The interior minister of Libya’s unity government, Fathi Bashagha, survived an assassination attempt Sunday on a highway near the capital Tripoli, an official from his inner circle told AFP. Official sources indicate that his convoy “was fired on from an armored car while he was on the highway. His police escort then returned fire. Two…
Seven election workers were killed early Sunday in Niger’s troubled western Tillaberi region when their vehicle hit a mine, the area’s governor told AFP. The blast also injured three of the workers, who included the heads of polling stations, Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella told AFP. The accident came as Niger holds a presidential election runoff between…
The 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Obinze, near Owerri, Imo State capital, has confirmed an ongoing joint military and Police operation in Orsu Local Government Area of the state and its neighbouring communities following, what it described an intelligent report of the existence and establishment of illegal camps allegedly built by suspected…
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday stated that Nigeria needs to promulgate laws ensuring the decentralisation of policing to aid security nationwide. According to the lawmaker, this can be achieved within 10 days with the right political will and bipartisan approach. Ekweremadu made this assertion in Abuja during the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic…
South Africa, where a more contagious COVID-19 variant has been identified, accounts for nearly half of continent’s deaths. Africa’s reported COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 100,000, a fraction of those reported on other continents but rising fast as the second wave of infections overwhelms hospitals. The continent’s reported deaths, at 100,354 on Friday, are less…
Dozens Granted Presidential Pardon Amid Cabinet Reshuffle Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune called for the dissolution of parliament and early legislative elections on Thursday. In an address to the nation, the Head of State expressed his decision to carry out ministerial reshuffle within 48 hours at most. He announced : “I have decided to dissolve the…
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) met Wednesday night on insecurity in Nigeria. NGF Chairman and Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi, briefed State House correspondents after an emergency meeting at the State House Banquet Hall. Fayemi said the governors reviewed farmers/herders conflict, banditry, kidnapping, militancy, sea piracy, cultism, youth protests, insurgency, among others. He said the NGF condemned…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, met behind closed doors with Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger, at the State House, Abuja. NAN gathered that the governor was in the State House to update the President on the security situation in his State where some staff and students of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kagara, Rafi council area…
A Freezer to Transport the COVID-19 Vaccine to Rural Areas? A South African natural gas company, Renergen, is using its knowledge of cryogenics to develop an ultra-cold biological transport freezer prototype, CryoVacc. The freezer was created to maintain constant internal temperatures of between 8 to -150 C for more than 25 days — and without…
Senegal’s Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off ! Senegal received 200,000 doses of China’s COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm on Wednesday — purchased at around 3.8 million (US) dollars, according to the country’s Finance Ministry. Nearly 1.3 million more vaccine doses are also expected to arrive via the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVAX initiative. In a televised ceremony to…