The Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) says it has trained 700 health and social workers on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) mitigation and reproductive health services for rural communities across seven states. Dr Abubakar Okai, the PPFN Acting Executive Director, said this at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Civil Society Organisation Engagement (CSOE) COVID-19 stakeholders’…
The efficacy of two widely used coronavirus vaccines against the Delta variant weakens within three months of inoculation, but the jabs remain the most effective way to ensure protection against the strain, Oxford University researchers have found. Two doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines provide protection levels of up to 75 and 61 percent…
an 90 policy and rights groups around the world have published an open letter urging Apple to abandon plans for scanning children’s messages for nudity and the phones of adults for images of child sex abuse. “Though these capabilities are intended to protect children and to reduce the spread of child sexual abuse material, we…
THE Peoples Democratic Party has said the exposé by a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, that the gains made by Nigeria in 35 years had been wiped out in the last five years, vindicated its stance that the President, retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress administration has…
The national leadership of the Labour Party has expressed support for calls by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s for the Peoples Democratic Party, to challenge the defection of some governors to the ruling All Progressives Congress in court. The National Vice Chairman of the Labour Party, South-South, Favour Reuben, said this while speaking to…
Ten petitioners have so far approached the Appeal Panel set up by the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress to consider petitions from aggrieved members in the just concluded ward congresses in Bauchi State. Chairman of the panel, Blessing Agbamhere, said this at a press conference at the Command Guest House, Bauchi, on Wednesday….
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has recorded 1,149 new cases of coronavirus, the highest number of infections in any single day since February 2020. With the latest figure, the total number of infections in Nigeria now stands at 184,593. The NCDC, which disclosed this on its official website handle on Thursday morning, said the…
By Trust Africa News,Ayomide Otitoju Editor The 2021 Afrikanwatch Network Communications lecture and award will hold on August 21 at the Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, under the Chairmanship of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, as Prof. Solomon Akinboye would deliver the theme of the lecture titled, The Kind…
Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, is expected to be joined by a stellar lineup of speakers as he chairs this year’s Ripples Nigeria Dialogue with the theme “Rebuilding trust in a divided Nigeria: Advancing the Conversation”. The dialogue is jointly organised by Ripples Nigeria and its non-profit sister organisation, Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism…
