[ad_1] Standard and Poor’s (S&P), the international rating agency, has upgraded Nigeria’s credit outlook from negative to stable, citing President Bola Tinubu’s planned reforms. A credit rating is a measure of how likely a company or government entity is able to pay back its debts, based on an independent assessment of its financial health. In…
[ad_1] The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has suspended Omangima Idomiboye-Obu Harry and Dr. Hough Gwandue, who were chairmen of Rivers and Benue states chapters of the party respectively. The YPP National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Egbeola Wale Martins, said this on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the suspension of the duo become imperative in…
[ad_1] There was a disruption to flight operations yesterday when equipment belonging to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc. rammed into an aircraft belonging to Air Peace at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Daily Trust can report. This is just as the airline is suspecting sabotage as this would be the third time in…
[ad_1] Long-term exposure to air pollution raises the risk of depression, according to a pair of new studies published in the JAMA network of scientific journals. A study published on Friday in JAMA Network Open found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution increases the risk of late-onset depression among the elderly. The…
[ad_1] BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) — Guests from home and abroad gathered here on Tuesday at a forum on Tibet’s development, and hailed China’s efforts in the conservation and development of the Tibetan traditional culture. The one-day forum, hosted by the State Council Information Office and the People’s Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, gathered…
[ad_1] From Sola Ojo, Kaduna A non-governmental organisation called Lacey Health Initiative with support from Access Bank have trained 28 young girls in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State as Gender Based Violence (SGBV) advocates and champion. In Kaduna State, there are laws and policies such as the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP)…
[ad_1] The 6TH edition of the Nationwide COVID-19 Vaccine Days Campaign (NaCVaDs) has been launched in Accra yesterday, targeting 1.4 million people across the country. The five-day campaign starts today and ends on Tuesday, February 24. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, who launched the campaign said since COVID-19 struck…
[ad_1] The World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report on Monday that large numbers of people are affected by infertility in their lifetime. The report said that around 17.5 per cent of the adult population, roughly one in six worldwide, experience infertility, showing the urgent need to increase access to affordable, high-quality fertility…
Gom Mirian The Director of the National Mathematical Centre, Prof. Promise Mebine, has urged the National Universities Commission (NUC) to upgrade its status to a university. Speaking during a workshop held at the centre’s premises in Abuja on Friday, Mebine noted that the proposed University of Mathematical Sciences would improve the teaching and learning of…
No fewer than 400 Nigerians have been deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The deportees, comprising 90 females and 310 males, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Wednesday. They were received by officials from the office of the National Security Adviser, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced…
