Breaking: Boko Haram kills 13
Thirteen civilians, eight of them children, died Friday when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up in an attack on a village in northern Cameroon by Boko Haram jihadists, a traditional chief and a police officer told AFP. Cameroon’s Far North region is grappling with deadly incursions from neighbouring Nigeria, where an insurgency launched by […]
Breaking: 103 kidnapped victims rescued in Katsina – Masari
…Says no ransom was paid to the kidnappers Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Friday said that security forces have rescued 103 kidnapped victims. Masari made this known while addressing some of the rescued victims at the Government House, Katsina. “This is in continuation of the exercise that started with the recovery of the 344 […]
100-year-old Berlin Candy Bomber beats back coronavirus infection
Gail Halvorsen, the U.S. pilot who was known and loved by German children in the late 1940s as the Candy Bomber, has mostly recovered from the coronavirus, his daughter said. Halvorsen, who lives in the western state of Utah and turned 100 years old earlier this year, has a cough but is otherwise doing “very […]
US Capitol: ‘Rioting unacceptable’, ‘criminals’ will be prosecuted ― US Ambassador to Nigeria
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard, has condemned the storming of the US Capitol by pro-Trump protesters who were of the notion that the presidential election was rigged. The development at the US Capitol drew wide criticism from different regions across the world, especially strong critics of the nation’s democratic system. […]
Pfizer-funded research claims vaccine might be effective against new coronavirus strains
The efficacy of the Pfizer Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine (official name BNT162b2) might sustain against the newly-detected mutant strains from the United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa, a group of U.S. scientists said in a research paper.The paper was published on the BioRxiv website for biology research on Thursday. The research was conducted by scientists from […]
NUC okays re-opening of universities on January 18
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has given Nigerian universities the go-ahead to re-open for academic activities on January 18, 2021. This comes a few weeks after the commission ordered all tertiary institutions to remain shut indefinitely, in response to the second wave of COVID-19. The commission said universities should adhere strictly to safety measures put […]
