The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has nominated the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige for its meritorious service award in the health sector. The nomination was contained in a letter to the Minister and signed by the President of the NMA, Prof Innocent Ujah and the Secretary General, Dr Philip Ekpe. The award letter was made available to...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged Nigerian workers, including public and private workers in the state to remain productive as the world celebrates International Workers’ Day. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, urged workers to be committed at carrying out their duties. He commended all the workers for their...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for peace, stability, security and good governance as workers mark this year’s International Workers Day on May 1. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, told newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, that peace, stability, security and good governance were the constitutional responsibility of the government. “The constitutional responsibility of every government is about ensuring...
Dr Kayode Fayemi, Chairman Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Saturday paid a one day visit to Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra in Awka and welcomed him officially to the forum. Fayemi, who is also the Ekiti State Governor, described Soludo as a “valuable asset” to the forum while commending him for the positive steps he had taken so far on...
The National Association of Voluntary Blood Donors organized a workshop on April 29 in Asmara under the theme “Institutional integration for community-based blood donation activity”. Noting that ensuring the availability of blood to patients requires a developed understanding of the public, Ms. Aelm Berhe, president of the association, said the aim of the workshop was to develop community-based voluntary blood...
The fifteen (15) Ministers of the Environment of the ECOWAS Member States, meeting under the chairmanship of the Honorable Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation of Ghana, on Friday, April 29, 2022, validated the ECOWAS Regional Climate Strategy. The ECOWAS Regional Climate Strategy is the result of a collaborative process lasting more than a year between...
A delegation from the ECOWAS Commission headed by the President, H. E Jean-Claude Kassi Brou visited the Republic of Cape Verde. The President was accompanied by Mr. Tei Konzi, Commissioner for Trade, Customs and Free Movement, Mr. Douka Sediko, Commissioner for Energy and Mines, Mr. Ousseini Salifou, Executive Director of the Regional Agency for Food and Agriculture (ARAA) and Mr....
mPharma (www.mPharma.com), a leading pan-African health technology company, has reaffirmed its commitment to providing access to affordable health solutions in Africa. The CEO and co-founder of mPharma, Mr. Gregory Rockson, revealed this during the virtual launch of his impact report on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The launch was attended by the former Minister of Health of Ghana, Mr. Alex Segbefia....
Dozens of worshipers celebrated mass on Saturday at a church in Mosul, northern Iraq, for the first time since it was restored after it was looted by Islamic State jihadists. The Islamic State stormed Mosul and proclaimed it its “capital” in 2014, in an attack that forced hundreds of thousands of Christians in the northern province of Nineveh to flee,...
Ukrainian police reported Saturday that they found three bodies with their hands tied behind their backs as Russia continued to bombard the east and Washington criticized the “depravity” of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The bodies were found Friday in a grave near Bucha, a town near kyiv that has become synonymous with Russian war crimes allegations. “The victims’ hands were...
The ECOWAS Commission has combined efforts with the SheTrades Initiative of the International Trade Center (ITC) to launch the ECOWAS – ITC SheTrades project. Jointly organized by ECOWAS, ITC and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the event was attended by representatives of ECOWAS, ITC, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs...
A court in eSwatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy where homosexuality is still outlawed, has rejected a bid from the country’s leading LGBTQ rights group for official recognition, the group said on Saturday. The judges “continually claim that the organization wants to sell sex to the public. This is nowhere to be found in the organization’s mandate and vision,” said Sisanda...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s defeat in French elections as a “victory,” saying the world suffered from extremism, local media reported on Saturday. Le Pen, 53, failed to unseat President Emmanuel Macron last weekend, but managed a historic score of 41.5 percent. Erdogan, who has exchanged criticism with Macron in the past, praised the...
India seized $725 million from Xiaomi’s local bank accounts after an investigation found the Chinese smartphone giant illegally sent money abroad under the guise of royalty payments, authorities said on Saturday. India’s financial crime investigations agency began investigating the company in February, saying it seized money from the company’s local division after discovering it had made remittances to three foreign-based...
Millions of people in 11 provinces of Afghanistan suffered blackouts on Saturday after two power transmission towers were blown up west of the capital Kabul, officials said. The outages come ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Two high-voltage pylons in Parwan province were bombed on Friday night, cutting off...
A Palestinian man and an Israeli guard were killed in separate incidents in the West Bank following clashes on Friday between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. The guard was attacked at the entrance to the Ariel settlement, the army said, adding that they were chasing “terrorists”. The Islamist movement Hamas hailed the assassination as a “heroic operation,”...
Millions of people in Ethiopia continue to face acute food insecurity and extreme hunger as a direct result of the conflict. We are encouraged that the Ethiopian government and regional authorities in Tigray and Afar have taken steps in recent weeks to enable the delivery of desperately needed food aid to war-affected communities. We urge the parties to accelerate, sustain...
With tears of gratitude, the exhausted residents grabbed their pets and whatever else they could carry and fled after being freed from two months of terror under the Russian occupiers. Some had endured weeks in basements without power, water or replenishment of food supplies; others described their fear of Russian soldiers and living through bombing. After two months of “terrible...
Complying with sustainable standards is essential for any textile and clothing company that wants to be visible and compete in the market. The Global Textiles and Apparel Program of the International Trade Center (GTEX/MENATEX) in the Middle East and North Africa helps companies understand and adapt their productions according to the latest international requirements. The Sustainability Day organized by the...
Russian photographer Pavel Oskin is fighting President Vladimir Putin in his own way, opening his doors to Ukrainian refugees in the Czech capital and helping them get jobs to start a new life. Oskin enlisted some friends to help him convert an old Vietnamese store in northern Prague scheduled for demolition into a refugee center that now houses 16 Ukrainians...
