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Boat Mishap In Congo River Claims Over 50 Lives
Provincial authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have reported a casualty of 51 persons and over 70 others missing after a ship capsized in the Congo River on October 4, 2021. 51 bodies were recovered late on Friday from the boat that sank during the night of Monday to Tuesday, according to Nestor Magbado,…
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UK Approves Vaccine Certificates For 50 Countries, Excludes Nigeria
The UK government has released a list of over 50 countries with approved COVID-19 vaccination programmes and proof of vaccination for travel to England. According to the statement on the official website, travellers from countries listed under red would not be allowed into the UK. South Africa, Angola, Burundi, Botswana, among others are listed under…
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Flooding In South Sudan Displaces Over 6000 People
UN reports that about 623,000 people have been forced to leave their homes by widespread flooding in South Sudan since May. According to the report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), rivers broke their banks following heavy rains, filling houses and farms in eight of the country’s 10 states.…
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187 Victims Rescued From Bandits In Northwest Nigeria
Security agents in Nigeria have rescued nearly 200 kidnapped people during raids on camps of criminal gangs popularly known as bandits in northwest Nigeria. The Nigerian police said the rescued victims, 187 men including women and children, were kidnapped in separate bandit attacks in and around Zamfara state. Pictures and video circulated by police to…
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New Ebola Case Confirmed In Eastern DRC
One Ebola case has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a few months after the latest outbreak in the country was declared over. A three-year-old boy tested positive near the eastern city of Beni, one of the epicentres of the 2018-2020 outbreak, and died from the disease on Wednesday, Health Minister Jean…
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Global Airline Industry Records $201Bn In COVID-Related Losses
The International Air Transport Association has set the combined losses for the industry at over $200 billion as travel curbs weigh on corporate and long-haul demand well into 2022. According to the industry’s main body, airline carriers are set to post a collective deficit of $11.6 billion for next year, due to the very slow…
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Why UAE Refuses Work Permit Applications From Nigerians (Explained)
The Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) recently shared that about 512 Nigerians might likely be deported following the prolonged refusal by the UAE government to renew work permits. According to NIDO, the UAE government has suspended the issuance or renewal of work permits to Nigerians, forcing many Nigerians to be out of jobs. The post…
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Inflation Bites Harder In Nigeria As Food Price Rises By 21.03%
A market survey report by People’s Gazette has revealed the drastic rise in food prices as the country suffers another wave of food inflation growth in the last quarter of the year. Food inflation rose by 21.03 percent due to the constant depreciation of the naira against the dollar and rigid importation laws by the…
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Morocco Offers Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Shots
Morocco’s newly launched vaccination campaign aims at providing a third dose of anti covid vaccine to people who have received at least two doses of the vaccine in not less than six months. Relevant authorities shared that the decision follows the recommendations of the Scientific and Technical Committee of vaccination as well as international scientific…
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14 Soldiers Killed In Burkina Faso By Suspected Jihadists
The defence ministry has announced the gruesome killing of 14 military personnel in the country’s northern region plagued by Islamist violence. “The military detachment of Yirgou in the Centre-Nord region’s Barsalogho department was ‘the target of a terrorist attack’ around 0500 GMT on Monday”, Junior defence minister General Aime Barthelemy Simpore said. “Fourteen soldiers were…