By Lanre Arogundade | “Nigeria’s ranking on the Press Freedom Index continues to sit in the red zone, ranking 115 in the 2020 ranking, an improvement on its 2019 ranking but no less solidly red, the colour used to identify…
The World Health Organization (WHO) finds that 18.3% of COVID-19 deaths in the African region are among people with diabetes, one of the conditions that global studies have found to increase the risk of severe illness and death among patients…
Former President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana has died from complications of COVID-19. TheCable gathered that the ex-president died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, on Thursday morning. A military ruler, who later joined politics, Rawlings ruled Ghana…
While combatting multiple public health challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Nigeria, with support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners relaunch an accelerated series of mass preventive vaccination campaigns to protect Nigerians against vaccine preventable…
The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed ten police officers and reduced the rank of 18 others for gross indiscipline. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Wednesday, said the policemen were tried for different…
MAYOWA adeniran | The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to tackle the outbreak of Yellow Fever in Delta and Enugu States. The WHO will also empower Delta and Enugu States to investigate…
Notoriety is attained through exclusivity; such is the case for the exclusive MVP list for EndSARS supporters. Already there are whispers of frozen bank accounts and no-fly lists. And now, a law suit. In other news, two businesses, private and public, are defying covid-related downturns,…
The Lagos State Civil Society Participation for Development, LACSOP has commended Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for repealing payment of pension and some entitlements to past governors and their deputies in the state. The commendation was made in a press…
BudgIT Foundation and Connected Development (CODE), two prominent civic-tech non-governmental organizations has launched a program to spearhead the transparency and accountability of government’s spending of COVID-19 intervent funds. The program, COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP), will track of COVID-19…
The Edo State Government has disclosed its readiness to assent the Open Government Partnership Action Plan with the aim of promoting good governance in the state. This was disclosed by the Edo State Attorney General and commissioner for Justice, Professor…
