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All We Know About Nigeria’s Livestock Safety Bill
A bill that offers the creation of a database for livestock has passed the second reading at the Nigerian senate. In recent times, Nigeria has struggled with the herdsmen-farmer crisis which has claimed a disputed number of lives across the North-West, North-Central and more recent attacks recorded in the South-West. Between April 2018 to December…
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Heavy Rains in Angola Kills 14 And Leaves 8,000 Homeless
Heavy rains in Angola’s capital city Luanda has killed 14 people and left 8,000 families without homes. The storm in Luanda which lasted for about seven hours, collapsed bridges, uprooted trees and submerged vehicles leading to the recorded number of casualties. According to a report by the provincial government of Luanda, as of the end…
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Uganda To Finalize Oil Deal With Total E&P
Uganda has reached the final stage of a multi-billion dollar deal with international oil companies Total E&P and CNOOC on Sunday, government-run newspaper – The New Vision reported on Friday. The long-awaited Final Investment Decision (FID) will unlock billions of dollars of investment in Uganda’s oil and gas sector. The deal will also pave way for the…
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CBN, SEC To Regulate Cryptocurrency Trading In Nigeria
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria to work on regulating cryptocurrency trading in Nigeria. The Director-General, SEC, Lamido Yuguda, revealed this at the 2021 first post-Capital Market Committee (CMC) virtual news conference. He said that the commission had suspended the implementation of crypto assets guidelines due…
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Covid-19: Nigeria Reaches One Million Mark in Vaccinations
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced that over a million people have received their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Vaccination in Nigeria kicked off on March 5, 2021, with the agency announcing its intent to vaccinate up to 70 percent of the nation’s population. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had…
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Uganda Signs Major Oil Pipeline Agreement With Tanzania
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has signed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project agreement with his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Hassan Suluhu. According to Uganda’s foreign minister, Sam Kuteesa, the agreement which was suspended last month to mourn the passing of then Tanzanian president John Magufuli, has now been signed by all parties with commitment…
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Facts About The South African Coronavirus Variant
First detected in South Africa, the B.1.351 of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread to dozens of countries around the world. Fact Check The B.1.351 is not a different virus. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads around the world, it constantly mutates which leads to the emergence of new strains. The B.1.351 is a variant of the coronavirus.…
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Saudi Arabia To Allow Only Vaccinated Pilgrims To Mecca
The Ramadan period brings a large number of worshippers from all over the world to Mecca to perform the year-round umrah. In March 2020, the Saudi Arabia authorities shut their doors to pilgrims as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic but only resumed at intervals at the beginning of October under strict precautionary measures. Initially,…
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Haiti Yet To Receive Coronavirus Vaccines
Over a year since the Coronavirus hit the world, countries over the world have joined in the vaccination race to win the war against the virus. Unfortunately, it would seem that the nation of Haiti might have been forgotten as new reports claim the country has yet to receive a single dose of the life-saving…
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Malawi To Destroy Over 16,000 Expired Covid-19 Vaccine Doses
Malawi’s health minister, Charles Mwansambo has announced the ministry would be destroying 16,000 Covid-19 jabs that have reached their expiration date after arriving in the country three weeks ago. Malawi has received a total of 530,000 doses via the Covax program, the Indian government, and the AU, all of which are AstraZeneca vaccine, however, only 46%…