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By Mark Longyen The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is soliciting coordinated collaborative regional response from member states to tackle plastic pollution which it has identified as a “transboundary challenge”. Mrs Massandje Toure-Litse, ECOWAS Commissioner, Economic Affairs and Agriculture, said this at the World Environment Day celebration onContinue Reading
By Uche Bibilari, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a genetic blood disorder that arises when both parents carry the sickle cell gene, creating a 25 per cent chance of transmitting the disease to their offspring with each pregnancy. Globally, an estimated 400,000 babies are bornContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal Journalists across West Africa have been urged to move beyond event-based reporting on HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria, and adopt ethical, people-centred journalism that emphasise the human rights dimensions of these diseases. Speaking at a training session on Monday in Lagos, organised under the Breaking Down BarriersContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has urged the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to enforce a transparent pump pricing template. President of the union, Mr Festus Osifo, made the call at a World News Conference in Abuja onContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The Africa Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF) has urged leaders in the continent to invest and preserve wealth for future generations by investing in Africa’s capital. Stakeholders at the forum made the call at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Africa Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF) hosted by theContinue Reading
By Sandra Umeh A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, held that it would await the decision of the Court of Appeal in a suit by Ecobank challenging alleged sale of 6.3 billion shares in Barbican Capital Ltd. Ecobank had filed the suit against Obafemi Otudeko, Barbican Capital Ltd.,Continue Reading
By Mark Longyen The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is currently facing integration challenges, and seeks to address it by strengthening unity, solidarity, and fraternity within the bloc. Dr Omar Touray, President of the commission, expressed the fear and plan of action at the 37th ordinaryContinue Reading
By Alex Enebeli Innoson Kiara Academy, Enugu, has partnered with the Nigerian Automotive Technicians Association (NATA) to train 5,000 youths in vocational skills over the next two years. The programme targets unemployed youths from the South-East region of Nigeria, with the aim of equipping them with practical skills for gainfulContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Foreign Affairs analysts have expressed the view that Nigeria’s foreign policy under President Bola Tinubu since his assumption of office on May 29, 2023, has been a mixed bag of the old and the new. It has been a continuity of theContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) For decades, the waters of Ogoniland in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta ran black with crude. Rivers that once teemed with fish became lifeless. Farmlands turned barren. The air thickened with the stench of spilled oil, and for the people; many of themContinue Reading
