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Indonesia is in talks with several African countries, including Nigeria, to export and donate its homemade COVID-19 vaccine, its developer said on Friday. Indonesia is becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to approve a domestically developed COVID shot. Its approval for the shot, the detailed trial data of which …

The Ebola virus circulating in Uganda has mutated, according to Prof Pontiano Kaleebu of the Uganda Virus Research Institute. Prof Pontiano Kaleebu says there is however no evidence that it is any more transmissible than the original strain. They analysed samples from the first known case to be tested during …

Lagos police arrested a 35-year-old motocyclist man for impregnating his teenage step daughter,13, in his residence. The girl’s mother, Gift, noticed that her daughter was pregnant and upon request, the girl confided in her that it was her stepfather who got her pregnant. The accused would remain in Kirikiri Correctional …

Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and Other Related Matters arrested a woman in Anambra State for the murder of her maid. Available information reveals that the suspect had beaten her maid who began to convulse. “I beat her and she started convulsing so I …

Polish President Andrzej Duda revealed on Wednesday that he had asked the United States to position nuclear warheads on his country’s territory. In order to guard against potential threats from the Kremlin, Poland asked the United States to place warheads on its territory. However, the proposal seems essentially symbolic, as …

Two sons of a hunter thought they had “strengthened themselves with the protective charm”, by testing the bulletproof but one of them unfortunately lost his life. Elder brother Abubakar accidentally shot his younger brother, 12, while using their father’s gun. It is not clear why the two brothers went to …

Namibia has confirmed 54 cases of swine flu out of 190 suspected cases, the health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The central Otjozundjopa region and the area surrounding the capital Windhoek were the most affected, with 24 positive cases reported in each area. H1N1 influenza, also known as …

Zambian authorities on Wednesday arrested several prominent figures, including a former minister, an opponent, a journalist for various alleged offenses. Chitalu Chilufya the Zambian former health minister, is charged after being accused of conspiracy to defraud the state $17m (£15m) over the supply of health kits when he served as …

Armed men killed at least 10 teachers and kidnapped 50 others in Nigeria’s Kaduna State from January to date, the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) said. Ishaya Dauda, Chairman of ASUSS Chapter in Kaduna State, advised Governor Nasir El-Rufai to employ all possible means to secure the release …

Anti-corruption commission in Zambia charged former health minister, Chitalu Chilufya with corruption, local media reported. The former minister is accused of conspiracy to defraud the state $17m (£15m) over the supply of health kits when he served as minister in the last administration, according to a statement by the anti-corruption …