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U.S. sanctions 3 Liberian authorities officers over corruption

U.S. sanctions 3 Liberian authorities officers over corruption

The Treasury under Secretary Janet Yellen sanctioned three Liberian government officials on Monday for using their positions for personal financial gain. File Photo by Graeme Jennings/UPI | License Photo Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Biden…

Mulikat Okanlawan, Noma survivor

Mulikat Okanlawan, Noma survivor

Mulikat Okanlawan works as a hygiene officer at the Sokoto Noma Children’s Hospital in the northern corner of Nigeria. Mulikat first came to the hospital more than 20 years ago to receive treatment for noma, a…

Tendai Westerhof, HIV Advocate

Tendai Westerhof, HIV Advocate

As director of a national network of women living with HIV in Zimbabwe, Tendai Westerhof was used to challenging stigma. When the COVID-19 vaccine became available, she became alarmed by the fear and disinformation she…

Reginald Omulo, Bean Farmer

Reginald Omulo, Bean Farmer

Reginald Omulo, a farmer in Migori County, Kenya, noticed that the tobacco farming his community practiced was affecting families’ health and well-being.“There are many diseases associated with tobacco farming that affect the environment and people,”…

Grand jury subpoenas ex-Trump White Home lawyer Herschmann

Grand jury subpoenas ex-Trump White Home lawyer Herschmann

A grand jury probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed former Trump White House lawyer Eric Hershmann for testimony and documents. File Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI | License Photo Aug.…

Afro-reggae fusion can revive music consciousness – Artiste

Afro-reggae fusion can revive music consciousness – Artiste

A United Kingdom-based Nigerian singer, Marvelous Irorakpor, known better as Marvelux ID, has expressed optimism that the fusion of Afro and Reggae music can revive music consciousness. He noted that with both music genres co-existing,…

Benue police nab kidnap syndicate’s kingpin

Benue police nab kidnap syndicate’s kingpin

The Benue State Police Command has nabbed the kingpin of a kidnap syndicate, Achobo Samuel, that specialised in kidnapping women. Parading the suspect at the command headquarters in Makurdi, the command’s Spokesperson, Catherine Anene, said…

Uba Sani denies sponsoring invoice to rename Kaduna

Uba Sani denies sponsoring invoice to rename Kaduna

The Senator representing Kaduna Central and All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the state, Uba Sani, has debunked reports on social media that the state was named ‘Zazzau State’. Sani said the purported reports that…

Re: What’s Peter Obi actually as much as?

Re: What’s Peter Obi actually as much as?

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor…

Tuface and the intriguing query of double negatives (1)

Tuface and the intriguing query of double negatives (1)

When popular musician, Tuface Idibia (2Baba), intensely apologised to his wife, Annie, and his other loved ones a few days ago, he predictably ignited a controversy. Soberly, he told his family that he had disappointed…

‘The Menu’ Trailer Asks What If Advantageous Eating Was Actually a Horror Film

‘The Menu’ Trailer Asks What If Advantageous Eating Was Actually a Horror Film

Our appetites might be shifting towards a new kind of food media—one that’s very dark and maybe a bit honest. Late 2021 gave us Boiling Point, a high stakes drama about the pressures of working…

Grated Tomato and Miso-Butter Pasta

Grated Tomato and Miso-Butter Pasta

It turns out that the best no-cook pasta sauce…is a little bit cooked. There’s a reason classic marinara takes an hour on the stove, or tomato paste (itself a long-cooked and deeply concentrated tomato product)…