The International Women’s Society has learnt its voice to call for an end to the culture of rape and stigmatization of rape victims just as it also calls for more to call for fair representation of women in public leadership…
Med-View Airline has come out to say that the Tuesday’s incident involving one of its aircraft en route to Lagos from Port Harcourt was professionally handled by its pilot. The airline also said that the pilot applied all the necessary…
Ernest Ndukwe, pioneer head of the Nigeria Communications Commission, (NCC), will from September 2 2019, replace Pascal Dozie as the chairman of MTN Nigeria Communications LTD. Dozie leaves the corporation which he began heading from its inception in 2001, alongside…
Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), urged Eni’s Nigerian subsidiary Agip, to finish phase 1 of the refurbishment of the Port Harcourt refinery at the scheduled month of October. He impressed this on the…
A new malaria vaccine now being piloted in Sub-Saharan Africa, where 90% of malaria cases occur, could be a game changer in global health. But, if the new vaccine is to fulfil its potential, health ministries will need to make…
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has slammed top politicians and high profile Nigerians owing the company huge debt, labeling them as people not worthy f the respect they get. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Lawan Kuru, also decried that…
The National Emergency Management Agency with support of the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction has held a workshop on disaster risk reduction. The event was to develop a national database for disaster loss and damage. Sani Datti, Head…
Egypt’s parliament approved a new law governing nongovernment organizations on July 14, 2019 that would maintain many of the existing restrictions on their work, Human Rights Watch said today. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should not approve the law and instead should…
At an event Wednesday, Google launched new features that will state routes on its map in Nigerian accents. The California-based tech firm also increased the detail on its maps to include motor cycle and danfo routes as well as sign…
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has left its Monetary Policy Rate unchanged at 13.5 per cent as at Tuesday, July 23, 2019. The committee made this known at the end of a two-day meeting held…
