Delta to launch own security outfit December
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said that the state’s security outfit, ‘Operation Delta Hawk’, created to tackle kidnapping and other violent ...
FG to launch ‘Energy for All’ Plan for 5m households not on National grid – Minister
Minister of Power, Sale Mamman. Photo: TWITTER/ENGRSMAMMAN The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of an Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) as ...
South Africa: MSF 20 Year Anniversary – Two HIV Treatment Professionals Reflect on 20 Years in Khayelitsha
Two pioneers of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) HIV programmes in Khayelitsha, Dr Eric Goemaere and nurse Nompumelelo Mantangana, look back at the defining ...
Zimbabwe: Student Teachers Down Tools Over U.S.$1.85 Monthly Allowance
Student teachers have gone on strike arguing their US$1.85 equivalent by way of monthly allowances they were receiving from the government were not ...
Kenya: How Marijuana Smuggled From Ethiopia Gets Into the Country
From Shashamane, a town in central Ethiopia, smugglers have created two routes to get bhang to Nairobi and authorities say they are boldly ...
Kenya: Rhino Numbers Go Up As Efforts to Fight Poaching Pay Off
Kenya's black rhino population has doubled from less than 400 in 1985 to 794 by the end of 2019. Kenya is home to ...
Nigeria: The Speech Saro-Wiwa Wasn’t Allowed to Read Before His Execution
Mr Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders were tried by a secret military tribunal and executed by hanging on November 10, 1995 On ...
U.S. reports 131,000 COVID-19 infections, highest daily figure
The U.S. on Tuesday reported 131,000 new cases of COVID-19, the country’s highest single-day infection since the start of the pandemic. The U.S. ...
Kenya: Electoral Commission to Procure Ballot Papers Locally
The electoral commission wants to procure its ballot papers locally in what it said will be 10 times cheaper than getting them from ...
Kenya: World’s ‘Best Teacher’ Bags Another Prestigious Global Award
Peter Tabichi, the Nakuru based teacher who won the Global Teacher Prize last year, has bagged yet another international award. Tabichi, 37, has ...