A non-governmental organisation, the Incorporated Trustees of Citizens Right and Control Initiative has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the House of Representatives to reopen its investigation into external loans and commercial agreements by the Nigerian government. In an application for judicial review for an order of mandamus, the group is seeking […]
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Telecommunication users whose telephone lines have been barred due to their inability to link their numbers to a National Identity Number (NIN) have been counting their losses since Monday, April 2, 2022, following a federal government directive to that effect. About 72 million subscribers have been barred from using their lines, and as a result, […]
A former Senate president, Bukola Saraki, yesterday submitted the report of the National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee (NRSC) to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a charge on the party to make sure that the primaries are fair and just to all. Addressing members of the committee, NWC members […]
Data protection is a constitutional right founded in Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution as amended. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has called on the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) to ensure data protection, privacy and confidentiality in the country. Mr Pantami made the call at the official launch of NDPB […]
Cape Town — Internet giant Google is celebrating the 151st birthday of Charlotte Maxeke, popularly known as the “Mother of Black Freedom”. Maxeke was a scholar, an evangelist, a political activist, as well as an advocate for women’s rights. She was also the first black woman to graduate with a university degree in South Africa. Her […]
The large-scale contamination of the public sphere by rumours, hate speech, dangerous conspiracy theories and orchestrated deception campaigns is causing widespread concern around the world. These ills are collectively referred to as “information disorder” . The disorder results from a range of factors. They include a rapidly changing media ecology and an increasingly fractious, populist […]
When it comes to water security – a reliable, good supply of safe water – just 29 African countries have made some progress over the past three to five years. Twenty-five have made none. This data comes out of the UN’s first-ever assessment of water security in Africa. Published by the UN University’s Canada-based Institute […]
Durban — From Johannesburg to Durban, community WhatsApp groups have thrived during the pandemic, but they can feed paranoia, racial profiling and vigilante surveillance, researchers say South African crime rates among the world’s highest Local WhatsApp groups used for neighbourhood surveillance Groups need a moderator to avoid racism, say experts When South African content manager […]
Effective today, April 7, all sporting competitions will be put on hold for a week until April 13, as the sports fraternity joins the rest of the country to commemorate the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. This year’s commemoration marks the 28th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Ahead of […]
Every year, just like other sectors, the sports fraternity in Rwanda holds activities to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Here for example, sports tournaments are organised to remember the Athletes, Administration officials that were killed during the Genocide but also to teach the young generations about reconciliation and unity, since sports is at […]
Federal government has dismissed insinuations that it had been overwhelmed by the prevailing insecurity, which have been worsened by attacks and killings by bandits and terrorists in the North Central and North West zones. The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the assertion to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council […]
Rwanda’s international basketball referee Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza has been named among referees shortlisted to officiate the forthcoming Nile Conference games of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) which gets underway from April 9-19 at the Hassan Mostafa Indoor Sports Complex in Cairo, Egypt. The 31-year-old departed for Cairo on Wednesday aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight. Ruhamiriza officiated […]
The terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna Train penultimate Monday night, have threatened to kill all abducted passengers if government fails to meet their demands. Although they didn’t mention their demands and whether it was the Federal Government or Kaduna State government they were referring to but in a viral video recorded before freeing one of […]
An expert said that even if fully vaccinated as a child, adults may be at risk for other diseases due to age, job, lifestyle, travel, or a health condition. Following the emergence and rapid spread of coronavirus, yellow fever, Ebola, and Lassa fever among other infectious diseases, medical experts have advocated improved adult vaccination campaigns […]
Brazzaville — Climate-related health emergencies are on the rise in Africa, accounting for more than half of public health events recorded in the region over the past two decades, a new analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) shows. The analysis found that of the 2121 public health events recorded in the African region between 2001 […]
The federal government has lifted the nationwide curfew from 12 midnight to 4 a.m. imposed in 2019 to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The new policy was announced Wednesday by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) on the implementation guidelines for easing COVID-19 restrictions across different national activities. The PSC said the decision to […]
As Nigeria’s fragile healthcare system struggles to recover from the effect of COVID-19, LEADERSHIP checks reveal that high cost of diesel and poor electricity supply pose another phase of challenge. Healthcare facilities, especially secondary and tertiary hospitals need constant electricity either for medical laboratory investigations, storage of drugs, samples and other healthcare services, LEADERSHIP learnt. […]
An urgent call to protect health and mitigate the climate crisis was issued by the UN health agency on Wednesday, to mark World Health Day on Thursday. In its call-to-action, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a shocking report on Monday, noting that 99 per cent of people breathe unhealthy air – mainly resulting from […]