ILO elects Nigeria as regular member of Governing Board
ILO has elected Nigeria as a regular member of its Governing Board. ILO has 187 member states: 186 out of 193 UN member states plus […]
Africa
Uganda lacks medical oxygen as hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19 – Official
Uganda is running short of medical oxygen as the east African country grapples with the ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, an official has said. Diana Atwine, […]
Covid-19: World Bank, AU Partner to Deploy 400m Vaccine Doses in Africa
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The President of the World Bank, Mr David Malpass, and his senior management team comprised of Dr Axel van Trotsenburg and […]
Ugandan parliament approves nominees for vice president, PM
Ugandan parliament on Monday approved the presidential nominees for vice president and prime minister in the east African country. The lawmakers endorsed the appointment of […]
Africa Women Handball Championship: Nigeria romps into Q-finals against Cameroon
Nigeria’s women handball team would on Tuesday, take on hosts, Cameroon, in a quarter final encounter at the ongoing African championships to ensure a semi-final […]
Africa Ministers of Water to launch sanitation policy guidelines
The African Ministers’ Council On Water (AMCOW) is to launch the African Sanitation Policy Guidelines (ASPG) to improve sanitation governance and accelerate access to safe […]
Igbo business investment more in North than Southern Nigeria -Sen. Adamu
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa) says it is impossible for Nigeria to break along regional lines, because the Southern businessmen have more investments in the North […]
NGX opens trading June with N12bn loss
Sentiments on the nation’s bourse turned negative on Tuesday closing the first trading session in June with a loss of N12 billion, amid losses in […]
FirstBank clinches 2nd Most Admired Financial Services Brand in Africa
LAGOS – The First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., has been ranked the second ‘Most Admired Financial Services Brand’ in Africa, for the second consecutive year. […]
Africa needs 20m AstraZeneca vaccine by mid-July to deliver booster shots: WHO
Africa requires at least 20 million Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses in the next six weeks to enable the continent to deliver second shots to populations […]