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Bandits Kidnap Traditional Ruler, 10 Others In Kaduna State
Kaduna State police command has announced the abduction of the Emir of Kajuru, Alhassan Adamu, and 10 others by suspected bandits in the early hours of Sunday in Kajuru town, Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer for the state, Muhammad Jalige, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
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Visualization Of The Global COVID-19 Vaccine Divide
So far, 23.7% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 3.13 billion doses have been administered globally. 40.07 million are given every day, according to Our World in Data, a non-profit online scientific publication based at the University of Oxford. More than 12 months after the World Health Organization declared the…
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Lagos State Government To Begin Review Of Domestic Violence Law
From March 2020 to April 2020, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team reported an increase in the number of telephone calls received through their hotlines. The estimated number of calls in March totalled 37 and 185 in April. This increase in domestic violence has continued into 2021, pushing the Lagos State government…
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Proposed Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate Gathers More Support
President Biden’s proposal of a 15% global minimum corporate tax rate has garnered support from 130 countries and jurisdictions including China and India. The move represents the largest overhaul of the global tax system in more than a century and has the potential to curb tax avoidance by corporations that move their operations to countries…
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Angola To Commence Light Rail Project In 2022
The Angolan government’s new surface metro project in its megacity Luanda is proof that it is taking seriously the United Nation’s recommendation on implementing urban infrastructures that are environmentally friendly. The United Nations had in recent times asked that countries look toward implementing solutions for sustainable urban growth that focuses on making mobility more environmentally…
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Bandits Strike Again, Kidnaps 140 Students In Kaduna State
About 140 students have been kidnapped from Bethel Baptist high school, Kaduna state, after bandits overpowered the security staff on Sunday, July 4 2021. Emmanuel Paul, a teacher at the school, told reporters that the bandits took about 165 students, but 25 managed to escape. The rest were carted away by unidentified gunmen popularly known…
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Infographic: COVID-19 Vaccination In Africa
More than a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the microscopic coronavirus has in many ways revealed the vulnerability of low-income countries, as well as their dependency on the global north. The virus might seem well under control, but the fact is, this is not the reality in many countries…
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Coronavirus: Ghana In Dire Need Of Vaccines
According to official figures from Ghana Health Services, three hundred ninety-six thousand seven hundred fifty-nine (396,759) Ghanaian residents have received both doses of the AstraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine, making up only 1.3% of the nation’s population of 30 million. The Director-General of the GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye on Sunday, July 4, 2021, announced that as of…
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Tunisia Health System Crumbles As Covid-19 Cases Surge
Tunisian hospitals are currently struggling with bed and staff shortages amid a surge of Covid-19 cases. Patients are currently been moved from beds to wheelchairs and floors as hospitals have no way to manage the increasing daily inflow of patients. Sana Kraiem, whose mother was moved from a general bed to a wheelchair in the…
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Togo To Re-Launch Its Cotton Industry
The Togolese government has revealed its plans to revive its once struggling cotton sector through its recent privatization and industrialization efforts. At a press conference held in mid-June, the chairman of the board of directors of the New Cotton Company of Togo (NSCT), Simféitchéou Pré, revealed that the efforts are intended to make “white gold”…