[ad_1] The Deputy Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu Constituency in the Central Region, Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has called for a full-scale investigation into the early dawn accident at Gomoa Okyereko on the Accra-Cape Coast road which claimed 16 lives on Tuesday. The Accra-bound bus from Liberia, was reported to have been…
[ad_1] A public health physician, Nkiru Ezeama, says about 44 per cent of women and girls in Nigeria experience menstrual poverty as they cannot afford N500 sanitary pads. Ms Ezeama disclosed this at a symposium for schoolgirls, organised by Zobam Charity Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day on Thursday in Awka. Menstrual Hygiene Day…
[ad_1] While delivering his inaugural address on Monday, President Bola Tinubu said the “petrol subsidy is gone” because the immediate administration did not make provision for such in the 2023 appropriation. Despite the assurance by the president’s team that the subsidy removal is not immediate, the announcement has sparked a reaction across the country. Since…
[ad_1] BudgIT, a civic-tech non-profit organisation, says projects worth over N112 billion in the 2023 budget were allocated to agencies outside their mandate. Oladayo Olufowose, the acting communications associate at BudgIT, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. On January 3, 2023, ex-president Muhammadu Buhari signed the N21.83 trillion 2023 appropriation bill into law. In the…
[ad_1] Lassa fever has so far killed 162 persons across 28 states since the beginning of this year, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. In a situation report released on Thursday, the NCDC said 944 confirmed cases and 5, 593 suspected cases of the disease were recorded within the period. The…
[ad_1] Spain’s sexual and reproductive health law, which includes the right for women to take time off work when they have their period, took effect on Thursday. The Gender Equality Ministry’s bill, put forward by the left-wing government, was approved by parliament in February. Since then, amendments were passed as part of the new law….
[ad_1] China’s Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 9:31 a.m. on May 30, sending three astronauts to the country’s space station combination. At 4:29 p.m. on the same day, the spaceship successfully docked with the radial port of the core…
[ad_1] Doctors discuss the condition of a patient in an electrocardiogram remote diagnosis center of the First People’s Hospital of Jianghan District in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, May 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yu Pei) WUHAN, June 1 (Xinhua) — In April, Qin Qicheng suddenly felt something wrong with his chest. He went to the nearest healthcare…
[ad_1] Dennis Francis, president-elect of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, addresses a plenary session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 1, 2023. Trinidad and Tobago’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Dennis Francis, was elected the president of the upcoming 78th session of the UN…
[ad_1] Boss Talk Mark Ocitti Ongom: A sigh of relief for new KBL boss after President Ruto spares beer new taxes Friday June 02 2023 Mark Ocitti Ongom, the new managing director of Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL). FILE PHOTO | POOL Mark Ocitti Ongom, the new managing director of Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL), the Kenyan…
