The Pest Control Association of Nigeria (PECAN) has called on the Federal Government to create policies that will eliminate mosquitoes in the country to fight malaria. The PECAN National President, PCO Olakunle Williams, at an event in commemoration of the 2024 World Mosquito Day (WMD) on Tuesday in Lagos. “We will intensify our efforts to…
Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, says the Federal Government has implemented cost saving measures ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties (COP 29) in Azerbaijan in November. Ngelale said this while briefing State House correspondents on Tuesday in Abuja. He said on the directive of…
Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State has commended the gender-responsive procurement, peace, security and capacity building initiatives by the UN Women, saying their impacts were visible. The government made the commendation on Tuesday during the UN Women Open Day event for North-West in Kaduna. “One of the remarkable initiatives led by UN Women in our…
At least 12 people were killed and dozens more injured in an Israeli attack on a school building in Gaza City, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, the target of the bombardment was a school building housing displaced people, “the report said. The Israeli army stated that the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas had…
Barack Obama, the 44th U.S. president and a marquee name in Democratic politics used his well-known rhetorical powers to deliver a thundering endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris. Obama addresses the party faithful on Tuesday evening. He is expected to pay tribute to outgoing President Joe Biden, who served as Obama’s vice president for…
The World Food Programme (WFP) says it is currently providing food assistance to 130,000 victims of armed conflicts in Adamawa. Mr Emmanuel Bigenimana, the Head of WFP Area Office, North-East Nigeria, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of events to commemorate the 2024 World Humanitarian Day in…
A fire broke out in an industrial facility in western Ukraine due to an overnight Russian airstrike, regional authorities reported on Tuesday. The flames engulfed a fuel tank, Viktor Masley, head of the civil defence authority in the Ternopil region, told journalists. “No one was injured. The fire has been contained, but extinguishing efforts were…
Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Tuesday by a large majority to ban the Russian-linked Orthodox Church. According to lawmakers, the controversial bill received a broad majority in the parliament, or Rada, in Kiev at the second reading. Out of 322 lawmakers present, 265 voted in favour of the law. In Ukraine’s fragmented religious landscape, around 10,000…
The Philippines said on Tuesday it has agreed to a United States (U.S.) Government request to temporarily host “a limited number of Afghan nationals’’ fleeing Taliban rule. They wait for their special immigrant visa to be processed for resettlement to the U.S.. Under the agreement, the U.S. would shoulder all expenses of the Afghan nationals,…
Libya’s central bank said it has resumed its operations after a brief suspension, due to a dispute between the country’s rival administrations deepens over the position of the bank’s governor. The central bank said on Monday it was halting all operations until its IT manager, who was kidnapped by an unknown group, is released and…
