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An exchange of heavy ammunition fire erupted on Wednesday between Iranian forces and Afghanistan’s Taliban at Iran’s eastern border.

According to a local Iranian news Agency, Tasnim ‘A clash erupted in the afternoon between Iranian border guards and the Taliban following a misunderstanding at the border near the (Afghan) province of Nimroz’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Iran, which shares a 900 kilometre (560 mile) border with Afghanistan, does not recognise the Taliban government formed after the insurgents seized the capital Kabul in August.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said a ‘border dispute between residents” of the …

The Chinese embassy have asked its citizens to evacuate three provinces in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo as soon as possible.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the notice is coming on the heels of several cases of armed robbery and kidnappings of Chinese nationals in the region’s mines in recent days.

A posting from the Chinese Embassy in Kinshasa on the WeChat online messaging disclosed that a number of Chinese citizens had been attacked and kidnapped in the three provinces of South Kivu, North Kivu, and Ituri over the past month.

It said Chinese residing …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has claimed that the constant jailbreaks across the country is a plot by the Federal Government to perpetually keep its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of Department of States Services (DSS).

The group alleged that the DSS always arranged a prisons break, each time a suspect of interest is billed to be transferred from its custody to prison to create the impression that Nigerian prisons were not safe.

The secessionist group made this known in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful which was made available to Africa Daily …

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned that no Christian should be killed in Zamfara State, while also calling on security agencies to protect all churches in the state and prevent terrorists from carrying out their latest threats against Christians living in the Northwestern State.

The Association submitted that the threat against Christians and churches by the terrorists is a divisive strategy against the effort of Christian and Muslim leaders towards ending criminalities in the North-West and ought to be condemned by all lovers of peace.

CAN also called on the Department of State Security and the Inspector General …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has commenced the enforcement of mandatory vaccination of civil workers against COVID-19 at the Federal Secretariat.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that as early as 7:00 am on Wednesday morning, security men manned the main entrance to the Federal Secretariat where they demanded either a vaccination card or evidence of negative PCR test before allowing the civil servants to enter the Secretariat.

Some of the unvaccinated civil servants who spoke to reporters however questioned the Federal Government’s decision saying COVID-19 vaccination should not be made compulsory but a matter of choice.

Others said they …

 The first case of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus has been confirmed in Nigeria by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

This was contained in a press release issued by the centre and signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa on Wednesday morning.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that the Omicron variant, a new strain of the coronavirus disease, was first reported by South Africa and first detected in Botswana.

Following the discovery, countries such as the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Israel among others placed travel bans on southern African countries.

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Ethiopia on Monday debunked the report that it staged an attack over the weekend along its shared border with Sudan, blaming unrest in the disputed zone on rebels from its war-hit Tigray region.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that on Saturday, Sudan’s military reported that ‘several’ soldiers had been killed in an attack by armed groups and militias linked to the Ethiopian military in the fertile expanse known as Al-Fashaqa.

The area has long been a source of tension between Addis Ababa and Khartoum, sparking deadly clashes over the last year.

However, in comments that aired on state media …

Some prisoners bolted away from Jos Correctional Centre on Sunday when it came under attack by gunmen, the police said.

In a statement, ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) said eight of the jail breakers were re-arrested.

But he added that “the search for other escaped inmates continues’.

The Nigerian Correctional Service has not given an update on the attack after it said the attackers had been subdued and were holed up at the centre.

However, Ogaba said some of the inmates escaped from the facility.

Ogaba said that of the eight fleeing inmates, seven were …

Fire on Monday afternoon razed over five rooms in Captain Amangala, Old PortHarcourt Township, in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the fire incident on Monday is the sixth in less than two weeks in Port Harcourt

According to some residents in the area, the fire was as a result of illegally refined kerosene that exploded in one of the apartments.

Others, however, ascribed the fire to a ‘gas explosion.’

Eyewitnesses who spoke to newsmen stated that a lady from whose apartment the fire began was’ seriously burnt’ but has …

The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Customs Service to ground 91 private jets belonging to some wealthy Nigerians over their alleged refusal to pay import duties running to over ₦30bn, documents obtained by Africa Daily News, New York have revealed.

As such, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali, (retd.) following a directive from the Presidency, has written a letter to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency asking the agencies to ground the affected private jets with immediate effect.

The letter, with reference number NCS/T&T/ACG/042/s.100/VOL.II, which was dated …