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America Launches Airstrike Targeting Al-Shabaab in Somalia
The US military has launched an airstrike against Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab jihadists on Tuesday, July 19, 2021. This is the first airstrike conducted by the US military in Somalia since January 19, when Africom announced it had killed three Shabaab jihadists in two strikes in Jamaame and Deb Scinnele. The US military command for Africa…
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Nigeria Receives First Batch Of Super Tucano Jets
The Nigerian government have received the first batch of A-29 Super Tucano jet it ordered to support the fight against insecurity in the country. Nigerian Air Force ( NAF) spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said NAF had received six A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets that arrived in Kano from the manufacturing factory in the United…
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CBN To Launch Local Cryptocurrency On Independence Day
The Central Bank Of Nigeria has finalized plans to launch its home-grown digital currency on October 1, 2021. This was disclosed during a private webinar on Thursday in which CBN and its stakeholders outline the digital currency initiative. Recall that the apex bank in June announced plans to launch its own digital currency before the…
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Bandits Shoot Down Nigerian Fighter Jet
Armed gangs locally referred to as “bandits” have shot down a Nigerian Airforce Alpha jet in northwestern Zamfara state on Sunday, July 18, 2021. According to the Nigerian Air Force, the pilot had finished a raid against kidnappers when he came under intense fire. The attack which happened on the border of the northern Zamfara…
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Pfizer To Begin Vaccine Production In South Africa
Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories have begun the process of partially producing Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa to bridge vaccine scarcity in Africa. In a statement detailing the alliance’s first partnership outside Europe and North America, Biotech explained that they had partnered with Pfizer and Biovac Group, intending to supply up to 100 million doses per…
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Fuel Truck Explosion Kills 13 People in Kenya
Kenyan Police have confirmed that 13 people were killed and many others seriously burned when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in western Kenya as crowds thronged to collect the spilling fuel. The fuel truck collided with another vehicle and toppled over late on Saturday near Malanga, some 315km (195 miles) northwest of Nairobi, on the…
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Monkeypox: What To Know About Symptoms and Transmission
The Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services in America has confirmed that an unidentified man who recently returned from a trip to Nigeria tested positive for the very rare monkeypox virus. This case is thought to be the first-ever monkeypox case in Texas. Health officials in America are now frantically searching for other passengers on…
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Sex Crimes And High Fertility Rates in Nigeria’s Northern IDP Camps
With a growing population of 211,366,891, Nigeria is by a fair margin Africa’s most populated country. Its population has rapidly grown in the last two years from approximately 2.52% to 2.71% (an addition of over 5 million people). 0.17% of these new Nigerians are born in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) shelters in Borno state. A…
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Africa Records Frightening Surge In Covid-19 Cases
Africa is currently experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases, with a new record average of 6,009,854 cases, according to an AFP tally based on official sources on Tuesday at 1815 GMT. The new figures make up cumulative cases from Africa’s 54 nations and territories since the virus was first discovered in December 2019 in China.…
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Infographics: Adult Literacy Rate In West Africa
According to a 2020 study referenced by Statista, West African countries have some of the world’s shortest school attendance and adult literacy rates. If you live in developed countries in the global north, it is oftentimes rare to find people above 15 years who cannot read or write. Unfortunately, not all nations have this luxury.…