Day: May 7, 2024

Namibia Is 1st African Nation To End Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission

Ganiyu Amodu

Namibia has become the first country in Africa – and the first high-burden country in the world – to reach a significant milestone on the path towards eliminating vertical mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and viral hepatitis B. This was disclosed on Monday by the African Region Office of the World Health Organisation. WHO said Eastern and Southern Africa is home to more than half the world’s HIV burden and Africa accounts for two-thirds of new hepatitis B infections globally. It added that Namibia is home to more than 200,000…

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Chelsea Offer Lukaku Plus €90m For Osimhen – Report

ADEOLA YUSUF

Just a day after French giants Paris Saint-Germain expressed their intention to sign Victor Osimhen from Napoli by making a €90m plus €40m first offer, Premier League club, Chelsea, have also tabled an offer of €90m plus Romelu Lukaku for the Nigerian striker, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen only signed a new contract at Napoli at the start of the year with his release clause set at around €130m but that has not deterred interested clubs from making offers for the coveted striker. Following impressive seasons with the Partenopeans, the…

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Saudi Expects Record Number Of Pilgrims This Year. This Is How It’s Preparing

Ganiyu Amodu

Saudi Arabia is ramping up preparations to receive over 2 million Muslim pilgrims expected to arrive later this month for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Government and private sector agencies are collaborating to implement operational plans to ensure that the faithful will perform Hajj rites with ease and comfort in and around the holy city of Mecca. Competent agencies anticipate record numbers of pilgrims this year following the participation of around 30 million Muslims from inside and outside the kingdom in Umrah, the minor pilgrimage, at the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest…

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Meet Oluchukwu, First Nigerian To Graduate In Female British Military Academy’s History

Ganiyu Amodu

The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu has commended Second Lt. Oluchukwu Owowoh for emerging as the first Nigerian female cadet to graduate from the Royal Military Academy (RMA), Sandhurst, United Kingdom. Mrs Tinubu, who received Owowoh, led by Maj.-Gen. John Ochia, the Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), to the State House on Monday described her achievement as outstanding and divine. “Your story is that of aspiration, resilient and determination, really, your case is divine; it is not because you studied very hard but because God selected you for a purpose.…

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List Of African Nations With Heaviest Chinese Debts

Ganiyu Amodu

“Number 8 may shock you!”   The COVID-19 outbreak and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had a negative economic impact, making it harder for many African countries to pay down their national debt. According to the United Kingdom’s Chatham House, more than 20 low-income African nations were at a high risk of defaulting. Bloomberg revealed that China accounts for 12% of Africa’s $696 billion (KSh 94 trillion) external debt. Due to the extent of Chinese lending, the World Bank noted that seven African nations were either in debt distress or at…

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What We Know About Atiku’s ‘Deals,’ Seyi’s Business, T.Y Danjuma’s Link – Tinubu’s Aide

Abibat Babalola

STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT *ATIKU ABUBAKAR’S PENCHANT FOR DISTORTING FACTS Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is fast developing a reputation for distorting and manipulating facts for his self-serving objective of discrediting the current administration. In his latest press statement, the defeated PDP presidential candidate made wild claims on a number of issues that need to be corrected so that the public will not be misled into accepting fallacies as the truth. The President Bola Tinubu-led administration believes that every…

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Meet Pure Water Hawker Who Scored 309 In 2024 UTME

Ganiyu Amodu

A pure water hawker Ugwu Augustus, has reportedly scored 309 and secured a full scholarship into the university after scoring 309 in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Alex Onyia, the founder of Educare, an organisation that prepares candidates for UTME, revealed that Augustus left school two years ago. He added that he was, however, challenged to join the UTME preparatory class and score above 300 to get a full scholarship. He wrote, “This youngster from my village, Ugwu Chibuzo Augustus, scored 309 in JAMB. He left school 2 years…

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Top Nigerians Kick, Claim French, US Plan To Site Military Bases in Nigeria

Abibat Babalola

▪️”How housing French, US military troops forcely ejected from Mali, Burkina Faso would not help but pitch Nigeria against Russia, affect country’s neutrality to superpowers,” details of letter sent to warn President Tinubu against relocation of military bases from three coup-torn Sahel countries + names of 5 prominent Nigerians who signed it ▪️”No plan to host foreign military bases,” information minister reacts     Some eminent northern leaders have kicked against the establishment of French and American military bases in Nigeria following their forced exit from neighbouring Francophone West African…

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NERC Under Fire As Labour, Chambers of Commerce, Consumers Reject Electricity Tariff Cut

Abibat Babalola

▪️Why NERC order on Band disparity for customers is divisive, exploitative, Nigerians demand return to status quo, total reversal of initial tariff review         The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), electricity consumers and civil society organisations have picked holes in the recent order by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), which led to stratification of electricity consumers into different bands, describing the NERC’s action as divisive and exploitative. Reacting separately to the latest…

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