At least 111 people were confirmed dead in central Nigeria on Friday after floods submerged the market town of Mokwa in the country’s Niger State following torrential rains, officials said. The heavy rains lasted for several hours on Thursday, and media reports quoting local government officials said a dam collapse in a nearby town had…
Oil producing countries are bracing for a bumpy ride this year, with a precipitous drop in prices to the lowest levels in four years seen as the initial, alarming sign of looming turmoil. A price drop benefits any country seeking to cut its fuel bill. But in oil producing nations, lower prices can feed economic…
Shooting In Benue, Nigeria : नाइजीरिया के सेंट्र्ल स्टेट बेन्यू में संदिग्ध मवेशी पालकों ने हमला कर दिया. इस हमले में 56 लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है. स्टेट के गवर्नर ह्यासिंथ आलिया ने शनिवार (19 अप्रैल) को इस संबंध में जानकारी साझा की. यह घटनाक्रम अफ्रीका के सबसे अधिक जनसंख्या वाले देश में दोबारा…
Demand for pangolins in Asia, where populations of these scaly mammals have dwindled, has driven traffickers to Africa, the only other continent where the increasingly endangered animals can be found. Nigeria has become a hub for pangolin trafficking and other illegal trading of wildlife. But authorities have been cracking down, recently arresting a Chinese national…
When Nigeria’s third most powerful politician was accused of sexual harassment on national television this year, a fierce backlash ensued — against his accuser. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of four women in Nigeria’s 109-seat Senate, was suspended for six months without pay in February. She said the suspension was punishment for speaking out against Godswill Akpabio,…
Social Media Scam: ओडिशा पुलिस ने दिल्ली से एक विदेशी नागरिक को गिरफ्तार किया है, जिस पर कटक की एक महिला को उसके प्राइवेट फोटोज और वीडियो के जरिए ब्लैकमेल करने का आरोप है. कटक के डीसीपी खिलाड़ी ऋषिकेश ज्ञानदेव ने रविवार (23 मार्च) को ये जानकारी दी. इस मामले का खुलासा तब हुआ जब 26…
Funds for vital health programs around the world remain frozen and their work has not been able to resume, despite a federal judge’s order that temporarily halted the Trump administration’s dismantling of the government’s main foreign aid agency. Interviews with people working on health initiatives in Africa and Asia found that parents in Kenya whose…
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of people in poor nations died literally gasping for breath, even in hospitals. What they lacked was medical oxygen, which is in short supply in much of the world. On Monday, a panel of experts published a comprehensive report on the shortage. Each year, the report noted,…
The leaders of more than half of Africa’s nations gathered this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s sprawling seaside metropolis, to commit to the biggest burst of spending on electric-power generation in Africa’s history. The World Bank, African Development Bank and others are pledging at least $35 billion to expand electricity across a continent where…
Nigeria Suicide Attack: नाइजीरिया के उत्तर-पूर्वी क्षेत्र में एक जिहादी फिदायीन हमले में कम से कम 27 नाइजीरियाई सैनिक मारे गए. समाचार एजेंसी एएफपी के मुताबिक, सैनिकों ने बर्नो और योबे राज्यों के बीच स्थित एक बंजर भूमि में इस्लामिक स्टेट (ISIS) से जुड़े आतंकवादियों के ठिकाने पर जमीन से आक्रमण किया था. एक सैन्य…