AFRICA

Global Consortium welcomes reduced price for patient-friendly treatment to prevent tuberculosis

The IMPAACT4TB Consortium, led by the Aurum Institute, welcomed this week’s announcement by Unitaid and MedAccess of two new pricing agreements that will drastically lower the price of tuberculosis (TB) prevention treatments in 138 low- and middle-income countries. The new agreements aim to make rifapentine-based TB prevention treatment regimens more …

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How South-East Nigerian security outfit, Ebubeagu injured 10 people, burnt 8 vehicles, in Imo community

The information available to SaharaReporters has revealed how operatives of South-East Nigerian security outfit, Ebubeagu and troops of the Army invaded the Izombe community in Imo State and burnt property belonging to residents. They also shot and macheted no fewer than 10 people. SaharaReporters reliably gathered that among the property …

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Horniman Museum to return 72 artefacts to Nigeria

A London museum says it has agreed to return to Nigeria artefacts looted in the 19th Century from the Kingdom of Benin. The Horniman Museum said ownership of 72 objects would be transferred to the Nigerian government. Items include 12 brass plaques, known as Benin Bronzes, a brass cockerel and …

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Hoodlums attack, set Osun lawmaker’s family house ablaze

Suspected political thugs on Friday set ablaze the family house of Kofoworola Babajide, the Minority Leader in the Osun State House of Assembly. Mr Babajide, the lawmaker representing Ede North constituency, confirmed the attack on Saturday. The lawmaker said the arsonists burnt his parents’ house in Ede on Friday night. …

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Kano fire service rescues boy stuck in flyover bridge

Kano Fire Service on Friday rescued a 15-year-old boy who was stuck inside a layer of a flyover bridge located at ‘Kofar Nasarawa’ in Kano metropolis. The spokesperson for the Kano State’s Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, told PREMIUM TIMES that the boy was rescued unhurt and handed over to the …

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The story behind the giant bronze Amazon statue in Benin

The strength of the Beninese woman in modern history was reasserted this week in the West African nation when the President of Benin, Patrice Talon, unveiled a giant Amazon statue. It’s a 30-meter statue made of bronze and situated in Benin’s capital of Cotonou. It’s christened ‘Esplanade des Amazones’. For …

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Police arrest Plateau Labour Party governorship candidate for allegedly refusing to step down for APC defector

Armed security men have arrested the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Plateau State, Amb. Yohanna Margif. According to The Sun, Margif was arrested in Abuja on Thursday by security personnel from Plateau State Police Command and was taken to Apo police station in Abuja where he is currently …

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Nigerian senator feigns sickness, remains at National Hospital, a month after prison sentence

One month after his prison sentence, convicted Nigerian Senator Peter Nwaoboshi has yet to turn himself in at the correctional facility to serve his seven-year jail term for money laundering. He is feigning sickness at the National Hospital, Abuja, where medical experts have tried, in vain, to diagnose his ailment. …

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Nigerian Army officer allegedly beat police to death in Lagos

One Nigerian police officer don die afta some officers of di Nigerian Army allegedly beat am and im colleagues for Lagos state on Wednesday. Di second one dey fight for im life for hospital. According to reports, di army men bin dey ride on dia coaster bus wen dem enta …

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Africa gains nothing from Russian ties – Ukrainian President

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, August 4, 2022, warned African countries against supporting Russia’s aggression on his country, saying the continent had gained little from siding with Moscow. Zelensky told a group of African journalists that it was in Africa’s interest to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine because …

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