Day: February 14, 2021

Do or die politics fuelling insecurity In Africa – Nigeria’s ex-President

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigeria’s ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has declared that the do or die politics in place in many African countries is fuelling the insecurity rocking the continent. He advised Nigerian politicians not to see elections as coups or war even as he warned that the contestation for power is responsible for the growing rate of insecurity not only in the country but across the continent of Africa. The former president was speaking on Saturday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, during the thanksgiving service to mark the one year anniversary…

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COVID-19 Pandemic: N’Zealand’s Biggest City Ordered Into Lockdown

Wonuola Olujobi

  New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ordered the country’s biggest city Auckland to go into lockdown after the discovery of three new local cases of Covid-19. The measures will last three days and require residents to stay at home. Ms Ardern said the country was going “hard and early” after the cases were identified, reports the BBC. New Zealand has won widespread praise for its handling of the pandemic, going months without community transmission. The country closed its borders entirely to almost all non-citizens or residents early on…

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