By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
A fire destroyed 75 permanent buildings and 35 temporary structures at Kofar Ruwa Timber Market in Nigeria's Kano State. The blaze broke out at about 7.39am on Saturday, according to Kabiru Isah Jafaru, spokesman for the Kano State Fire Service.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has proposed six executive directors for the authority regulating the country’s midstream and downstream oil sector, including three reappointments and three new nominations. Their five-year terms now depend on Senate confirmation, according to presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: ThisDay ·
Police in Nigeria’s Bauchi State have arrested five suspects in two separate cases of alleged sexual violence against girls aged 12 and 10, spokesperson Nafiu Habib said. The victims’ fathers reported the incidents on 29 October; the suspects were transferred to the state criminal investigation department, while both children were taken to hospital for examination.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: P.M. News ·
Two accidents on the Casablanca-Agadir motorway on Saturday 31 October killed four people and injured 32, four of them seriously. The collisions, one of which involved a coach and three other vehicles, disrupted traffic towards Agadir, according to Lebrief.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Lebrief ·
A fire at Kikolo market in the Angolan municipality of Cacuaco has deprived more than 500 sellers of their stalls and income. Three weeks after the blaze, traders are struggling to resume business despite a promise of financial assistance from the authorities, Expansão reports.
🇦🇴 Angola · Source: Expansão ·
Two suspected Ebola cases test negative in AdamawaTwo people suspected of contracting Ebola virus disease in Nigeria’s Adamawa State tested negative after two rounds of tests. They had been isolated in Yola, while the country’s only confirmed case was then in the Federal Capital Territory, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
Saponé launches National Reproductive Health WeekThe municipality of Saponé launched the National Reproductive Health Week on 26 October, running until 1 November. The campaign covers family planning, breastfeeding, screening for women’s cancers and infection prevention, according to AIB.The week in Africa
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