By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
A tanker caught fire under Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency confirmed. Emergency services were alerted at about 4.24pm on Monday and the agency immediately mobilised its teams, according to its spokesperson Olawale Afolabi.
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A mission from the Economic Community of West African States is assessing the needs of the regional hospitals in Bafatá and Gabú, Guinea-Bissau, to strengthen their capacity. Conducted from 13 to 23 October, the assessment covers management, human resources, access to water and sanitation, among other areas, according to an ECOWAS publication reported by ANG.
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau · Source: Ang ·
Nigeria Customs handed illicit products worth 511.4 million naira to the anti-drug agency and health regulator, including cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine and codeine syrup. Two vehicles and two suspects were also transferred to the authorities in Ikeja for investigation and legal action, according to Customs spokesperson Hussaini Abdullahi, cited by Punch.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Punch ·
Nigeria’s Benue State spent more than 160 million naira on treatment for displaced people bitten by snakes between March and September, according to James Iorpuu, executive secretary of the emergency management agency. Treatment was provided at Benue University Teaching Hospital, while the authorities are also maintaining food distributions despite dwindling resources, Punch reports.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Punch ·
The Nigeria Customs Service and the African Export-Import Bank are studying a regional programme to modernise borders and facilitate trade with Benin and Cameroon. The discussions cover infrastructure, digital systems and harmonising procedures, according to Abdullahi Maiwada, deputy spokesman for Nigeria’s customs service.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Businessday ·
Nigeria: Showunmi defends wife’s appointment to electoral operations roleBola Tinubu’s campaign official Segun Showunmi says the new post given to his wife, Oluyemi Adeyemi-Showunmi, at Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission is an internal administrative decision. She takes charge of the electoral operations department ahead of the 2027 election, and Showunmi defended her professional record in an interview on Channels Television, the Daily Post reports.The week in Africa
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