Social media access in Mozambique has been restricted for the second time in a week, according to the global internet watchdog NetBlocks, following calls for nationwide strikes by opposition leaders over a contentious presidential election. Tensions have escalated in Mozambique after the ruling Frelimo party, which has been in power for 49 years, won the…
Kharkiv, Ukraine – At least one person, a 12-year-old boy, has died, and 35 others have been injured after a Russian bomb struck a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Kharkiv authorities confirmed the boy’s death on Thursday and reported that emergency workers were actively engaged in rescue operations. The regional governor stated that…
Ilorin, Kwara State – Christopher Tunji-Ayeni, former Deputy Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, died in a tragic car accident on Thursday. The incident was confirmed in a statement by Mrs Olayinka Basambo, Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kwara State. According to Basambo, the FRSC received a…
Abuja, Nigeria – The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Association (AHPA) have called off their seven-day warning strike, which was initiated on October 25 to demand better working conditions. The decision was announced in a communiqué released on Thursday in Abuja by JOHESU’s National Chairman, Mr Kabiru Minjibir, and…
In an alarming revelation, recent research indicates that 77% of the world’s coral reefs are now affected by bleaching, primarily driven by warming ocean waters linked to human-induced climate change. This extensive bleaching event, the fourth and most widespread on record, is impacting coral ecosystems across both hemispheres, according to the United Nations Capital Development…
