World

By Grace Udofia United Kingdom Research Institute (UKRI) has awarded the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Nigeria, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and Makerere University, Uganda, a research grant worth 1.9 million pounds. The UNILAG Vice Chancellor, Oluwatoyin...

By John Ikani  The International Development Committee, a UK Parliamentary Committee scrutinizing British aids, has described funding cuts to several African countries as outrageous and hypocritical. This comes as British Government announced that several conflict-hit East...

By Chioma Iruke The Nigerian Government has called for deepening of trade relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made the call during a bilateral meeting with the Minister of...

By Ebi Kesiena Amnesty International (AI) has demanded for two billion doses of Covid vaccines for poorer nations by the end of the year, stating that Covid vaccine manufacturers are putting profit before lives. The human...

By Ebi Kesiena Mali has marked its 61st anniversary of independence from France in Kati, near Bamako with a military parade which had the President of the transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta in attendance. The celebration however...

By Ebi Kesiena President of Madagascar, Andry Nirina Rajoelina has called for tougher, urgent and coordinated world response efforts to fight climate change. Rajoelina noted this during his address to the United Nation's General Assembly (UNGA)in...