Earlier in the conversations, Atiku had suggested private sector investment to raise the country’s healthcare standards. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, Sunday night refused to pledge to use Nigeria’s public health system if he is elected the country’s leader. “The facility that will cater to […]
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The association said the average medical and dental consultant is not only a clinician but also doubles as a teacher for medical students and doctors in specialist (residency) training. The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has said not less than 500 of its members left the country between 2020 and 2022. In […]
Udora Orizu in Abuja The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday promised to ensure removal of bottlenecks stifling access to funds by tertiary institutions, if elected president in 2023. Atiku who gave the assurance at the Arise TV presidential town hall series III Sunday evening said there’s need to avoid […]
Church-led marches across the Democratic Republic of Congo saw protesters decry fighting in the country’s restive east and condemn neighboring Rwanda for allegedly backing rebels. Peace marches organized by the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo attracted thousands of people angry at the violence in the country’s troubled east. Protesters in the capital, […]
Nume Ekeghe A survey carried out by Agusto&Co has revealed that 59 per cent of bank customers sampled indicated that they have fallen victim to fraud. According to the survey, 41 per cent said their accounts hadn’t been compromised, “however, the remaining had been victims through phishing emails, data breaches, unauthorised access to accounts through […]
Presidential candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi have unanimously denounced the current poverty rate in the country, saying it’s unacceptable considering the nation’s resources. The candidates have also identified insecurity as the major cause of poverty in […]
World Cup brings memorable songs and who can forget the pride we had in Africa hosting the World Cup South Africa in 2011. Waka Waka was an instant hit for Shakira. What a difference ten years makes and we are at World Cup Qatar 2022 and everyone is writing their own Official tribute song for […]
Informal vendors are a common feature in urban areas. Also known as street vendors, they sell products or provide services on a public road, in a regulated market or in other public spaces. These vendors usually sell food close to places of employment, educational institutions, and transit hubs. Globally, it’s recognised that your workplace influences […]
Saka ensured England’s victory was all but sealed when he made it 3-0 in the 57th minute before he was substituted moments after. England are through to the quarter-final stage of the ongoing World Cup in Qatar and they did it in a stunning style, hammering Senegal’s Teranga Lions 3-0 Sunday night at the Al […]
While the country is on tenterhooks about Cyril Ramaphosa’s political future, the international community’s concerns are around who could replace him. Finance Minister and ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member Enoch Godongwana says he has been inundated with questions about who is next in line in case President Cyril Ramaphosa is impeached through a parliamentary […]
It will be a battle of the Lions on Sunday, December 4, when the Teranga Lions of Senegal lock horns with the Three Lions of England in the round of 16 game of the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The game which will be played at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor […]
Activists and Champions against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Rwanda and other countries have recommended mechanisms for the early detection of women who are affected by violence, addressing the root causes of violence against women and girls, and ensuring access to justice. The reactions follow findings from a new study by the United Nations Office on […]
Responding to the decision of South Africa’s Cabinet to propose a Bill that will repeal criminalisation of sex work, UNAIDS Country Director Eva Kiwango said: “The evidence is clear: Criminalisation has been proven to have increased the risks faced by South Africa’s sex workers, hurt their health and safety, and obstructed South Africa’s HIV response. […]
Abuja — Palestine has appealed to Nigeria to come out and play a critical role in resolving the Palestine/Israel conflict. Speaking to journalists in Abuja at the weekend, the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Nigeria, Abdallah Abu Shawesh, said Nigeria can play a crucial role because it has good relations with Palestine and […]
The new book The Unaccountables: The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity is welcome for the way it contextualises corruption. It shows how politicians and bureaucrats could not implement corruption without their corporate and professional enablers – the accountants, auditors and advocates who make it all possible. The book is the result of […]
Zanzibar — ETHIOPIAN President Sahle-Work Zewde yesterday hailed Tanzania for engineering peace and harmony in the continent. The Ethiopian President further said Tanzania is also a good place and model in promoting gender equality as she congratulated President Samia Suluhu Hassan for being awarded an honourary doctorate degree, saying she deserves it because of her […]
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has cited inclusion of women as among key tools for unlocking the economic potentials in Africa and the world at large. The Head of State remarked this during the African Women Leader Network’s (AWLN) fourth Intergenerational Retreat of the Young Women Leaders held in Zanzibar, yesterday, indicating issues like safeguarding meaningful […]
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has released his manifesto for 2023 campaigns tagged, ‘It’s POssible’. LEADERSHIP gathered from top party officials that the much-awaited document will be formally unveiled to the public on Sunday, December 4, 2022. In the 62-page manifesto, the party anchored its 2023 presidential campaign on seven cardinal areas […]