The Governor of Borno State, Babangana Zulum says that repentant insurgents should not be rejected in order to avoid worsening the insurgency war.
He believes the price for rejecting the surrendered bandits could be far worse than the current situation.
He says the report of the surrendering of the insurgents is a very welcome development unless they want to continue with an endless war.

Governor Samuel Ortom has described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst when it comes to handling security matters.
Governor Ortom says he was disappointed at the way the president has handled certain critical matters in the country, especially insecurity.
The governor was reacting to the president’s open grazing policy.
He says he has achieved some level of development in other sectors but these prominent things that are concerns to Nigerians and they are all worried.

Lawyers for President Joe Biden’s administration have asked the US Supreme Court to keep in place a federal prohibition on evictions, designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while justices consider a constitutional challenge by landlord groups to the ban’s legality.
US Justice Department lawyers say the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acted within its lawful authority earlier this month when it renewed a federal moratorium on kicking people out of their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
The CDC first issued an eviction moratorium in September 2020, with agency officials saying the policy was needed to combat the spread of COVID-19 and prevent homelessness during the pandemic.

The United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned an Eritrean official it accused of engaging in serious human rights abuses committed during the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is blacklisting General Filipos Woldeyohannes, the chief of staff of the Eritrean Defense Forces.
The Treasury accuses EDF troops of massacres, looting, rape, torture, executions and purposely shooting civilians in the street.
Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control Andrea M Gacki says today’s action demonstrates the United States’ commitment to imposing costs on those responsible for these despicable acts, which worsen a conflict that has led to tremendous suffering by Ethiopians.

The US Food and Drug Administration fully approved Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, a move expected to trigger a new wave of vaccine mandates as the Delta variant batters the country.
Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock in a statement says the FDA’s approval of this vaccine is a milestone as we continue to battle the Covid-19 pandemic.
The decision to award it approval was based on updated data from the drug’s clinical trial, including a longer duration of follow-up, with safety and effectiveness evaluated among more than 40,000 people.

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has sued several companies for ordering employees to receive Covid-19 vaccines or risk the sack.
ZCTU says the actions of the companies violated workers’ constitutional rights.
They argued that there is no law in Zimbabwe making vaccination compulsory. Each person, having fully considered the implications and effects of vaccination, is expected to make a personal decision on whether or not to get vaccinated.
The Zimbabwe government, which has ordered all civil servants to get vaccinated, is targeting to inoculate at least 10 million of its approximately 15 million citizens by the end of this year.

Morocco is preparing to launch a Covid-19 vaccination campaign for those aged 12-17.
Said Afif, a member of the health ministry's scientific committee, told Morocco World News that various government ministries were working on the vaccine scheme for students.
The country has succeeded in a rapid roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine and has administered the highest number of vaccines of any African country by a significant margin.
The health minister says currently almost half the population of 36.5 million people have received one dose of the vaccine, while 12 million have been fully jabbed.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended the suspension of parliament and parliamentary immunity until further notice.
He says he would address the nation in the coming days, without giving more details.
The president assumed executive authority last month in a surprise move his opponents labelled as a coup,
Mr Saied has defended his actions, saying the measures which also included the sacking of the prime minister were necessary to save the country from collapse.
The president was elected in a landslide in 2019 promising to stand up against corruption.

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has declared that only those with the vaccination cards or proofs of having taken, at least, their first jabs of the Covid-19 vaccines, would be granted access to public places, including banks, worship places and other large gatherings.
Obaseki handed down the new rules while flagging off the second phase of the coronavirus vaccination exercise.
Obaseki says large gatherings, as well as high traffic public and private places, will only be accessed by persons, who have proof of taking at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccination. People who have not yet been vaccinated at all will depend on remote access to these gatherings.

President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to reduce borrowing from external lending houses to fund the country’s annual budgets.
Lawan says the administration should, instead, focus on blocking financial leakages and avoiding wastage in all tiers of government.
The senate president says his discussion with Buhari centred on the need to take steps to increase revenue generation by government agencies and reduce dependence on external loans to fund the budget.