Zambia is in talks with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other partners on acquiring cholera vaccines. This is as the waterborne disease rages on in the southern African nation, state media reported on Wednesday. Roma Chilengi, Director-General of the Zambia National Public Health Institute, said the government has been in talks with the WHO […]
By Our Correspondent Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, on Thursday, inaugurated the National Health Research Committee (NHRC) to boost translational research on health-related issues. Dr Tunji Alausa, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, inaugurated the 13-man Committee at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in Yaba, Lagos. Alausa said […]
An imam shot outside a Newark mosque in New Jersey state has succumbed to gunshot wounds, American authorities said. Imam Hassan Sharif was shot more than once after 6.00 a.m. outside Masjid-Muhammad-Newark mosque, officials say, amid surge in Islamophobic attacks in America since Israel’s brutal war on besieged Gaza. New Jersey Attorney General, Matt Platkin, […]
Two bombs exploded, killing at least 103 people, on Wednesday, at a commemoration for a prominent Iranian general slain by the U.S. in a 2020 drone strike, Iranian officials said. This is as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the deadliest militant […]
By Our Correspondent The Federal Government, on Wednesday, inaugurated a new campus of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Surulere, Ojuelegba area of Lagos. At the inauguration, the government renewed its commitment to make education more accessible to Nigerians. Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, announced the pledge during inauguration of […]
From Our Correspondent The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the suspended National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, Halima Shehu. EFCC arrested Shehu in connection with the ongoing probe into about N37.2 billion allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, under former Minister, Sadiya […]
All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller aircraft on Tuesday. Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed the JAL Airbus A350, airliner burst into flames as it skidded […]
From Our Correspondent Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa State, says the completion of the multi-billion Great Dutse Water project is uppermost in his mind and that his administration is committed to its realisation. Namadi made these remarks when a technical team from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources paid him a courtesy visit, on Tuesday, […]
An explosion in Beirut, on Tuesday, killed Saleh Arouri, a top official of Hamas, the Palestinian fighters group, and three others, officials with Hamas and the Lebanese group Hezbollah said. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the blast killed four people and that an Israeli drone triggered the blast. Israeli officials declined to comment. If […]
Our Correspondent The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has warned government Ministries, Agencies, Embassies, High Commissions and Diaspora groups to beware of phoney diaspora groups. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, NIDCOM’s Director of Media and Public Relations, gave the warning in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Balogun stated that the phoney groups have apparent sinister and ulterior […]