The Government of Canada has announced a three million dollars assistance to the Bauchi State Government to enhance women’s engagement in health service delivery The Head, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bauchi Field Office, Mr Tushar Rane disclosed this when a UNICEF and Global Affairs Canada joint team visited Gov. Bala Mohammed, on Tuesday in […]
Tag: Sports
The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna State and Senator representing Kaduna Central, Dr Uba Sani, has said following the performance of Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Kaduna interactive session for 2023 presidential candidates, Asiwaju is the best successor of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Speaking to journalists in Kaduna, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to hand over to Nigerians, a peaceful secured country before he leaves office next year. Is this realizable considering the short time left for him to go? Residents of the South East zone speak on the issue. It’s not achievable, Ohanaeze doubts President The apex Igbo socio-cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo […]
… Lockdowns 5 LGAs over upsurge in bandit attacks Zamfara State government has apologised for shutting down five broadcast stations in the state. The government had ordered the closure of some media houses in Gusau, the state capital, for providing coverage for a political rally organised by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The affected media […]
While load shedding was reduced from Stage 4 to Stage 2 until 5am this morning, Stage 3 load shedding will kick in this afternoon. “Load shedding Stage 3 will resume at 4pm until midnight on Wednesday and be repeated on Thursday. Stage 2 will then be implemented from 4pm until midnight on Friday,” Eskom said […]
Windhoek — Authorities in Namibia say a Chinese man jailed for smuggling rhinoceros horns has escaped from prison. Chinese national Wang Hui is on the run after he escaped from the Windhoek Correctional Facility, where he had been serving a 15-year sentence for the illegal export of controlled wildlife products. Hui and three other Chinese […]
Governments across Africa have been asked to collaborate and develop a regulatory framework for telemedicine to rein in unscrupulous medical personnel fleecing unsuspecting patients. Africa Health Business Executive Chairman Amit Thakker said lack of regulations has seen innocent patients overcharged while others have lost money. This, he said, was a setback to the program which […]
Bungoma — Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka has called on Members of the County Assembly to quickly pass the Climate Change Fund bill 2022. He said the bill comes with many benefits directly to the wards. The bill has been an obstacle to grants from the World Bank and other partners who have it as a […]
IN SHORT: A screenshot shared on social media in Nigeria appears to show a prominent politician giving Nigerians “the finger”. But Festus Keyamo wasn’t deliberately being rude in the televised interview. The APC spokesperson was listing items on the fingers of his hand and the screenshot caught him at the moment he extended his middle […]
IN SHORT: We’ve already seen plenty of misinformation circulating on social media in Nigeria since presidential hopeful Bola Tinubu entered the race on the governing party ticket in January 2022. Like a number of other claims, recent rumours that he’s pulled out of the 2023 race for health reasons are also incorrect. “Bola Ahmed Tinubu […]
Chairperson of the Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC), Chineze Anyaene-Abonyi has said that the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) did not order the Committee to undertake another voting exercise as speculated in some quarters. She disclosed that she had written to the Academy for clarifications after receiving the directive for a five-day […]
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar yesterday said he travelled to Europe on business. The former vice president travelled last night on a scheduled trip to meet with the technical partners of one his business entities that was impacted by the Covid-19 global lockdown and the […]
There is no end in sight to Nigeria’s battle with recurrent cholera outbreak as the country’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) practices remain poor. A recent report on the state of water, sanitation and hygiene in Nigeria showed that 83 per cent of household members in the country lack access to basic hygiene services. The […]
Nairobi — The Nairobi West hospital has successfully conducted the first ever bone marrow transplant in the country, to a female patient ailing from multiple myeloma which is a type of blood cancer. The hospital’s Chief Medical Director Professor Andrew Gachi addressing the media on Tuesday described the procedure as a major advancement of medicine […]
The famous “Ballon d’Or France Football” award ceremony was held on Monday 17 October in Paris, France. If the coronation of Frenchman Karim Benzema was greeted by the whole world, the great family of African football was able to witness with joy the recognition of its talents, namely Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Sebastien Haller. […]
The Chairman, Committee on Prosecution of Banditry Related Offences and member of the State Committee on Security and Intelligence Gathering, Dr. Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, yesterday apologised over the shutting down of broadcast stations in Zamfara State on behalf of the state government. Daily Trust reports that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and other broadcast industry […]
Nairobi — New Director of Criminal Investigations Amin Mohamed Ibrahim has pledged to be firm and fair in the execution of his mandate as he takes up his new role. Amin who has taken oath of office has committed to lead the criminal investigative agency in the most professional manner and adhere to the law. […]
Cape Town — Reserve Bank Seizes Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste’s Properties The Reserve Bank yesterday swooped on properties belonging to disgraced former CEO of Steinhoff, Markus Jooste, Eye Witness News reports. In what was called South Africa’s biggest fraud case ever, Steinhoff is alleged to have misrepresented its balance sheets to shareholders for […]