Unidentified assailant fatally shoots former Mexican governor Aristoteles Sandoval

An ex-governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco was shot dead early on Friday in the bathroom of a restaurant in the beach resort of Puerto Vallarta, the latest violence to wrack a region plagued by one of the country’s most dangerous drug gangs. Jalisco state officials said former governor Aristoteles Sandoval was shot in… Read More Unidentified assailant fatally shoots former Mexican governor Aristoteles Sandoval

Nigeria’s Lagos bans festivities, orders immediate closure of schools following rise in coronavirus cases

Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, ordered schools to shut indefinitely, banned concerts, carnivals and street parties and ordered certain civil servants to work from home amid a spike in new cases of COVID-19. Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who was isolating due to his own COVID-19 diagnosis last week, said in a statement that the tightened… Read More Nigeria’s Lagos bans festivities, orders immediate closure of schools following rise in coronavirus cases