Month: October 2023
Liberia: Three killed in election campaign clashes
Three people have been killed in clashes in Liberia between supporters of the country’s two main political parties ahead of next week’s elections, according to the UN and a West African regional bloc.The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWA…
SMSE as bailout to Nigeria’s economic woes
Since the attainment of independence 63 years ago, Nigeria has been battling with development issues, despite its natural endowment in human and material resources.Several strategies by successive civilian and military administrations have met with lim…
Human trafficking: Africa must shift attention to male child – Author
A Nigerian author and novelist, Gbenga Sokefun, has called on African leaders to beam searchlight on human trafficking of the male child.Sokefun, the author of a fiction, “Adigun”, in a release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sund…
Hospital Negligence and quest for patients’ safety
In every profession the practitioners are bound to make mistakes. A tailor, out of negligence, may make a mistake while cutting materials same as a plumber while fixing the pipes.However, while some mistakes and negligence in some professions can be to…
NITDA donates N30M ICT centre to Foundation
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), on Saturday donated a N30 million ICT centre to the Richard George Foundation (RGF).The Director- General, NITDA, Mr Kashifu Abdullahi made the donation at the formal inauguration of Gala/…
UNIBEN arrests admission racketeers
The University of Benin says some fraud syndicates have been arrested over admission racketeering.The university announced this in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, on Sunday in Benin.According to her, members of the sy…
NLC, TUC urge Zamfara workers to join indefinite strike
The Zamfara Chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called on the workers in the state to unanimously join the planned nationwide industrial action as directed by the national headquarters of the two bodies.Th…
Women group backs AGF’s reform agenda
A civil society organisation, Women Professional Alliances (NWPA), has thrown its weight behind the reform agenda of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein.The Spokesperson for the group, Mrs Christine Ezekwe, stated this…
