Friday, April 26, 2024

Ebube Ibeh

April 25, 2024

Benin, Liberia, Sierra Leone roll out malaria vaccines

With the announcement on World Malaria Day, the number of African countries incorporating the vaccines into their childhood immunisation programmes increased to eight.

Malaria vaccine
April 24, 2024

282 million people suffered acute hunger in 2023, latest food report says

Children and women are at the forefront of these hunger crises, with over 36 million children under five years of age acutely malnourished across 32 countries.

April 24, 2024

MultiChoice laments economic woes, raises DSTV bills bouquet-wide; premium now N37,000 from N29,500

The company’s updated price list showed a 25 per cent increase in the price of its packages across the board.

DSTV, GOTV
April 24, 2024

Police begin manhunt for ‘Home and Away’ star Orpheus Pledger

The 30-year-old actor had been arrested on March 25 after allegedly assaulting a woman but was granted bail on Monday.

Orpheus Pledger
April 24, 2024

Nigeria, other African nations’ debt servicing rise from $17 billion to $74 billion

The African Development Bank said the continent’s $824 billion debt burden and opaque resource-backed loans hindered its potential.

ADESINA IN WASHINGTON D.C.
April 23, 2024

UK sending refugees to Rwanda cruel, costly: International Rescue Committee

Sending refugees to Rwanda, or anywhere else, will never be an effective solution, warns the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria
April 23, 2024

UK-Rwanda asylum law cruel, despicable, says Médecins Sans Frontières

The passing of the ‘Safety of Rwanda bill’ marks another dark chapter in the UK’s brutal approach to migration, which is rooted in policies of deterring, externalising and punishing

Rishi Sunak and Paul Kagame
April 23, 2024

Dangerous UK-Rwanda asylum law erodes refugees’ protection: UN

If implemented, it would pave the way for asylum seekers, including families with children, to be summarily sent to Rwanda, with no prospect of return to the UK.

REFUGEES IN UK; SUNAK
April 19, 2024

Merck Production Problem: 1.5 million girls in Africa to lose chance of avoiding cervical cancer

The drug company’s decision will affect around 1.5 million teenage girls in Africa who, as a result, will lose their chance to avoid cervical cancer in the near future.

HPV vaccine
April 18, 2024

Nigeria, four others account for 90% of Africa’s billionaires: Report

The total investable wealth currently held in African amounts to $2.5 trillion

Dangote, Adenuga, Rabiu, Otedola