[ad_1] Samuel Bolaji Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial capital and most populous state, has been ranked 133 in the world’s most polluted cities (historical data 2017-2022), according to a report by IQAir. In its 2022 World Air Quality Report on most polluted city ranking which, according to IQAir, is based on annual average PM2.5 concentration (μg/m³),…
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[ad_1] China says it will resume issuing visas to foreign tourists for the first time since closing its borders at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic three years ago. The announcement comes after the country said it defeated the virus and is in the last step in ending its three-year zero-COVID policy. In December 2022,…
[ad_1] The Federal Government has said that a total of 12,988,978 attacks were recorded during the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections period in Nigeria. Originated from both within and outside Nigeria, the attacks were made on public websites and portals and averaged around 1,550,000 daily, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof…
[ad_1] Pakistani authorities have busted a gang involved in the illegal transplant of kidneys to wealthy foreigners, a practice flourishing in the impoverished nation amid an economic crisis. Police and health department rangers raided a hidden clinic in Rawalpindi near Islamabad on Monday night, arresting 10 people, including doctors and nurses. Hassan Akhtar, head of…
[ad_1] By Laraba MUREY The Metropolitan Law Firm has launched an endowment fund under the Islamic Banking guidelines to cater to the education of indigent Nigerians for basic to tertiary institutions. The fund, called Waqf, is an instrument of Islamic Estate Planning largely designed for charitable and philanthropic activities to solve social problems. Managing Partner,…
[ad_1] Kamau Maichuhie, The Nation The government and other actors are determined to win, but this harmful practice remains stubbornly entrenched. Kenya’s former President Uhuru Kenyatta made history during the 2019 Nairobi Summit on International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) when he pledged to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by 2022. According to UNICEF,…
[ad_1] China Foreign Ministry (Credit: CGTN) China on Tuesday announced the full reopening of its borders after three years of strict anti-Coronavirus measures. The Chinese foreign ministry announced in Beijing that “all types of visas for foreigners will be issued again” from Wednesday. China reopened its borders at the beginning of January primarily for business…
[ad_1] By Havolene Valinhos, Folha de S.Paulo In Brazil, men still hold 80 percent of IT jobs, but {reprograma} is helping narrow the gender gap. Organisations and companies that advocate social progress have been struggling to change the reality of profound gender disparity in the information technology market. Data from the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of…
[ad_1] A 36-year-old man, Ismail Abdulmodiu, has been sentenced to life in prison by a Lagos High Court for defiling his sister’s daughter. The court also ordered that his name be published in the sexual offenders register as ordered by the Lagos State Government. During the trial, the prosecution presented five witnesses and seven exhibits…
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