Benin’s minister raises alert to serious security threat after seizures of ammunitions

COTONOU, May 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Benin’s Minister of the Interior Sacca Lafia on Saturday warned of a destabilizing plan as a serious threat to the integrity of the country. Lafia sounded the alarm in a statement here in the economic capital Cotonou, citing the seizures of batches of ammunitions in…

US: 11 injured in balcony collapse near Los Angeles

What’s left of a seaside balcony in Malibu after fire officials say it collapsed LOS ANGELES, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A rented residential balcony collapsed near California’s city of Los Angeles on Saturday, leaving at least 11 injured, according to local officials and media reports. The collapse took place on…

US: Major pipeline shut by ransomware attack

The Colonial Pipeline serves millions of customers on the East Coast, including Washington Dulles International Airport WASHINGTON, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The largest fuel pipeline system in the United States was forced to shut down its entire network after a ransomware attack, the operating company said in a statement. The…

Mexico City to pay damages to victims of deadly metro accident

MEXICO CITY, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico City will pay the equivalent of US$2,000 to the families of 26 people killed when an elevated metro line collapsed, city hall’s official gazette said. Around US$500 will be paid to the approximately 80 people injured in the accident, the publication added. The…

EU and India to restart stalled trade deal talks, von der Leyen says

India is currently the world’s second-most populous country after China BRUSSELS, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union and India have agreed to pick back up talks on a free trade deal that were frozen in 2013, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has indicated.“Between the EU and India…

Nigeria violence: Gunmen attack multiple police checkpoints for Rivers, kill six

ABUJA, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, working in collaboration with the illegal Eastern Security Network on Saturday attacked a Divisional Police Headquarters in Odoro Ikpe in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and killed six persons.It…

Covid-18: South Africa reports four cases of India virus variant

PRETORIA, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s health ministry on Saturday said four cases of a coronavirus variant fuelling a devastating surge of Covid-19 in India had been recorded in the country. “The four cases of B.1.617.2 have been detected in (the provinces of) Gauteng (2) and KwaZulu-Natal (2) and…

Covid-19: Guatemala protesters demand president resign over vaccine shortage

GUATEMALA CITY, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of Guatemalans protested Saturday in the capital to demand the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, holding him responsible for a lack of Covid-19 vaccines. “We are protesting for him [Giammattei] to resign and to tell us where the money for the vaccines is,”…

Covid-19: Spain ends state of emergency

MADRID, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain has lifted a state of emergency in place since October to fight the pandemic, allowing Spaniards to travel between regions for the first time in months. Although the emergency measure, which expired at midnight (2200 GMT Saturday) will lead to more freedoms, it is…

South African sportsman shot dead by US police laid to rest in homeland

Lindani Myeni JOHANNESBURG, May 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Friends, family and colleagues were among the people who gathered at Eskhaleni TVET college in Empangeni on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast to pay their last respects to Lindani Myeni on Saturday. The former rugby player was shot dead by Honolulu police in April…