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Wells Fargo sees world progress slowing to 1.7% subsequent 12 months

Wells Fargo sees world progress slowing to 1.7% subsequent 12 months

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Wells Fargo name is shown on an office town in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) - Wells Fargo (NYSE:) is expecting the global economy…

COVID-19 burden lessens in Africa, vigilance essential as year-end season begins

COVID-19 burden lessens in Africa, vigilance essential as year-end season begins

Brazzaville – While Africa is witnessing its lowest level of new COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic, a recent four-week rise—the first such sustained increase in four months—underscores the criticality of maintaining vigilance…

ECHO helps WaSH providers in response to the Cholera outbreak in Ethiopia

ECHO helps WaSH providers in response to the Cholera outbreak in Ethiopia

08 December 2022 According to Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2022, the country has been experiencing one of the most severe La Niña- induced droughts in the last decade following the fifth consecutive failed rainy…

Etisalat mulling over acquisition of Vodafone’s Vodacom stake

Etisalat mulling over acquisition of Vodafone’s Vodacom stake

After announcing on Wednesday that it has increased its stake in the Vodafone Group from 9.8% — which it acquired for $4.4 billion in May —  to 11%, the United Arab Emirates telecommunications firm formerly…

Clerics search Christians’ participation in nation-building

Clerics search Christians’ participation in nation-building

An Illustration of a church The President, Anchor International Outreach Ministry, Pastor Bolarinwa Omotosho, has advised Christian leaders not to concentrate on preparing members for the leadership positions in their churches alone but also encourage…

Ex-Guatemalan President, deputy jailed 16 years for corruption

Ex-Guatemalan President, deputy jailed 16 years for corruption

Guatemalan former President (2012-2015) Otto Perez Molina gestures before listening to his sentence during a hearing at the court in Guatemala City on December 7, 2022. - A Guatemalan court is due to rule on…

WHO Ethiopia helps entry to major well being for displaced individuals in drought-affected Somali area

WHO Ethiopia helps entry to major well being for displaced individuals in drought-affected Somali area

Sa’Ada, 36, was displaced from her home in Gunagado Woreda of Jarar Zone, Somali Region due to drought. She and her husband came to Qoto Rooble Kebele in Kebribayah Woreda with their nine children in…

One other earthquake hits Indonesia’s Java island

One other earthquake hits Indonesia’s Java island

The quake struck at 07:50 am local time (0050 GMT) around 15 kilometres from the town of Cianjur, epicentre of November’s devastating tremor, the United States Geological Survey said. It said there was a low likelihood…

GRV Slams Decay of Public Training Sector beneath APC in Lagos State

GRV Slams Decay of Public Training Sector beneath APC in Lagos State

Education is universally considered to be pivotal in societal development and foundational to a brighter future. Most especially, public education such as obtained in primary and secondary schools is quite invaluable. Yet, this same vital…

Polls: INEC knocks Tinubu over touch upon e-transmission

Polls: INEC knocks Tinubu over touch upon e-transmission

The Independent National Electoral Commission has knocked the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for expressing doubts over the credibility of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and Results Viewing Portal which…

Methods to transfer the needle on third-party cybersecurity

Methods to transfer the needle on third-party cybersecurity

BOSTON – Chief information security officers from Intermountain Health, Northwell Health and Renown Health shared insights and guidance on how to make third-party management a priority during the 2022 HIMSS Cybersecurity Forum. Rather than focus on a…

FAME Basis organises 16-day activism towards gender-based violence 

FAME Basis organises 16-day activism towards gender-based violence 

Thursday, December 8, 2022 School-Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV) activism programme in Abuja The Female Advocacy Monitoring and Empowerment Foundation also known as FAME Foundation began a 16-day School-Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV) activism programme…