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1, March 2018
Nigeria: Death toll from Lassa fever reaches 72 0
Nigeria is suffering its worst outbreak of Lassa fever, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, as local health officials said 72 people had died since the start of this year. Lassa fever, named after the town in northern Nigeria where it was first identified in 1969, is endemic but the number of confirmed […]
1, March 2018
S. Cameroons Crisis: Nigeria holds security meeting on French Cameroun cross-border military action 0
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Baba Abubakar, at the instruction of the Chief of Army Staff(COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, held an elaborate security stakeholders meeting on the 27th of February, 2018 at the 245 Reconnaissance Battalion at Ikom, Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State. […]
1, March 2018
Train crash kills 10 in Egypt 0
At least 10 people were killed and 15 others were injured in a train crash on Wednesday in Egypt’s northern province of Beheira, the health ministry said. Two passenger carriages separated from one train and collided with a cargo train, the official news agency MENA said, citing the provincial security director. Egyptians have long complained […]
1, March 2018
Bundes: CSU urges new election if SPD rejects coalition 0
Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, has called for new election if the members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) say “No” to a new coalition with the conservative bloc. The SPD’s 464,000 members are voting in a postal ballot on whether to approve a power-sharing deal […]
28, February 2018
Cameroon, Nigeria and unwanted headaches 0
Besieged by an unending campaign of terror by Boko Haram in the northeast, secessionist agitations in the southeast, and vicious attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in north central states and elsewhere, Nigeria is a country in need of an urgent reprieve. Unfortunately, that reprieve seems to be more of a mirage than an actuality. The […]
28, February 2018
Yaounde: Issa Tchiroma arrest in the offing 1
Cameroon’s minister of communication, Issa Tchiroma, is very likely to be arrested one of these days. The government spokesperson who has been a mouthpiece for Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, is facing a long jail time as his name has appeared among those who are being accused of embezzling funds and misusing fuel coupons at the […]
28, February 2018
Nigeria in talks with firms to revamp oil refineries 0
Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC is in the final stages of talks with two consortiums that include top traders, energy and oil companies to revamp its rundown refineries. The move is aimed at helping Nigeria, Africa’s biggest crude producer, save billions of dollars on fuel imports. the two consortiums would be paid via the offtake of refined […]
28, February 2018
“Scottish Parliament will refuse to sign EU exit bill” 0
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Edinburgh will refuse to agree to London’s planned Brexit deal with the European Union, arguing that the exit bill would undermine the whole foundation on which the UK devolution system was built. Sturgeon made the announcement in an interview with BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday, a day after the […]
28, February 2018
Monica Lewinsky says affair with Bill Clinton was ‘gross abuse of power’ 0
Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky says her extramarital affair that led to the impeachment of Former US President Bill Clinton “was not sexual assault,” but “constituted a gross abuse of power.” The 44-year-old made the comment in a report published by the Vanity Fair magazine on Tuesday, reflecting on events after the #MeToomovement born in […]
1, March 2018
Ambazonia Crisis: CRTV Buea begs for more security after threat 0
by soter • Entertainment, Headline News, Life
State-owned Cameroon Radio Televison (CRTV) in the restive South West region has reported of security threats from persons believed to be separatists. According to a letter written by CRTV regional station manager, workers needed reinforced security especially in the wake of a threatening call to an official at Mt. Cameroon FM. The letter addressed to the Governor […]