Argentina will leave the World Health Organisation (WHO) due to the mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a spokesman for right-wing populist President Javier Milei said on Wednesday. The decision comes two weeks after President Donald Trump made the announced on the first day of his second term,that the U.S would leave the UN health body….
The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said his company returned to invest in Ogun due to Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s investor-friendly policies. Dangote made this known on Monday during a courtesy visit to the governor at his office in Abeokuta. He noted that the state had become one of Nigeria’s most attractive investment destinations…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called for the safe recovery of miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft amid a standoff between police and hundreds of illegal miners. The police have blocked miners’ supplies of food and water to force them out and arrest them for illegally entering the abandoned mine in…
African Democratic Congress (ADC) had called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate alleged irregularities witnessed during Saturday’s by-elections. ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Abdullahi also urged the commission to sanction any official found to have compromised and take necessary steps to…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the former speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Chief Eugene Odo, and Mr. Muhammad Tahir, as governing council members of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). Odo was named the South East representative in a list of key appointments released on Tuesday by the Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga….
Botswana will hold its general elections October 30, President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced. “Following the diligent preparations by the Independent Electoral Commission, the general elections would take place on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024,” said Masisi in a televised speech. Masisi declared October 30 and October 31, both public holidays to promote higher voter turnout, urging all…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday admitted the former manager of P-Square, Jude Okoye, charged with stealing $1 million and £34,537, to N50 million bail. Jude, the elder brother of Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye, is standing trial alongside his company, Northside Music Ltd., on a four-count charge bordering on theft. The charge was…
Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, President of Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF), has congratulated Maryann Philip-Shaibu on her remarkable achievement in Nigerian golf history, while advocating for more women participation in golf. Mrs Philip-Shaibu was crowned Queen of the Green for the 2024/2025 season after winning the Benin Club Golf ladies tournament for the second consecutive year. This…
UN weather experts have said that the blistering early-summer heatwave that brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a worrying sign of things to come. Three days after Spain’s national weather service confirmed a record 46°C reading in the southern town of El Granado, there’s been little let-up in stifling day and…
After years of battling devastating floods, residents of Ijapo Extension in Akure, south-west Nigeria, say they are finally seeing hope as the state government expands drainage channels to curb flooding. Special Adviser to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Erosion Control, Elisha Ebijimi, said the canal in the area was being widened from 15 to 25 metres…
