By Agency Report Ukraine said Russia had destroyed almost a third of its power stations over the past week as Moscow stepped up a pre-winter campaign to strike infrastructure, a move the West says is a calculated attempt to disrupt and demoralise. Missiles struck power-generating facilities in a clutch of Ukrainian cities home to millions […]
Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Monday said the cumulative number of Ebola deaths in the country has risen to 24 after five new deaths were recorded in the last four days. The ministry in an update as of Oct. 16 said the cumulative number of confirmed cases has also risen to 60 after two new […]
Handball men League leader, Kano Pillars and their female counterpart Safety Babes, will be among the top-flight teams to restream as the second phase of the Prudent Energy Handball Premier League 2022, kick offs this weekend in Lagos. Cosmos Chukwuemeka, the media coordinator for the Handball Federation, who made this known in a news release […]
India’s experts have called for better regulation of the drug manufacturing process in the South Asian country. This came after World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an alert earlier, this month, over four Indian-made cough syrups. WHO said the syrups could be linked to acute kidney injuries and 66 deaths among children in The Gambia. The […]
The Nigeria Security and Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa says two teenage girls drowned in separate incidents in Dutse and Kafin Hausa Local Government Areas of the state. The NSCDC spokesperson in the state, Adamu Shehu, confirmed the incidents to the newsmen on Tuesday in Dutse, the state capital. Shehu said the deceased, Maimuna Hassan, […]
Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), on Tuesday, announced the launching of a free online toolkit to raise awareness on menopause and offer women reliable resources. Menopause is the time that marks the end of a woman’s menstrual cycle. It was diagnosed after she had gone 12 months without a menstrual period. Menopause […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says the establishment of a National Carrier for Nigeria has reached 91 per cent completion and is expected to begin flight operations by Decemnber. The president gave the assurance at the third Ministerial Performance Review Retreat on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the feat is being boosted with the certification of […]
From Our Correspondents As campaign for the 2023 general elections thicken, presidential candidates of the two leading political parties, Bola Tinubu of APC and Atiku Abubakar of PDP literally throw jabs at each other in a show of strength before the Northern Leaders in Kaduna. At an interactive session with the Arewa Joint Committee on […]
By Agency Report Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the new Russian missile and drone attacks as terror against the civilian population. The country was attacked during the night and throughout the morning, the head of state announced on Monday. The president said an inhabited building was hit in the capital. “The enemy can attack […]
The head of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council and the country’s de-facto leader said the political forces in the African nation were close to reaching an agreement and forming a new government. The leader, Gen.- Abdel Fattah Burhan said this in the Ethiopian city of Bahir Dar when he spoke at a forum on security in Africa. […]