June 29, 2021

No fewer than two people were treated yesterday for smoke inhalation after a blaze at industrial units in south London that sent thick smoke billowing across the British capital and disrupted transport.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered tha at its height, some 100 firefighters were sent to tackle the fire in three commercial units under railway arches at Elephant and Castle, near the River Thames.

Six cars and a telephone box also caught fire, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.

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London mayor Sadiq Khan said the fire was brought …

Hong Kong has banned all incoming flights from the United Kingdom from July 1 to curb the more infectious Delta strain of the coronavirus.

In a statement yesterday, government authorities said the UK would now be designated in the ‘extremely high-risk’ category of countries, it added, the most severe rating the city has for pandemic travel.

The latest measures over the Delta variant, first found in India, will restrict passengers who have stayed in the UK for more than two hours from boarding passenger flights to the city.

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The authorities …

Ethiopia’s federal government has accepted a ceasefire according to going by credible reports available to Africa Daily News, New York.

Earlier the interim administration in Tigray had asked the government to agree to call a halt to the fighting.

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The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the former governing party in the region, said on Monday it was back in control of Mekelle, and residents reported seeing troops in Tigray regional uniforms in the city for the first time since November.

The statement on the ‘immediate, unilateral’ ceasefire on Monday carried …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has provided a comprehensive briefing to President Muhammadu Buhari on the rightsizing policy of the state State Government and the steps taken so far to implement it categorically pointing out that reversing the decision was almost impossible.

The governor said that Kaduna State will seek accountability for the actions of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the state by setting up a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the NLC strike and protest of May 2021.

In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, which was sighted by Africa Daily …