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A 24-year-old lady, Annastasia Michael, has written an open letter to the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia, offering to donate one of her kidneys to save her life. This is coming after the 25-year-old Sonia Ekweremadu made an appeal to members of the public to donate a kidney to save her life. Responding to the appeal in a Facebook post on …

Bishop Georg Bätzing, Irme Stetter-Karp, Bischop Franz-Josef Bode at the “Synodal Way” meeting on Sept. 9 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany. | Synodaler Weg / Maximilian von Lachner With votes supporting changes to the Church’s teaching on issues including homosexuality and the ordination of women, the German Synodal Way concluded its assembly in Frankfurt on Saturday under a cloud. The three-day …

Students under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South-West zone have passed a vote of no confidence on the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, and Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu over the prolonged strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The students body, on Monday informed of taking protests to …

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ebonyi State University Chapter, Dr. Ikechukwu Igwenyi, has urged the union’s national leadership to go back to the drawing board and review the 2009 agreement it entered with the Federal Government. This was as the don stressed that the N1.1 trillion outstanding revitalisation fund for the nation’s universities was no longer …

Queen Elizabeth’s coffin will be flown to London on Tuesday at the end of 24 hours of lying at rest in Edinburgh’s historic cathedral, where her son King Charles and his three siblings held a silent vigil. Charles was joined by his sister Anne and brothers Andrew and Edward for the 10-minute vigil on Monday at St Giles’ Cathedral, where …

Labour Party’s (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has said the 2023 presidential election must not be based on entitlements, religious, ethnic and other sentiments but purely on capacity that would change the fate of the country. He spoke  at the party’s ongoing leadership in Abuja. “Election next year must not be based on religion or ethnicity. It must not be based in …

To address growing concerns over prisons congestion and inmates’ welfare, Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that his ministry will make an appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari for special intervention funding for the completion of three out of six mega custodial centers across the geopolitical zones. Aregbesola and his team while on inspection of the Karshi special custodial center. …

The lives of 600 million people in Africa are at risk because of the growing severity and frequency of droughts, according to a report. This is contained in a report “Africa is Doubling Down on Climate Adaptation. Here’s Why it Deserves Support” obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday. The Report was co-authored by the President of …

“Gas is critical as a transition fuel to power Africa’s industrialisation, solve energy poverty and generate resources for energy transition” is a phrase you would hear often at the Africa Pavilion at the UN’s Conference of Parties (COP) or anywhere climate justice and energy transition is being discussed. In preparation for COP 27, Nigeria’s government recently launched its Energy Transition Plan (ETP), which …

Nine yet-to-be-identified ladies who were trapped when a storey building around Akinwunmi Street, Mende, in the Maryland area of Lagos State, sunk due to torrential rainfall, were rescued on Monday. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in a statement. He said the agency’s officials were deployed to rescue the victims after receiving a …