Nigeria Barred From 2022 US Visa Lottery
Nigeria has been barred from the US visa lottery application for 2022, a document published on the US Government website showed. In a 19-page document published on the website, Nigeria…
El-Zakzaky: 184 doctors from Iran, India, Iraq, others write Buhari
A group of 184 doctors from Pakistan, India, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq in an open letter to the President of the Republic of Nigeria, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, demanded…
Christian girl, 14, kidnapped, forced into Islamic marriage
The parents of a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl who was abducted in July and forced into an Islamic marriage are now battling the justice system in an attempt to rescue…
UN fingers India, Nigeria as baby boomers; world population hits 9.7bn by 2050
The United Nations says the world’s population is getting older and growing at a slower pace but is still expected to increase from the current 7.7 billion to 9.7 billion…
Terrorism tops agenda as Buhari, others meet at OIC summit
Saudi Arabia is holding a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the second-largest inter-government organisation after the United Nations, amid escalating tensions in the Gulf. Chief on the…
Over 20m children in the past eight years miss measles vaccination, causing disease outbreaks- UNICEF
More than 20 million children a year missed out on measles vaccines across the world in the past eight years, laying a path of exposure to a virus that is…
Terrorism Financing: EU Includes Saudi Arabia, Panama, Nigeria to Dirty-money Blacklist
The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia, Panama, Nigeria and other jurisdictions to a blacklist of nations that pose a threat because of lax controls on terrorism financing and…
Nigeria, Pakistan take lion’s share as UK aid spend tops £14billion
UK aid spending topped £14billion for the first time in 2017, official figures on taxpayer cash spent in other countries reveals today. The amount spent on aid rises every year…
The need for accountability for health in Nigeria’s political space
Min. of Health, Isaac Adewole By: Dr. Mike Adeyemi-Lawal Health, like housing, income and virtually all other aspects of human life, has a political dimension. The central importance…
End death penalty now, UN chief urges member countries
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called on member States to put an immediate end to sentencing criminals to death. Guterres, in a statement marking…