The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has said that almost half of the world’s 1.7 million children living with HIV did not get treatment in 2020. This is contained in the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free initiative, UNAIDS and partners. In the report, UNAIDS warned that progress towards ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young women has stalled and none of the targets for 2020 were met. The UN agency said that the total number of children on treatment declined for the first time, in spite of the fact that nearly 800,000 children…
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to produce the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, before it on July 29. Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order after Counsel to the applicants, Pelumi Olajengbesi, moved the ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/647/2021 dated July 7 and filed July 8. Egwuatu also ordered the Nigeria’s secret police to come and show course why the applicants should not be granted bail. The judge also granted the plea of the applicant, through the affidavit of urgency filed, on why the matter should…
The pandemic, and our reemergence from it, are reshaping the economy, government and business in lasting ways. The Journal’s Heard on the Street team explores the ways the globe is transforming. A handful of events in the last century rewrote the rules of business, finance and economics, whether the people living through them knew it or not. The upending of the world order following World War I. The U.S.’s exit from the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates in 1971. The rise of a new, more pragmatic leader in China during the late 1970s. The global financial crisis triggered…
Barely one week after the police in Adamawa apprehended a man for beating his wife to death, a similar incident has re-occurred in the state. Hammawa Usman, 41, of Jada Ward, Ganye town in Ganye local government area is currently in police net for killing his 36-year-old wife, Rabiyatu Usman in a dispute involving N1,000. DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, Police spokesperson confirmed the incident in a statement he issued on Thursday in Yola. Nguroje said the suspect engaged Rabiyatu in a fight when she demanded the refund of her N1,000. “The suspect angrily reacted by hitting her head against the wall…
COVID-19 has challenged healthcare systems globally and collectively required all of us – healthcare professionals, patients and the communities we serve – to think and expect differently. Our responses to the pandemic in the form of innovations, changes to processes or even our roles have shattered many pre-conceived biases of what is doable or not. As the new reality takes shape, we need to move beyond being just passive observers, progress past the short-term fixes and optimize the entire healthcare system from public health institutions through to private care providers. We saw that innovations are becoming more common and necessary…
Yesterday, I saw a video clip of the Emir of Muri giving Fulani bandits a 30-day ultimatum to stop killing his people, banditry and kidnapping in his Emirate. If they do not stop, he threatened, he will order his people to start killing all Fulani on sight. This is another sign that the security forces are outside the equation. An audio clip has been circulating of a bandit leader called Turji who openly proclaimed that he is indeed a bandit who has killed soldiers on three occasions and his location is known to the security agencies. Rather than come to…
The Chief Executive Officer, National Library of Nigeria (NLN), Prof. Lenrie Aina, has advised publishers to embrace online registration of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN). Aina made the call on Thursday in Enugu, while addressing participants at a workshop for publishers from Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu. He said the two-day workshop was designed to train and guide publishers on how to obtain ISBN online. According to him, it is an innovation by NLN to make the process of obtaining the number less cumbersome and stressful. “We want to use the event to reawaken their consciousness. “We also want…
The first batch of the much awaited Nigeria’s acquired A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft, has finally arrived the country. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet and made available to newsmen on Thursday. “The first batch of A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have arrived Kano, today 22 July 2021 at about 12.34pm. “On hand to receive the aircraft were the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi; Chief of Army Staff, Lieut Gen. Faruk Yahaya and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao,” the statement reads.
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Gombe state, have unanimously agreed to adopt consensus in the party’s scheduled ward, local government and state levels. According to a two-point communiqué, read by the state governor, Muhammadu Yahaya after the stakeholders meeting held at the New Banquet Hall of the Government House, on Thursday, the party also reposted confidence on the governor, to provide direction in the build up to and during the congresses in the state. “The meeting resolved to adopt consensus in the forthcoming congresses of the party at the ward, Local government and state levels. “The meeting…
France’s bid for men’s Olympic football glory got off to a nightmare start with a 4-1 defeat by Mexico on Thursday, while Richarlison scored a hat-trick as reigning champions Brazil beat Germany in a six-goal thriller. Sylvain Ripoll’s France are looking for a first Olympic medal since winning gold in 1984, but collapsed in the second half at Tokyo Stadium. “We’re obviously disappointed with the result but also with the balance of our play,” said former Lorient boss Ripoll. “To compete, we would’ve needed a big performance, but that wasn’t the case.” Mexico took the lead less than two minutes…