The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched a $518 million joint response plan to contain the Ebola outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries. The coordinated plan, announced on Friday, will run from June to November and is aimed…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Federal Government has commenced plans to repatriate more than 1,000 Nigerians from South Africa amid growing concerns over renewed xenophobic tensions and anti-immigrant sentiment in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Friday that screening for a voluntary repatriation programme began on Thursday, with officials expecting the number of…
By Ayomide Otitoju NNPC Limited, through its CSR arm, the NNPC Foundation, has commissioned and handed over a state-of-the-art 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala, Kano State. The intervention is aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery and improving diagnostic capacity for orthopaedic, neurological, trauma, musculoskeletal and gynaecological conditions, while…
By Ayomide Otitoju Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has cautioned Nigerian youths against ethnic and religious divisions, urging them not to be manipulated into promoting narratives that threaten national unity. Obi made the appeal in a post on his X account on Thursday amid growing social media criticism directed at the General Overseer…
By Ayomide Otitoju The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that food contaminated with harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, and chemicals causes approximately 1.5 million deaths worldwide each year, with young children bearing the greatest burden. In a report released on Thursday, the United Nations health agency said its analysis of data from 194 countries between…
Ukrainian drones struck energy and military facilities in Russia’s Saint Petersburg early Wednesday, according to Russian and Ukrainian officials, as the city prepared to host its flagship economic forum attended by thousands of international delegates. The attack came as approximately 20,000 participants from 130 countries gathered for the three-day Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF),…
US President Donald Trump will attend the NATO summit in Turkey next month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday, amid ongoing concerns over Washington’s commitment to the transatlantic security alliance. Speaking before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rubio said Trump would participate in the July 7–8 summit in Ankara, where key issues affecting…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Olowo of Owo Kingdom in Ondo State, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III, has welcomed the court judgment sentencing four of the five suspects arraigned over the June 5, 2022 massacre at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, to death. The monarch’s position was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by…
By Moyinoluwa Ojegbade The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has called on the Nigerian government to intensify efforts to tackle the growing menace of kidnapping and terrorism across the country. Speaking on the nation’s security challenges, Adeboye expressed concern over the rising wave of kidnappings, describing…
