Tag: Covid-19 lockdown

  • Nigeria Imposes Fresh Nationwide Lockdown

    Nigeria Imposes Fresh Nationwide Lockdown

    The Nigerian government has ordered a partial lockdown across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as fears of a possible new wave of the coronavirus looms. The National Incident Manager Mukhtar Mohammed, who is a member of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, announced the new directive on Monday during a…

  • South Africa To Commence Production Of More High-Tech Trains

    South Africa To Commence Production Of More High-Tech Trains

    South Africa’s Gibela has announced they would be building 62 high-tech per year for the next ten years to add to the country’s fleet. Recognized as the continent’s largest train manufacturing plant, Gibela is taking up the 51-billon-rand ($3-billion, 2.8-billion-euro) contract in a time when the South African rail infrastructure is in ruins. South Africa’s railway…