October 6, 2021

The bodies of no fewer than 17 migrants were on Wednesday found washed up on a Libyan beach after their boat capsized during a bid to reach Europe by sea, the coast guard have disclosed.

Libya is a major departure point for desperate migrants, tens of thousands of whom board unseaworthy boats every year in attempts to reach Italian shores 300 kilometres (190 miles) away.

Africa daily news, new york understands that the voyages often turn deadly.

‘Over the past 24 hours, the bodies of 17 migrants were found on the coast between the cities of Zawiya and Sorman, by …

No fewer than sixteen soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded in an attack in central Mali on Wednesday, security and health officials in the war-torn Sahel state have disclosed.

Mali’s army had earlier disclosed that five soldiers had been killed and eight wounded. However, a health official working in central Mali said the death toll had risen to 16, with 10 soldiers injured.

A security source, who requested anonymity, confirmed the toll.

In its statement which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York Mali’s army said that troops had repelled a “complex IED attack,” referring to an improvised …

A crisis is currently brewing after oil was discovered in Evue/Igbighogho bushes in Oviri-Olomu Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.

Africa Daily News, New York learnt that five families including Edariese Efedjamah, Irevwiruemu, George Akanuota, Onakota and Ashe families are claiming ownership of the said land.

Four out of the five families, at a press conference held in Udu Local Government Area, said only the five families should be paid compensations and allowed to enjoy the benefits accruable from the land.

They added that only the five families should be entitled to contract awards, employments, Christmas …

Dr Ibrahim Liman, the Comptroller General of the Federal Fire Service of Nigeria has said the service would withdraw from any State where his men or equipment are attacked during the course of discharging their duties.

Liman made this known in Akure during a courtesy visit to the office of the Governor of Ondo State, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday.

Liman, who said he was in Ondo with his men for a week-long retreat for management staff of the fire service, disclosed that the training would boost the service delivery of his men.

He noted that most people didn’t know …

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service on Tuesday announced what it described as a ‘life-changing treatment’ for sickle cell disease (SCD).

A statement from the NHS which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York noted that; the discovery ‘Known as Crizanlizumab, the new drug will be delivered by a transfusion drip and works by binding to a protein in the blood cells to prevent the restriction of blood and oxygen supply that lead to a sickle cell crisis’.

The drug is expected to help persons living with SCD have ‘a much better quality of life.’

SCD, according to the …