September 2021

A two-year-old died on Saturday in Texas after shooting himself with a gun he found in a family member’s backpack, officials have revealed.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that this is the latest in a string of similar accidents by US children which have become tragically ordinary.

The boy in the city of Waco sustained a gunshot wound to his head and was taken to a hospital where he later died, according to a statement by local police released Thursday.

Investigators believe the boy killed himself by accident.

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The head of Chad’s military junta, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, on Friday named 93 members of a new interim parliament, five months after declaring himself leader following the death of his father Idriss Deby Itno.

‘The following people have been designated members of the National Transitional Council,” said the decree signed by the four-star general, who when he declared himself head of the Transitional Military Council on April 20, dissolved parliament and promised “free and transparent’ elections in 18 months.

Members of the former opposition of the late president Deby were among the members, but none from the opposition platform …

Amnesty International on Saturday, appealed to the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency set up a panel to investigate a military airstrike that accidentally killed nine people in Yobe State.

Recall a few weeks ago, a Nigerian Air Force jet said to have been targeting the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist group, accidentally hit Buwari and other communities in Yunusari LGA of the state.

However, in a statement on Saturday, Mallam Isa Sanusi, the media manager of Amnesty International in Nigeria, appealed to the federal government to set up a panel to investigate the incident.…

The United States is set to ship another 2.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to hard-hit Bangladesh, a White House official has revealed.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that this is coming after the Biden administration announced a ramping up of global donations.

The latest shipment — 2,508,480 Pfizer doses — brings the total of US shots to the country above nine million.

Packing was underway and first deliveries, made through the World Health Organization’s Covax program, arrive Monday, the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters.

‘We are proud to be able to deliver these safe and effective …

Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State has warned that it will no longer turn a blind eye to undergraduates of the institution engaged in indecent dressing.

The Senate of the institution threatened to rusticate any student involved in any form of indecent dressing.

The authority of the institution, which gave the stern warning in a circular, disclosed that failure to comply with the directive would attract rustication from the school for a semester.

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The circular with reference number AD/ REG/CIR/58/VOL. VI/309 was signed by the registrar of the school, Olugbenga Arajulu …