April 13, 2023
Africa: Haemophilia - Health Experts Advocate Proper Diagnosis, Management in Africa
The experts said people with haemophilia are at risk for excessive and recurrent bleeding from modest injuries, which have the potential to be life-threatening. Read more »
Ghana: Ghana First to Approve New Oxford's R21 Vaccine Against Malaria
Children are at higher risk of the mosquito-borne disease which kills more than 600,000 people each year, according to WHO African Region. Read more »
Nigeria: No Notification About Otedola's 5.5% Share Acquisition Yet - Transcorp
The company had issued the statement in response to a query from the Nigerian exchange, seeking clarification on the said share acquisition. Read more »
Nigeria: Speakership - Gbajabiamila Denies Backing Kaduna Lawmaker, Asks Aspirants to Wait for APC Zoning
About 10 ranking members of the House have declared their interest in the speakership position. Read more »
Nigeria: OECD, Nigeria Meet On Maximising Benefits of Two-Pillar Tax Solution
Nigeria will continue to participate in rules development in the interest of the country and Africa, an official noted. Read more »
Nigeria: Two Million Nigerians Impacted By Poverty Alleviation Programme in 2022 - Govt
"Besides, 13,000 youths have been trained under a Technical and Vocational Education and Training programme in six states..." Read more »
Nigeria: Shell Denies Breach of Nigerian Content Law
The Ijaw Youth Congress alleges that SPDC had excluded indigenous players from its operations at the EA fields in breach of the community content guidelines. Read more »
Nigeria: IGP Meets Predecessors On Better Policing
He said the meeting was also used to draw from the experiences of the retired officers who had at various times piloted the affairs of the force and PSC. Read more »
Nigeria: Delta Lawmaker, Waive, Declares for Reps Deputy Speakership
Mr Waive says, if elected, he will keep an open door policy. Read more »
Nigeria: Posh Dubai Assets Hushpuppi's Ally, Woodberry, Is to Forfeit to U.S. Govt
Woodberry, an ally of another jailed fraudster, Hushpuppi, agreed to make $8 million restitution and surrender the posh assets he owned in Dubai, in a plea agreement he signed with… Read more »
Nigeria: 14-Year-Old Student Killed, Many Missing As Flood Sweeps Ogun Community
Flood wreaked havoc after a downpour across Ogun State. Read more »
Nigeria: Gunmen Attack Osun Community, Abduct Resident
Before the victim was eventually taken away, locals engaged the gunmen in a battle during which another resident, Hassan Jubril, was injured. Read more »
Nigeria: Federal High Court Marks 50 Years of Justice Delivery
The court was, however, renamed the "Federal High Court" by Section 228 (1) and 230 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1979. Read more »
Nigeria: OAU Hands Over Students Accused of Lynching Colleague
"Nobody knows that students can go to that level of indiscipline to cost the life of their mate," the OAU official said. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe and Why Africa Must Glow Again
In two previous write-ups, I had called attention to how the Ubuntu spirit needs to be rekindled in Zimbabwe leading to the detailed expatiation on Ubuntu and Omoluabi and their… Read more »
Nigeria: Osimhen Missing As Napoli Lose to AC Milan Again
Real Madrid defeated Chelsea in the day's other encounter in the Champions League. Read more »
April 12, 2023
Nigeria: How Peter Obi Spent Easter in Detention in London
Peter Obi was accosted by immigration officials at Heartrow Airport who handed him a detention note and told him to step aside. Read more »
Nigeria: Report Reveals Sharp Gender Disparity in Top Positions of Legal Profession
The report focuses on gender disparity in the legal profession in Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: Inside Nigeria's $800m World Bank Loan for Palliative
An expert said the new plan is a reflection of government's misplaced priority. Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Government Probes Collapsed Building in Banana Island
Lagos government says some persons sustained injuries in the incident but there was no fatality. Read more »
Nigeria: UK Pledges Improved Intelligence Sharing With Nigeria
"The reason our armed forces remain so close is that the relationship is being renewed again and again since independence." Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 Election - Chimamanda Replies APC, Disagrees With Soyinka
She defended the letter she wrote and spoke of her support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Read more »
Nigeria: Atiku Writes CCB Over Keyamo's Corruption Petition
Atiku's legal team wrote the CCB over the corruption allegation after the agency signalled its plan to commence investigations by inviting Mr Keyamo for an interview. Read more »
Nigeria: Kogi Assembly Majority Leader Resigns in Protest After Governor Calls Him Terrorist
he resigned in protest of being called a terrorist by the governor of the state. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Approves N495m for Installation of Railway Scanners
The federal government said the installation of the scanner would strengthen security at railway stations across the country. Read more »