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MPs In Uganda Receive $30M For Luxury Cars Amid Covid Crisis
A total of 529 Members of Parliament (MPs) in Uganda have received $56,500 each to buy new cars amidt economic crisis made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. On June 18, President Yoweri Museveni announced renewed restrictions on schools, churches and bars as part of his government’s plan to curb the rising cases of Covid-19 infection.…
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FG Approves N658m For Deployment Of Dogs To Airports
N658 million has been approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to procure sniffer dogs at the Lagos and Abuja International Airports. The council reached the agreement during a weekly meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, August 18. After the council meeting, the minister of aviation Hadi Sirika told reporters that four…
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Uganda To Temporarily Host 2,000 Afghan Refugees
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uganda would temporarily host Afghan refugees whose country fell under the control of the Taliban on August 17, 2021. Ugandan media reports have put the number of refugees to be admitted at 2,000 although the ministry of Foreign Affairs has not confirmed the number of people involved. “Following…
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Covid-19: Is Vaccine Booster Needed To Achieve Complete Immunity?
While it was like only yesterday that people were calculating the day they could feel fully protected by their vaccination, now scientists are saying our safety may require another shot in the arm. This booster conversation is gaining urgency as the Delta variant causes a surge among both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals and health officials, with…
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Nigeria Records Highest COVID Rate In Over A Year
Nigeria has recorded the highest number of infections in any single day since February 2020, according to the Nigerian Centre For Disease Control (NCDC). The new records stand at 1,149, pushing the cumulative number of Covid-19 infections to 184,593. The NCDC added that the new cases involve 393 persons in Lagos alone. Active cases in…
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Twentyten Daily Weekly Roundup
Hello Twentyten Daily Readers, We are always pleased to keep you up to date on Covid-related conversations, vaccination progress and infection rates as Africa battles a third wave of the Coronavirus. Last week, Nigeria recorded 1,149 active cases, its highest since the beginning of the year. South Africa and Uganda are not left out in…
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Bandits Abduct Zamfara College Students, Demand N350M Ransom
Infamous bandits in Northern Nigeria have abducted not less than 20 people in another violent attack in the College of Agriculture and Animal Science in Zamfara State. A police officer and three security officials were killed during the incident The bandits responsible for the attack have now demanded N350 million as a ransom for their…
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Wildfires In Algeria Linked To Brutal Lynching Of A Villager
Authorities in Algeria have linked last week’s outbreak to a brutal mob killing and burning of a man in a town in Algeria’s Kabyle region. A man identified as Djamel Ben Ismail, 38, was lynched and burnt to death outside a police station on the main square in the town of Larbaa Nath Irathen, a village…
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Federal Government Approve Toll On Highways
Nearly two years after the Minister for Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola announced the re-introduction of toll plazas on federal roads, the Federal Government has now approved a toll payment plan across the country. The ministry revealed that the payment plan is part of a Federal Roads and Bridges Tolling Policy and Regulations approved by…
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Ethnic Violence In Cameroon Forces Thousands To Flee
According to the UN, over 10,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled into Chad from northern Cameroon after deadly clashes between herding and fishing communities. The violence erupted on Tuesday in the Far North region, a part of the country that is wedged between Nigeria to the west and Chad to the east. At…