Members of Parliament have in a pre-legislative hearing yesterday discussed the ‘Tobacco and Nicotine Control Bill 2022″ in order to ban public smoking across the country. The proposed public spaces in the bill that people should not smoke include offices and workplaces, court buildings and factories, hospitals, clinics and other health institutions, corridors, reception areas, […]
Abibatu Bah, a commercial sex worker, was on Tuesday, 15th March, 2022, remanded for allegedly stealing one Iphone 13 pro-max and other assorted items at Roy Hotel from one Sam Ghamloush . The accused made her first appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of the Pademba Road Court No 1 on two count charges of conspiracy […]
Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to as a matter of urgency, declare a state of emergency on the education sector in the country. Clark, who lamented the deteriorating standard of education in Nigeria, warned that if the government fails to declare a state […]
An Autism day care centre, a first in Mauritius, to the tune of Rs 2.5 million, was inaugurated on Friday 01 April 2022 at Triolet, in the context of World Autism Day 2022. The Centre, under the aegis of SSRN Hospital, will provide mental and behavioral health care facilities to persons suffering from autism. The […]
The North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has placed five farms on quarantine and forward traced farms on precautionary quarantine following Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Potchefstroom at Dr Kenneth Kaunda District recently. Since the identification and confirmation of this outbreak in the area, a Joint Operations Centre (JOC) has been set […]
Addis Abeba — Abugida Robotics and Technology Center held a graduation and recognition program on Sunday 03 April for Etege Menen Girls only boarding school students and for the winners of an Internet Innovation Competition held in Russia. The graduation ceremony was held at the Ethiopian Science Center in the capital Addis Abeba, where the […]
Ondjiva — The Minister of Energy and Water, João Baptista Borges, said in Ondjiva, the construction of storage and water retention infrastructures is the solution to combat the negative effects of drought in the provinces of Cunene, Huíla and Namibe, in the next six years. Water minister points solutions to drought in southern region Speaking […]
In continuation of efforts to fund the N6.4 trillion deficit spending in budget 2022, the Federal Government borrowed N2.2 trillion from local investors in the first quarter of the year, Q1’22, through FGN Bonds, treasury bills and the FGN Savings Bonds. The amount borrowed however represents an 8.6 per cent decline when compared to N2.4 […]
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC Chief Ben Adaji has called on the new National Executive of the party led by Sen. Abdullahi Adamu to slash by half nomination forms fee for all members who aspired for various positions in the party 2019 but were rigged out. Chief Adaji who made the call […]
The Ukraine conflict has sent a ripple of change through the global energy sector. Our response can have profound implications for accelerating the energy transition On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release its latest report, focused on rising global emissions and the solutions needed to mitigate climate change. But despite the […]
THE South African government says there is no turning back on its decision to deport illegal immigrants. It said the migrants are, among other things, burdening that country’s health system resulting in its citizens failing to receive healthcare services. This follows a video that went viral in the country showing pregnant women sleeping on the […]
With agribusiness taking center stage in Nigeria’s economy, 1000 young people are to benefit from ReelSkills for Agribusiness Initiative on the heels of partnership agreement reached by three organizations, ReelFruit, Temploy, and Made Culture. The three organizations explained, Friday, that the ReelSkills for Agribusiness initiative is basically designed to build capacity of the youth on […]
The magistrate court in Achimota, has convicted 15 residents of Ablekuma North Municipality,for flouting the ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ campaign, launched in the Greater Accra Region. The court imposed fines between GHC 1,200 and Ghc3,600 on the sanitation offenders,mostly from Kwashieman and Darkuman,in Accra, for failure to clear choked gutters and garbage at their frontages […]
Subscribers who are yet to link their phone numbers to their NINs will not be allowed to make calls until the linkage is done. The federal government has ordered telecommunication companies to bar calls from phone numbers that are yet to be linked to their National Identity Numbers (NIN) from today, April 4. Subscribers who […]
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Nigerian Police intercepted a busload of illicit drugs at the Mile 2 area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. He said that the RRS intercepted the bus and arrested Ojukwu Omanogho, […]
Isaac Mensah’s headed effort salvaged three points for Accra Hearts of Oak as they laboured to a 1-0 win over Medeama in an uninspiring Ghana Premier League matchweek 23 fixture on Saturday. Playing in front of an expectant home crowd at the Accra Sports Stadium, Mensah’s goal served as a reprieve for the catalogue of […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation launched a call for small grants for associations from Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Morocco running projects to support biodiversity conservation. The programme will co-fund environmental projects with up to €30,000 and a minimum €10,000. Beneficiaries will be Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) […]
Seychelles should consider passing legislation to protect women from sexual harassment in their workplace, as well as adopt criminal or civil penalties for such conduct, a World Bank index suggests. The World Bank’s annual study called ‘Women, Business and the Law 2022’ assesses laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunities in different countries. With […]