In Nigeria a 24-hour curfew was imposed on the city of Lagos after a two week anti-police brutality protest.

For two weeks demonstrators have been holding protesting against a police unit known as ‘SARS’ a Special Anti-Robbery Squad, accused nationwide of kidnapping, harassment and extortion.

The US Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google, claiming Google has acted unlawfully to keep its position in the market.

The lawsuit says that Google has nearly 90 per cent of all general search engine queries in the United States and almost 95 per cent of searches on mobiles.

A study showed two years after Australia’s latest and most effective medications come onto market, people in remote and low socioeconomic areas are 62 per cent less likely to receive it than those in the city.

The study followed all 1.2 million Australians treated for type 2 diabetes between 2007 and 2015.

New Zealand has become the most diverse parliament with almost half of their MP’s identify as women and around 10 per cent are from the LGBTIQ+ community.

The votes are still being counted but its estimated New Zealand parliament will have 48 per cent women.

New research found solar panels on schools, hospitals, and prisions could power Queensland into a renewable future.

The analysis, commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation, found installing solar panels on the roof of public buildings in five local government areas would produce enough electricity to power 44, 000 homes.

The Electoral Commission of Queensland recorded close to 850,000 postal-vote applications.

Political experts say the record-breaking number of early voters and postal-votes means the big-promises have likely been made with only small commitments expected this week.