The African Union on Thursday began monthly shipments of COVID-19 vaccines acquired by the AU/African Vaccine Acquisition Trust to its member states. President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, said this in a statement on Thursday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). Ramaphosa said it was a momentous…
The World Health Organisation has donated 26 ventilators and 3,560 fingertip oxygen pulse for the management of patients in isolation and treatment facilities, as well as home-based patients in Nigeria. The Country Representative, Dr Walter Kazadi, presented the donation to the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday in Abuja. Kazadi said that Nigeria…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, became the focus of attention as he made a surprise appearance at the ongoing meeting of the People’s Democratic Party Board of Trustees. Serving governors are not members of the BoT. It was not clear whether or not he was invited to the meeting, but he has been fingered…
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar has accused rival military leaders, who announced as leader of the political party and the armed forces, of trying to block the country’s peace process. On Wednesday, the military wing of his SPLM/A-IO movement said it had removed Machar, who helped push his partner, President Salva Kiir, to a…
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order setting the “ambitious target” of making half of all new vehicles sold in the United States by 2030 zero-emission, the White House has said. The executive order, to be inked on Thursday, calls for 50 percent of US vehicles sales to be “battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or…
Tokyo has reported 5,042 new daily coronavirus cases, hitting a record since the pandemic began as COVID-19 infections surge in the Japanese capital hosting the Olympics. The additional cases announced on Thursday brought the total for Tokyo to 236,138. Nationwide, Japan has so far registered a total of 980,728 cases and 15,247 deaths. There is…
A forest fire in Greece has threatened the archaeological site at the birthplace of the modern Olympics amid the protracted European heatwave. Firefighters waged “an all-night battle” overnight on Wednesday to protect the site from fire in the southern Peloponnese region near ancient Olympia, said Citizens Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis. “We will continue the battle…
Expand Global Industries Limited (EGIL), the makers of WaW and Nittol detergents hosted the Nigerian Idol Season 6 Top 11 at its office in Lagos, with a resolve to continue to support youth-oriented programmes. This, according to the company, is to support youth’s creativity towards their betterment and it is part of its long-term ambition…
CS Satheesha spells out “A-P-P-L-E” into his phone as he teaches remotely from the only place he can get a signal – a treehouse in his back garden in southern India. In the Kodagu district of Karnataka state, eight-year-old Shreeshma listens to Satheesha’s WhatsApp voice notes on her mother’s phone on her porch and repeats…
