The Teaching Service Commission in Nigeria’s Kwara State has directed the principals, teachers and staff of the 10 schools shut down over the hijab controversy to report at the schools on Friday or face disciplinary actions. The Executive Chairperson of…

The World health organization has warned countries to strengthen existing health measures against a third wave of the covid19 pandemic. The health agency on Thursday said Africa has crossed the 4million covid19 infection mark – recording over one hundred and…

Let’s begin by asking, should we continue to be wary of the AstraZeneca vaccine?  The question is still being asked despite the green light from the European Medicines Agency.  Like several western countries, Mali and Chad have announced the suspension…

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed his Minister of Health to ensure effective utilization of Global Fund’s provision of 890 million dollars, over the next three years. The fund, donated by The Global Fund, an international donor agency, is meant to…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing take-home rations to 5,000 pre-primary and primary school children and their household members.  The rations comprising of rice, fortified vegetable oil, and pulses are intended to mitigate the impact of the…

Nigeria's House of Representatives has asked the office of the National Security Adviser and the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development to immediately stop issuing licenses to oil servicing companies for the importation of explosives. This followed concerns that licensed…

Lawyers representing victims of one of the deadliest massacres in Liberia, have presented evidence to a judge in the United States, calling for the prosecution of Colonel Moses Thomas, the former head of an elite unit within the Armed Forces…

The government of Senegal has lifted nighttime curfew on the capital city of Dakar and a nearby region of Thies. The curfew was lifted on Friday. The government imposed the restriction on the regions in January amid the increase in…