Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, on Wednesday in Abuja confirmed that the construction of the second Niger bridge has reached its completion stage. Fashola announced this at an ongoing press briefing to present President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard. According to him, the bridge will soon be released to the public for use. […]
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tuesday the government has set aside five billion Tanzanian shillings ($2.1 million) for the building of a state-of-the-art referral hospital in the country’s western region of Kigoma. Addressing a public rally after she laid the foundation stone for the construction of an emergency room and intensive care unit for […]
A southern Tunisian coastal town was paralysed by protests on Tuesday amid growing anger over the fate of people who drowned in a migrant shipwreck last month, with some buried in unmarked graves. The powerful UGTT labour union called a general strike in Zarzis on Tuesday, bringing to a head day of smaller protests to […]
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria (CoSAP) has called for an immediate investigation into the fire that gutted the Kogi Assembly Complex last week Monday in Lokoja. Mr Abubakar Sulaiman, Chairman of the CoSAPmade the call in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Abdul Bura in Bauchi. Recall that on […]
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 […]