FG Launches Emergency Response for Floods, Health Crisis
The Federal Government has activated the National Emergency Operation Centre in a move to strengthen Nigeria’s disaster management efforts. The announcement was made by Mrs....
Month : July 2024
N7.2 Trillion Lost Annually to Healthcare Associated Infections in Nigeria
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate inaugurated the National Infection Prevention and Control Technical Working Group to strengthen infection prevention and...
UN: Floods Add to Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis
Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and floods inundated parts of Kassala province in eastern Sudan, inflicting...
World Bank Pledges $1.5 Billion for Ethiopia
The World Bank’s board has granted approval for $1.5 billion in financing for Ethiopia’s budget support, marking the first time the lender has offered this...
Ghana Speaker Warns of Plastic Crisis in West Africa
Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has raised alarm over poor management of plastic waste, stating that it has become one...
China Partners 26 African Countries in Digital Fields
China and 26 African countries have agreed to strengthen partnerships and boost innovation in the digital sector. African participants at the Forum on China, Africa...
Desperate Search Underway After India Mudslides
Rescuers continued to pull people from debris on Tuesday after multiple landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern India killed 93 people. Many others are...
4 dead, 3 missing after heavy rain in Central China
Four people were confirmed dead and three others remained missing by Monday night after torrential rain lashed a mountainous part of central China’s Hunan Province,...
UNICEF and Ukraine Join Forces for Greener Future for Children
Ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Ukraine’s Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural...
President Tinubu Offers Lifeline to Dangote Refinery, NNPC to Sell Crude in Naira
In a landmark move aimed at stabilizing fuel pump prices and the dollar-Naira exchange rate, the Federal Executive Council has approved President Tinubu’s proposal to...