The government of Burundi late on Monday launched a second nationwide mass screening campaign of COVID-19, as the coronavirus cases have been increasing in recent days. The 30-day campaign is taking place in the commercial capital Bujumbura and several provinces where cases have been reported. Burundian Minister of Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS, […]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammad Adamu, has inaugurated a new Area Command office in Shinkafi town,  Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, has said. In a statement issued to newsmen in Gusau, on Tuesday, Shehu said the new office, constructed by the Police […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is a need for “collective commitment” to get vaccinations for health workers and others who are at high risk of catching COVID-19 within the next 100 days. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, made this known during the COVID-19 news conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva. In his speech […]

The Presidential Task Team on the Apapa gridlock has handed over the road traffic management duties to the Lagos State Government. This is contained in a statement by Mr Kayode Opeifa, the Executive Vice Chairman of the task team, on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that due to complaints by […]

Authorities two female army officers were killed, while two other fellow officers and their driver were wounded in two separate shootings by militants in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Attackers opened fire on an army vehicle in which they were traveling. The incident happened at Police District 5 of Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of northern Balkh province in the […]