Dr Ejike Oji, Chairman, Association for the Advancement of Family Planning in Nigeria (AAFP), says there is no better time for the Nigerian health sector to be innovative than now. Oji said this on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abuja, while responding to the pulling out of America from…
Borussia Dortmund have sacked coach Nuri Sahin, the German soccer club said on Wednesday, after Tuesday’s shock 2-1 loss to Bologna in the Champions League. Tuesday’s loss stretched their losing run to four games across all competitions. “Borussia Dortmund have released head coach Nuri Sahin with immediate effect following an internal analysis of recent sporting…
A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region, Niger’s defence chief said on state television. Juntas in the neighbouring West African countries seized control in a series of coups between 2020 and 2023. Last year, they agreed to tackle security…
Turkey has detained nine people in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in western Turkey. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya who disclosed this early Wednesday, said that the owner of the hotel has also been detained. Yerlikaya also reported that the bodies of…
Democratic-led states and civil rights groups filed several lawsuits challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to roll back birthright citizenship on Tuesday in an early bid by his opponents to block his agenda in court. After his inauguration on Monday, Trump, a Republican, ordered U.S. agencies to refuse to recognise the citizenship of children born…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima and the President of Botswana, Duma Boko, held a bilateral meeting on Tuesday to discuss areas of mutual interest between both countries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting took place on the sidelines of the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Shettima explained that the meeting was…
Nigeria and Saudi Arabia have renewed plans to build the capacity of their geological agencies by leveraging the breakthroughs recorded by Saudi firms in mineral exploration. Segun Tomori, the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that…
Portugal plans to increase purchases of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States and Nigeria as it aims to end already dwindling supplies from Russia. Environment Minister Maria da Graca Carvalho said on Tuesday that Portugal imported 49,141 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of natural gas in 2024, of which around 96 per cent was LNG. According…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the United States would remain one of Germany’s closest and most indispensable allies, regardless of who the current president is. Scholz stressed this in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. The chancellor said continues close cooperation and partnership is in the interest of both the…
UN agencies, on Tuesday, reacted to President Trump’s executive orders ending U.S. membership of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement. The UN agencies, however, highlighted the massive potential negative impact of the decision on public health and efforts to curb global warming. “The WHO regrets the announcement that…
