Tag: World
-
Nigeria, Africa deserve seats amongst major geopolitical players in the world – Blinken
The United States government has said now is the time for major geopolitical players across the world to start treating Africa and Nigeria in particular as one of them.
-
On 5G the world will be watching Nigeria, By Okoh Aihe
The process of licensing 5G technology began in Nigeria last week with the upload of the Information Memorandum (IM) on the website of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),
-
[Devotional] In His Presence: Enhance your mental wellbeing
ENHANCE YOUR MENTAL WELLBEING (1) Read: PROVERBS 4:20–27 Meditation verse: “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23). Today is World Mental Health Day. Here are some ways to enhance your mental wellbeing: Be very selective of who you permit into your personal space. Avoid people…
-
OB Lulu-Briggs Foundation Calls For Greater Attention To Basic Needs As World Marks Day Of Older Persons
The O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation has called for greater attention to the basic needs of older persons in the country as the World marked the United Nations International Day of Older Persons on October 1, 2021. Mrs. Ineba Tongkam, the Foundation’s Coordinator of Programmes made the call during a media programme commemorating this year’s International…
-
Russian PMCs are the target of unprincipled competitors
In recent months, the world’s media have once again started talking about Russian military instructors. The Government of Mali invited Russians from the famous Wagner PMCs to train their national army. The country has been living in a state of civil war for almost a decade. Armed radical groups occupy vast territories in the north-east…
-
A Breath Of Fresh Air – Dakuku Peterside
By Dakuku Peterside. In recent times, we have been bombarded with news of insecurity, corruption, and secession agitations in Nigeria that we have become so used to them. News and images of kidnapping, ethnic killings, and mayhem, like horror movies, litter our media space, which have almost become an acceptable reality of life. The problems…
-
Nigeria has world’s highest number of children threatened by Malnutrition – UNICEF
The United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, UNICEF, has ranked Nigeria as the country with the highest burden of malnutrition in Africa and the second highest in the world. The agency in a report that analyzed 91 countries, including Nigeria, disclosed that one out of every three children…
-
COVID-19: World in early stages of third wave amid Delta surge – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the spread of COVID-19’s Delta variant, along with increased social mobility and the inconsistent use of proven public health measures was driving increases in both case numbers and deaths. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus stated this on Wednesday in remarks to the 8th meeting of the Emergency…
-
Standing the world on its head – By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa Some years ago, as Secretary General of the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity, OATUU, I had diplomatic immunity provided directly by my host, Ghana, my country, Nigeria and the African Union which extended to me the privilege of its diplomatic passport. With the AU passport, I entered and exited countless African…
-
What Twitter Ban Teaches The World About Nigeria – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene The Nigerian government thinks Twitter is the greatest source of its misery. After straining at the leash for months, it couldn’t resist swatting the microblogging platform with a ban last week. But what does the ban mean, really? It means that about 40 million users in Nigeria who are mostly young people…