Israeli doctors find cure for heart failure
Israeli doctors have developed an innovative medicine for heart failure, Kaplan Medical Centre in Central Israel reported on Tuesday. Heart failure is a state in which the heart activity fails…
UN confirms over 170,000 grave violation against children in war over the last decade
There has been a nearly three-fold rise in attacks on children in conflict over the last decade, UNICEF said on Monday. The UN has verified more than 170,000 grave…
Key points to end electoral violence in Nigeria — Stakeholders
The orgy of violence witnessed before, during and after last month’s gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa brings to fore once again the need to curb the death toll and…
How the 737 MAX production freeze affects airlines across the globe
Boeing Co has decided to suspend production of its best-selling 737 MAX model from January, the plane maker’s biggest assembly-line halt in more than 20 years, as repercussions from two…
Lagos priced-out residents seek shelter in abandoned buildings
uncompleted building on Lagos Island Adekunle Adigun is gainfully employed as a commercial lawyer on Victoria Island in Lagos, yet as he finishes work each day he does not…
Girls can now go to school with their pregnancy: Court
West Africa’s top court on Thursday ordered Sierra Leone to revoke a ban on pregnant girls in school, a move activists hope could lead to challenges against similar laws across…
Leo Stan Ekeh: Why he deserves the National Productivity Award
RAY UMUKORO On Thursday, November 28, President Muhammadu Buhari conferred the prestigious National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) award on Leo Stan Ekeh, Oba Otudeko, Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu and…
Europeans spent over $12bn in 2017 on illegal Cannabis purchase – EU
Europeans spent at least 11.6 billion euros ($12.7 billion) in 2017 on illegal cannabis purchases, confirming marijuana as the largest drugs market in the 28-country European Union, the bloc’s anti-drugs…
Pope urges abolition of nuclear weapons, says use is crime against mankind at Japan’s ground zeros
Pope Francis brought his campaign to abolish nuclear weapons to the only two cities ever hit by atomic bombs on Sunday, calling their possession indefensibly perverse and immoral and their…
AFRIMA: Full list of winners; Burna Boy, 2Baba shine
Innocent Tuface Idibia, popularly a.ka 2Baba and Burna Boy were among the artistes that won awards at the 6th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) The All Africa Music Awards was…