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Nigerian University Shuts Down Hostels Over Covid-19 Surge
On Thursday, one of Nigeria’s largest universities sent residential students home and said it would suspend physical attendance of lectures as fears grow about a new wave of coronavirus in Africa’s most populous nation. The governing body of the University Of Lagos (UNILAG) said the decision was made after a few reported Covid-19 cases in…
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South Africa Faces Food And Fuel Shortage Crisis
Community leaders in areas affected by the week-long violent protests have addressed residents to end the looting in South Africa to allow the country to thrive. The unrest was sparked by last week’s imprisonment of ex-President Jacob Zuma, which spiralled into days of looting in two of the country’s nine provinces. South Africa’s police say…
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Over 1,146 Immigrants Have Died Enroute Europe In 2021 – IOM
New statistics released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in a new report, indicates that at least 1,146 people died at sea trying to reach Europe in the first half of 2021. The death toll of migrants escaping Africa and the Middle East to Europe has more than doubled this year compared to other…
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Police Officers In Soweto Receive Coronavirus Vaccine
South Africa’s government has started vaccinating the nation’s police officers as part of the second phase of its coronavirus vaccination campaign. A vaccination site has been set up at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto In Gauteng province, the epicentre of the country’s devastating third wave. “It’s [getting vaccinated] gonna make a big difference. I mean,…
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COVID-19 Death Toll Rises To 43% In One Week
The World Health Organization has revealed that Covid-19 fatalities driven by the lack of intensive-care beds and oxygen in Africa have now reached a new 43% high in a space of one week. Coronavirus-linked deaths in the WHO’s African region, which includes North Africa, rose to 6,273 in the week of July 5-11, compared with…
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NIA Receives N4.87bn For Phone Monitoring Technology
The National Assembly has approved the first payment of N4.87 billion budgeted by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to acquire phone monitoring technology. The NIA’s budget is part of a supplementary budget in the total sum of N895.8 billion that was first submitted to the chambers by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) last…
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Death Toll Rises To 30 As Violent Protests In South Africa Spreads
Over 30 people have reportedly died in South Africa after protesters clashed with security forces in different areas in the country. Tagged the worst unrest in years, the violence was triggered by the sentencing and imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. Protesters hit the streets in parts of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Zuma’s home province, after the…
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COVID-19 Third Wave: Nigeria Runs Out Of Vaccine
Nigeria might be experiencing the third wave of Covid-19 infections as predicted by the World Health Organization, following reports of a rise in infection rates and the presence of the infamous Delta variant as reported by Nigeria’s National Centre For Disease Control (NCDC). Until last week, Nigeria was recording fewer than 40 cases daily on…
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What Is The Delta Variant? All You Need To Know Visualized In Pidgin
Africa Centres For Disease Control (CDC) has reported a 40% in hospitalization in Africa and a daily record high infection rates in the country. The new more transmissible Delta variant is believed to be the reason behind this vicious third wave. First detected in India, this highly contagious (and possibly more severe) SARS-CoV-2 virus strain has now…
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Concern Grows Over Third Wave of COVID-19 In Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned about rising Covid-19 infection and fatality rates across the continent. New covid-19 cases have been increasing for six weeks running, rising by an average of 25% week-on-week to a cumulative 5,775,157 this week. African nations combined saw a daily average…