African Union to start talks with WHO on malaria vaccine rollout
Oct 8, 2021 Africa will start talks with the World Health Organization about getting the first approved malaria vaccine to the continent as soon as possible, the African Union’s top…
Anambra Polls: FG Threatens To Impose State Of Emergency To Tighten Security
Oct. 6, 2021 …Says election must hold The Federal Government has warned that it may be forced to impose State of Emergency in Anambra to ensure peaceful conduct of the…
Vatican court clears two priests in abuse case
Oct. 6, 2021 A Vatican court on Wednesday cleared two priests charged in connection with alleged sexual abuse in a youth seminary in the Vatican between 2007 and 2012. Father…
Pope says ashamed Church did not prioritise abuse victims in France
Oct 6, 2021 Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was saddened and ashamed by the Catholic Church’s inability to deal with sexual abuse of children in France and that the…
UN weather agency warns of water crisis without urgent reforms
Oct 6, 2021 Global water resource management is “fragmented and inadequate” and countries should urgently adopt reforms to ramp up financing and boost cooperation on emergency warning systems ahead of…
WTD: Sub-Sahara Africa needs additional 15m teachers by 2030 – UN agencies
Oct. 5, 2021 Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to need an additional 15 million primary and secondary teachers by 2030 for the education system to recover from the COVID pandemic in…
Debt distress would be ‘dagger through the heart’ for global recovery if left unchecked – U.N Chief
Oct. 5, 2021 U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that if left unchecked debt distress in the world’s most vulnerable countries would be “a dagger through the heart of…
Despite price surge OPEC+ panel recommends sticking to oil output plan – Sources
Oct. 4, 2021 OPEC+ ministerial panel has recommended that the oil producing group stick to an existing pact to hike oil output by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in November,…
Boko Haram moves into north-central Nigeria in apparent expansion – Officials
Oct 4, 2021 Boko Haram insurgents have taken over multiple communities in Nigeria’s north-central Niger state, offering villagers money and incorporating them in their ranks to fight the government, a…
Sex Scandal: French Catholic Church had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles since 1950s – Commission head
Oct. 3, 2021 The French Catholic Church has had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles in its ranks over the past 70 years, the head of an independent commission investigating the sex…