Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar has called on traditional leaders in Zamfara to redouble their commitment toward polio eradication in the state.
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An International Civil Right Group, Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA) has dragged the Economic Community of West African (ECOWAS) to the bloc’s court over the proposed military intervention in Niger.
The Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN), has urged the Federal Government to transfer the Cancer Health Fund (CHF) budget line for 2024 from the Ministry of Health (FMoH) to the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) for enhanced management and coordination.
A pilot with the Turkish Airlines (THY), who opposed the new company regulation on praying in the cockpit, has been dismissed.
A latest data by the World Statistics has revealed that Nigeria is leading the list of countries with the highest rate of unemployment, followed by South Africa.
Recently, the media was awash with various commentaries about DSS’s disobedience of court orders. These accusations, as wrong as they are, have peaked in the Godwin Emefiele saga. It may interest the public and indeed the avowed critics of the service to note the following incidents and timelines to show that it has religiously obeyed court orders in respect of the case and even others.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago on Monday, announced the appointment of 26 Special Advisers.
The industrial action of ASUU and other university-based unions mechanically ended in October 2022 but ineffectively lingers on to date, no thanks to the judicial technicality that muddled the FGN-ASUU conflict into a “winner-loser” solution. After this imposed solution, the FGN, as the “winner” of the imbroglio is not only refusing to give listening ears to the unions but pretending that all is well on our university campuses. The unions as “losers” keep appealing to the government to come back to the negotiation table for an amicable and permanent settlement of the imbroglio while the larger society pretends to be indifferent. FGN seems to be busy with other pressing issues and could not spare time for discussion with the unions.
Niger republic, for the first, and hopefully not the last time, the country witnessed a peaceful democratic transition of power in 63 years. President Mahamadou Issoufou escaped being toppled when he handed over power to Mohamed Bazoum in 2021. The country threaded on the path of democracy in the 21st Century, to the extent that the military deposed President Mamadou Tandja to halt his bid for extension of term in office. However, barely two years after the celebrated transition, the Nigerien Presidential Guards disrupt the country’s democratic thread.
In South Asia, 460 million or 75 percent of children are at risk every year due to extreme heat, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday.