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11 Soldiers Killed In Latest Violent Raid In Mali
Suspected terrorists have killed 11 soldiers defending a village in a remote part of southwest Niger near another village where 69 people were recently killed, according to the state defence ministry. The heavily armed attackers approached in a convoy of cars and motorbikes on Thursday afternoon, clashing with soldiers stationed outside the village of Dagne…
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Infographics: Anambra State Election In Numbers
With over 2,246,663.8 registered voters and the accreditation of 253,388 voters, the Anambra State gubernatorial elections have chauffered in Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the governor-elect of the state, as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Wednesday, November 10, 2021. A total of 18 candidates contested at this…
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Rebel Group Seize Villages In DRC Near Uganda, Rwanda Borders
Suspected fighters from M23, a rebel group that claimed large swaths of territory between 2012 and 2013 has seized at least two villages overnight in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) near the border with Uganda and Rwanda, according to local officials. On Monday, Lieutenant-Colonel Muhindo Luanzo, assistant to the administrator of Rutshuru…
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Why The Anambra State Elections Was Declared Inconclusive
The electoral commission of Nigeria, INEC has suspended the collision of votes and announcement of results in Anambra State in what political party actors as well as voters opine might be a ploy to rig elections. However, INEC Returning Officer of the Anambra governorship election, Florence Obi, has disabused these opinions, saying that the suspension…
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69 People Killed In Fresh Islamic Extremist Attack In Mali
Niger’s government says 69 people were killed in the latest violent attack in Niger’s ‘tri-border zone with Burkina Faso and Mali. The violence took place earlier this week near Banibangou, about 155 miles (250 kilometres) north of the capital, Niamey, a volatile area that has been the epicentre of a years-long conflict between state forces…
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200 Nigerian, Niger Illegal Migrants Voluntarily Return Home from Libya
Libyan authorities in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration on Wednesday returned 91 voluntary illegal migrants to their country of origin, Niger, while another 162 Nigerian migrants returned voluntarily to their country, via Mitiga airport in the capital, Tripoli. This was stated by the head of the deportation department of illegal migrants at Misrata…
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Metaverse: Facebook’s New World Of Virtual Reality Explained
The covid-19 pandemic has forced changes in our world in many ways including the acceleration of technology transformation. Artificial Intelligence and virtual reality are two digital megatrends that have grown astronomically through the pandemic, pushing tech companies to invest more in what already is the future of technology. Facebook recently joined the race with the…
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COVID-19 Global Death Toll Tops 5 Million
A new report by John Hopkins University has tallied the total global death rate from Covid-19 at 5 million, less than two years into a crisis that has devastated the world. According to the report, the United States, Britain, Brazil and the European Union, which makes up for one-eighth of the world’s population account for…
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Third Bomb Explosion Kills Two Children In Uganda
Two children have been killed in Nakaseke district, north of Uganda’s capital Kampala after a fruit-like bomb exploded in a children’s playground on Friday. According to reports, the device was shaped like an exotic “jackfruit” and was given to the children while they were playing. A 14-year-old and a second child with disabilities died from…
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Private Hospitals To Charge N6,000 For COVID Vaccines In Lagos
Residents of Lagos, Nigeria would now be charged N6,000 to receive free Covid-19 vaccines from private health facilities in Lagos. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the launch of the state’s mass vaccination campaign on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. The governor added that the fee was agreed on as an administrative fee for the private facilities to…