French journalist kidnapped in Mali pleads for help in video

Kidnapped French journalist, Olivier Dubois PARIS, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French journalist kidnapped by rebels in Mali’s northern city of Gao last month has appeared in a video appealing to French authorities to do everything they can to free him.“I’m Olivier Dubois. I’m French. I’m a journalist. I was…

Covid-19: Kenya confirms five cases of Indian variant

The five cases are all Indian nationals who have since been quarantined NAIROBI, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya confirmed that it has detected five cases of the Indian COVID-19 variant.Ministry of Health acting Director-General Dr. Patrick Amoth said that the five cases are all Indian nationals, who arrived in Kisumu on Thursday…

Nigeria army dismisses suggestions of takeover from Pres Buhari, facing worsening insecurity

Defence Spokesman, Onyema Nwachukwu ABUJA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s armed forces have dismissed suggestions that they should take over from President Muhammadu Buhari, who is facing mounting pressure over the country’s worsening insecurity.It was not the first Nigeria’s time armed forces have issued a statement backing Buhari, but the…

Nigerian bandits release abducted 27 Kaduna forestry college students

After the payment of ransom, the bandits only released 10 victims ABUJA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 27 students abducted by bandits from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have been released. One of the persons who received the students said the release was facilitated by the…

Covid-19: Kenya probes curfew police after ‘sick baby dies’

Police have put up roadblocks nationwide to enforce a curfew introduced to reduce coronavirus infections NAIROBI, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Kenya’s police watchdog has begun an investigation into reports that a baby died after officers on curfew duty refused to let a taxi go to hospital. The four-month-old had developed breathing difficulties on Saturday…

Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border

 BRUSSELS, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A farmer in Belgium has caused a stir after inadvertently redrawing the country’s border with France. A local history enthusiast was walking in the forest when he noticed the stone marking the boundary between the two countries had moved 2.29m (7.5ft). The Belgian farmer, apparently annoyed by the…

Uganda issues ‘special waiver’ to allow 4,000 attendees to president’s May 12 inauguration

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will take office for his fifth consecutive term KAMPALA, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Ugandan Government through a ‘special waiver’ will allow over 4,000 people including 21 heads of state to attend President Yoweri Museveni’s 6th swearing-in ceremony on May 12.The gathering of 4,042 people at…

Malian woman gives birth to nine babies in a Moroccan hospital

Nonuplets are extremely rare in medical practice BAMAKO, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Malian woman has given birth to nonuplets (nine babies), in what would be an extremely rare case.Halima Cisse, 25, gave birth on Tuesday to five girls and four boys in a Moroccan hospital where she had been…

Germany bans Muslim group over alleged terror donations

Police officers stay in front of a building of the Ansaar International association in Duesseldorf BERLIN, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The German government on Wednesday banned a Muslim organisation that it accused of supporting “terrorism globally with its donations”. Police raided buildings associated with Ansaar International in 10 German states,…

COVID-19 scare at G7 meeting after Indian delegates test positive

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab LONDON, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — India’s entire delegation to the Group of Seven summit in London is self-isolating after two of its members tested positive for COVID-19, the British government said on Wednesday. “Two delegates tested positive so the entire delegation is now self isolating,”…