[ad_1] As 23 women in Nigeria die from cervical cancer daily, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), some health experts have called for the engagement of girls and women to eradicate the disease in the country. The experts spoke at the grand finale of the “4 Girls and Women Innovation Bootcamp” organised to promote…
[ad_1] The popular Eko bridge in Lagos state has been reopened for vehicular movements, months after it was closed for repairs. The bridge was reopened on Saturday. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos and other state government officials visited the bridge for the reopening. The 4.1-kilometre bridge links Lagos Island with Mainland and directly connects Apongbon…
By Juliet Jacob Ochenje A trailer on Saturday killed four people at Dutse Baupma, along Bwari Express way, Abuja, after it ran onto them. The accident happened as a result of failed brake from the trailer carrying which was carrying sharp sand, and also a affected Toyota Highlander jeep, a black Hilux pickup van belonging…
By Gom Mirian The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have released a new toolkit to help countries protect children from harmful food marketing. A report jointly released by the organisations titled “Ending the Marketing of Unhealthy Foods to Children,” provides policymakers and public health professionals with guidance on how…
[ad_1] By VINCENT OWINO Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded an positive shift to cleaner, more sustainable energy sources. But these steps have not been accompanied by equitable access to affordable and reliable clean energy, a potential drawback to useful adaptability against climate change. The Energy Transition Index (Eti), a metric by the World Economic Forum (Wef)…
[ad_1] By JAMES ANYANZWA Little or lack of enough income have colluded to deny close to 39 million Kenyans access to health insurance, leaving them at the mercy of the state-owned National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and out-of-pocket payments. Government data shows that only one person out of four (26 percent of the 53 million…
[ad_1] A financial expert and former President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, Mr. Ismaila Zakari, has called on President Bola Tinubu to sign into law the Public Audit Bill, to check corruption in the public sector. Zakari, who lamented that the audit law being used in the country was enacted since 1956,…
[ad_1] The Industrial Training Fund, ITF, says it has commenced efforts to convert its existing skills training centres, STC, located in Lagos, Kano, Kogi, Abuja, Plateau and vocational wings attached to its area offices to hubs for innovation and entrepreneurship, e-Hubs. Director-General of ITF, Sir Joseph Ari, who disclosed this at the 3rd Annual Forum…
[ad_1] Iyanya Mbuk has opened up about being featured in Yvonne Nelson‘s tell-all memoir. The singer had dated Nelson, a Ghanaian actress, in 2012 but their relationship hit the rocks in 2015. Nelson recently released an eponymous memoir in which she detailed her relationship with Iyanya. She claimed the singer cheated on her with Tonto Dikeh, a…
[ad_1] On a pair of eyeglasses, through the double-glassed windows of an aircraft, between the dangling glitters of a chandelier’s many bulbs, details of a shoe and even its bloody-red soles, they create, build, speak a million words through the graceful silence of a camera’s lens. From moments seemingly as insignificant as a handshake to…
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