Middle East health systems near collapse as WHO raises alarm
…Ceasefire fails as hospitals buckle under displacement, shortages By Chioma Obinna A fragile ceasefire across parts of the Middle East has failed to halt a deepening health emergency, with the World Health Organisation, WHO, warning that health systems across multiple countries are now under severe strain from conflict, mass displacement, and infrastructure breakdown. In its […]
French film director sentenced five years for child actor abuse
A French court on Friday handed film director Christophe Ruggia a five-year sentence on appeal for sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child in one of the key trials of France’s #Metoo movement.
Okey Bakassi offers N5m reward to track theft of 8 phones at Ikoyi football game
Nigerian comedian Okechukwu Anthony, popularly known as Okey Bakassi, has announced a N5 million reward for information leading to the recovery of eight phones allegedly stolen during a football match in Ikoyi, Lagos.
CBN, financial markets dealers introduce new money market benchmark
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Financial Markets Dealers Associations have introduced the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate, NFOR, as the new money market benchmark to promote consistent pricing of money market instruments.
Oil plunges, stocks jumps as Iran declares Hormuz open
International benchmark Brent North Sea crude plunged 10 percent to $89.11 a barrel, after earlier falling five percent on US-Iran peace deal hopes.
Price of a drink: Jigawa, UNICEF partner to provide running water, wash facilities in schools
In the quiet corners of Gadadin Primary School in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, the dust carries a memory that the community cannot just shake off. It is the memory of a child who, many years ago, went looking for water and never came back. That stark memory sticks and constantly haunts the people like a plague.
