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Kenyan two-time Olympic champion survives ‘scary’ aircraft crash unhurt 

Kenyan two-time Olympic champion survives ‘scary’ aircraft crash unhurt 

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 David Rudisha Kenyan legendary long distance runner David Rudisha luckily survived a “scary” plane crash unharmed in his home country on Saturday. The two-time 800m Olympic gold medalist was flying alongside…

2023 Price range: Zamfara earmarks N300 million for assessment of legal guidelines

2023 Price range: Zamfara earmarks N300 million for assessment of legal guidelines

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle The Zamfara government on Tuesday said it earmarked N300 million in its 2023 appropriation for the review of state laws. Musa Bukkuyum, the permanent secretary, state…

Police arrest man for theft, homicide in Ogun

Police arrest man for theft, homicide in Ogun

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Ogun Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole The Ogun Police Command on Tuesday said it arrested 28-year-old Moses Ayomide for the alleged robbery and killing of one Qudus Popolola in the Ijoko…

Man will get life sentence for sexually assaulting neighbour’s daughter

Man will get life sentence for sexually assaulting neighbour’s daughter

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court [Photo Credit: The Guardian] The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a factory worker, Kazeem Adedayo, to life imprisonment for…

Kwara State bolsters technique to curb Yellow fever scourge 

Kwara State bolsters technique to curb Yellow fever scourge 

Ilorin, 13 December, 2022 - Akwai zafi? meaning does it hurt (in Hausa language), asks Abdulafar Ahmed, jokingly as he administered the Yellow fever vaccine to some of the children at Ruggar Budo (a nomadic)…

Statisticians and journalists of Botswana study to higher interpret and talk well being knowledge

Statisticians and journalists of Botswana study to higher interpret and talk well being knowledge

Statistics Botswana in collaboration with the OECD's Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) and the WHO Country Office are running a three-day training programme from 12-14 December 2022 in Gaborone, entitled…

 Decreasing out-of-pocket well being expenditure a panacea to common well being protection 

 Decreasing out-of-pocket well being expenditure a panacea to common well being protection 

Abuja, 13 December, 2022 - “I recall growing up in a comfortable home and lacking nothing until my father fell ill in 2010. I was in secondary school when his sickness started.  He was a…

Nigeria chooses India’s pricey path to a cashless financial system

Nigeria chooses India’s pricey path to a cashless financial system

The central bank has avoided calling it by the same name as the costly 2016 programme implemented by the Indian government. But as residents of Africa’s most populous country scrambled to comply with a recall…

One Missile Into Russia, A whole lot Of Warheads In Return – Putin Warns

One Missile Into Russia, A whole lot Of Warheads In Return – Putin Warns

(News investigators) Russian President Vladimir Putin once again drew international attention when he warned that if even one missile enters Russian territory, “hundreds” of warheads will respond.Putin’s comments come just days after three separate drone…

Museveni accuses Europe of hypocrisy on its local weather and vitality coverage

Museveni accuses Europe of hypocrisy on its local weather and vitality coverage

Uganda's veteran President Yoweri Museveni accused Europe on Wednesday of "brazen double standards" towards Africa in its climate and energy policies. He lashed out at Europe's return to coal-fired power plants in the face of…

Curbing maternal mortality In Côte d’Ivoire

Curbing maternal mortality In Côte d’Ivoire

Botro, Cote d'Ivoire – It is vaccination day, baby cries fill the courtyard of the Botro General Hospital, about 400 kilometres north of Abidjan. Henriette Ouattara, who gave birth a few months ago at the…

Group-based medical health insurance drives Ethiopia’s bid for common well being protection

Group-based medical health insurance drives Ethiopia’s bid for common well being protection

Addis Ababa – In late 2019, 68-year-old Meseret Belay, who lives in the Meshwalekiya neighbourhood of Ethiopia’s sprawling capital, Addis Ababa, suffered a severe stroke that left her unable to speak and paralysed on the…