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UN Donates $65 Million To Aid War-Thorn Ethiopia
The United Nations has released $65 million for humanitarian aid in Ethiopia, with the greater amount for the Tigray region of the country where a military operation launched in November 2020, escalated into a war that has claimed the lives of thousands. The United Nations on Thursday announced that $40 million was to be donated…
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OPEC Confirms Supply Hike As Demand For Oil Rebounds
As global oil demand recovers from the pandemic, OPEC and its allies have announced its commitment to improve oil production. A committee led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed the coalition should press on with its roadmap for increasing supply by 2 million barrels a day over the next three months, a decision that was later rubber-stamped…
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Federal Government Approves N6.2bn For Power Projects
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N6.2 billion for the execution of various power projects across the country. The minister for Power, Sale Mamman made this known while briefing the State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to Mamman, contracts…
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FG May Slash Worker’s Salary To Reduce Cost Of Governance
Civil servants in Nigeria might do well to prepare for the worse as there are strong indications that the federal government may cut workers’ salaries as part of efforts to reduce the high cost of governance. The country’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, revealed this while speaking at a policy dialogue on corruption and the cost of…
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Nigerian Troops Rescue 13 Kidnapped Victims
The Kaduna State government has confirmed the rescue of 13 kidnapped persons from bandits in Gwagwada, Chikun local government area of the state. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan, revealed this in a statement yesterday in Kaduna. He explained that the 13 citizens, originally from Dutse, went to work at a farm…
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UK To Support Female Nigerian Tech Entrepreneurs
The UK has pledged its support to 30 Nigerian female tech entrepreneurs with 12-week coaching sessions with industry experts through its Green Tech programme. According to a statement issued yesterday by the Press and Public Affairs Officer of the British Deputy High Commission in Lagos, Ndidiamaka Eze, these coaching sessions would seek to boost the…
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DR Congo Announces End To Ebola Virus Outbreak
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced the fight against the Ebola virus has come to an end. The recent Ebola outbreak infected 12 people in the eastern province of North Kivu and killed six of them. According to the International Medical Charity Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF), the outbreak was…
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Bandits Release 27 Abducted Students Of Kaduna Forestry College
According to recent reports, bandits have released the 27 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna State. An official present to receive the students revealed the release was facilitated by the Sheikh Ahmad Gumi dialogue committee with support from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The students were among the 37 abducted 7…
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How India’s Growing Covid-19 Cases Might Affect Vaccine Delivery In Africa
As India struggles with a devastating resurgence in COVID-19 cases, Africa faces the impending crisis of shortage of vaccines or delayed deliveries. The African continent relies majorly on the AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX initiative which is manufactured by Serum Institute in India. Now India has currently banned the export of vaccines, severely impacting the predictability…
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5 People Dead In Protest Against Military Rule In Chad
Demonstrations in Chad has turned deadly as thousands rally to the streets to protest against the rule of a transitional military council headed by the son of late President Idriss Deby who was killed last week by rebels. According to the military-led government, not less than 5 people died in the protest but a local…