Relatives dug through the mud in search of their loved ones and a morgue overflowed with bodies Monday after heavy rains and flooding early in the day killed at least 200 people in Sierra Leone's capital. Bodies were spread out on the floor of a morgue, Sinneh Kamara, a coroner technician at the Connaught Hospital mortuary, told the national broadcaster. "The capacity at the mortuary is too small for the corpses," he told the Sierra Leone National Broadcasting Corp.Kamara urged the health department to deploy more ambulances, saying his mortuary only has four. Sierra Leone's national television broadcaster interrupted its…

The federal government on Sunday assured the UN of its commitment to respect and safeguard diplomatic status of the organisation’s personnel and property in Nigeria. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement by its acting spokesperson, Jane Adams, said that the assurance was sequel to the military search of the UN premises in Maiduguri, Borno on August 11. UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Edward Kallon, had on August 11 expressed concern over the unauthorised search of a UN base for humanitarian workers in Maiduguri by security forces. The Ministry expressed the federal government’s regret over the incident noting that government…

Despite continuing efforts of the Federal Government to evacuate stranded Nigerians from Libya, efforts which have been on since 2016 with over 2,000 Nigerians assisted back home, more Nigerians still throng the North African country. International Organization for Migration (IOM), a United Nations humanitarian agency, has been collaborating with National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other agencies of government to return Nigerians back home. From 2006 till date, no fewer than 42 trips have been carried out to bring back stranded thousands of Nigerians, with virtually all of them recounting horrible experiences in Libyan detention facilities. Most of them spent…

President Muhammadu Buhari says there is tremendous improvement in his health, indeed, he wishes to return home, "but I've learnt to obey my doctor's orders, rather than be the one issuing the orders. Here, the doctor is absolutely in charge." The President spoke while receiving the presidential media team, and Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters, at Abuja House, London, on Saturday. Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, led the visiting team, accompanied by Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity; Mr Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, and Mrs Lauretta Onochie, Personal…