as a precaution after the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. UK…

FG condemns UK’s travel ban on Nigeria
FG condemns UK’s travel ban on Nigeria

The Federal Government has called on the government of the United Kingdom to remove Nigeria from its list of countries that are under observation for the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who made the call, condemned the red listing of Nigeria by the UK because of two cases of the…

Barbados becomes world’s newest republic
Barbados becomes world’s newest republic

Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and became a republic in an overnight ceremony in the capital of Bridgetown. Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in as president during a midnight event coinciding with the country’s 55th anniversary of independence. The Prince of Wales and Barbadian singer Rihanna attended the event. In…

World leaders vow to end deforestation by 2030
World leaders vow to end deforestation by 2030

World leaders have promised to end the reduction of the population of tress around the globe – also known as deforestation – by the year 2030. They observed that the felling trees contributes to climate change because it reduces forests that absorb carbon dioxide, which causes global warming. The pledge was made by more than one hundred…

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