Facing possible arrest for various counts of corruption and bribery, South Africa’s embattled National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, is a free woman — at least until next Tuesday. Judgment was reserved till April 2 in the speaker’s application to interdict her arrest. South African state prosecutors on Monday had said they intend to charge the…
A container ship rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to snap in a few places and plunge into the river below. Several vehicles fell into the chilly waters, and rescuers were initially searching for at least seven people. Two people were pulled from the waters under the Francis Scott Key…
A South African court on Tuesday dismissed the ruling party’s case demanding a rival opposition party be deregistered and banned from participating in the upcoming election. The Electoral Court said the ruling African National Congress party’s objection to how the Independent Electoral Commission handled the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s registration had no merit, adding it should…
Members of Spanish Civil Guard look for bodies of drowned migrants near the village of Canos de Meca in southern Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 6 2018 – Copyright © africanews AP Photo/Javier Fergo, File By Africanews Last updated: 2 hours ago MIGRANTS The new IOM report reveals alarming trends in migrant deaths and disappearances over the past decade….
Kenya’s government on Tuesday began handing over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult at the centre of a legal case that has shocked the country. Exhumed bodies from a vast rural area in coastal Kenya have shown signs of starvation and strangulation. Cult leader Paul Mackenzie is accused of asking…
A Nigerian court on Tuesday sentenced a Chinese national to death after finding him guilty of killing his girlfriend, a government official told The Associated Press, vowing to recommend execution if he unsuccessfully appeals the ruling. Frank Geng-Quangrong was convicted by a local court in northern Nigeria’s economic hub of Kano state, Kano Justice Commissioner…
A NOVEL technique that improves and assesses the chromosomal makeup of embryos to improve Invitro Fertilization, IVF, outcomes has been introduced in Nigeria. Known as Non-invasive Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy (NiPGT-A ), the technique reduces potential risks associated with traditional biopsy procedures, making it much safer and more accurate. Pioneer of the technique in…
*To sell $10,000 per BDC this week By Babajide Komolafe Economy Editor The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday slashed the exchange rate in the Bureaux De Change, BDC, segment of the forex market by 3.4 per cent or N50.5 to N1,269.8 per dollar even as it commenced another round of dollar sale to eligible BDCs….
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has said its gas strategy is set to trigger Nigeria’s industrialisation and economic growth. NNPC’s Executive Vice President, Upstream, Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, disclosed this during a Panel Session at the 2024 CERAWeek Conference in Houston, the United States. Eyesan said Nigeria is a predominantly gas-rich country which boasts of over 200TCF…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has commended the recent actions taken by the Federal Government to cut the cost of governance in Nigeria. However, in a statement made available to Vanguard yesterday, Director General of LCCI, Dr Chinyere Almona, charged the government to publicise amount of funds recouped from all cost-cutting initiatives and…
In the views of UNICEF Health Specialist with the Lagos field office, Dr Ijeoma Agbo, health insurance is a gateway to achieving UHC, adding that in 2021, almost 1 billion people spent more than 10 percent of their household budget on out-of-pocket health expenses in 2021, and more than half a billion were pushed into…
Nigeria grew by 22.16 per cent from N528 billion in 2019 to N645 billion in 2023, latest figures from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has shown. With the Commission projecting N1.6 trillion as electricity subsidy for 2024, total subsidy in the past 10 years is expected to hit N4.993 trillion by the end of the year….