In a country where women are barred from university and secondary schools, and banned from many workplaces, the world’s biggest aid operation is now at risk of failing those who desperately need it. And it’s happening in the cruellest depths…
Global Citizen launches End Extreme Poverty Now — Our Future Can’t Wait campaign
International advocacy organisation, Global Citizen, has launched a new campaign aimed at addressing the issue of poverty now. According to a statement, the year-long campaign, called End Extreme Poverty NOW – Our Future Can’t Wait, will focus on three critical…
*2021 UTME: Fate of over 600,000 eligible eandidates hanging in balance(Tribune)*Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed reappointed as UN Deputy Secretary-General (Channels)
2021 UTME: Fate of over 600,000 eligible eandidates hanging in balance (Tribune) THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions in the country to expedite action on the completion of the 2021 admission exercise. This…
*Lagos shuts hospital’s ICU over chef’s death (Punch)*Fire from Chinese restaurant ignited gas leak from Lagos truck – LASEMA (Guardian)
Lagos shuts hospital’s ICU over chef’s death (Punch) The Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency has shut down the Intensive Care Unit of Premier Specialists’ Medical Centre, Victoria Island, over the death of a chef, Peju Ugboma. PUNCH…
Okonjo Iweala, Adesina, Mohammed, Barkindo lead list of Top 10 Nigerians on World Stage
The Top10 magazine, Nigeria’s foremost publication that celebrates excellence, has honoured top 10 Nigerian international figures shaping developments at continental and global levels with a special edition. In the latest international edition of the magazine titled “Top 10 Nigerians on…
Amina Mohammed, three other Nigerians make BBC ‘100 Women’ list (Punch)
Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General and three other Nigerian women made the 2018 BBC ‘100 women’ list. She appeared alongside social entrepreneur/activist, Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, lawyer, Bola Tinubu and award-winning blogger and author, Chidera Eggerue. The BBC list celebrates inspiring…