715 households hit by Niger floods
By Justina Asishana, Minna No fewer than 715 households in 57 communities in Bosso and Paikoro local government areas of Niger State have ...
National hospital ex-deputy director buried
Our Reporter Mazi Ejike Ugwa, a retired Deputy Director of Haematology, National Hospital, Abuja has died. A man of many parts, the haematologist ...
Patients suffer as UCH abandons multi-million-naira glaucoma centre
On a Monday morning in August, when this reporter arrived at the E.N.T (ear, nose, teeth) and Eye clinic at the University College ...
Mentally-ill man kills security guard in Delta
By Polycarp Orosevwotu, Ughelli A man presumed to be mentally ill has killed a security guard in Bomadi, Delta State. The incident took ...
Rwanda: Govt Releases New School Calendar
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday, October 13, announced the school calendar for the year 2020-2021. The calendar comes weeks after the Government ...
Nigeria: The Pen Drops As Renowned Poet, Playwright, J.P. Clark Dies
On March 21, 2013 when Prof. Chinua Achebe passed on, J.P Clark and Wole Soyinka wrote: "Of the "pioneer quartet" of contemporary Nigerian ...
Nigeria: Raising Girls’ Ambition Through Education, a Better Future for Nigeria
Renowned author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie knows the power of ambition. In We Should All Be Feminists, she writes "We teach girls to shrink ...
Africa: World Bank Approves U.S.$12 Billion for Covid-19 Vaccines for Developing Countries
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an envelope of $12 billion for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution ...
Eight die, many injured in Edo, Ogun crashes
By Bisi Olaniyi, Benin, and Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta Two auto crashes in Edo and Ondo states have claimed the lives of eight persons, ...
‘Why Africa economy needs 360 degree digitalisation approach’
By Juliet Umeh From all indications, digital transformation increases productivity and this in turn increases economic development of any nation that fully adopts ...
