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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has inaugurated a ‘Drug-Free Safety Club’ in schools as part of

Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has launched MOWA-SARA skills acquisition project to empower women to be self-sufficient

United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) on Friday said no fewer than six million people were displaced in the Lake Chad Basin region

Colombia has offered to pay for the "dignified" deportation of its citizens from the United States, the foreign ministry said Friday, a week after a public spat between presidents Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump over the removal of migrants. The two leaders had issued threats and counter threats of major trade tariffs of up to…

The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), says about 12,665 women, youth and less privileged have benefited from empowerment programmes

Afghanistan's Taliban government took over management of Kabul's famed Serena hotel on Saturday, a hotel statement said, a luxury property targeted by Taliban attacks during their insurgency. The Kabul Serena Hotel was run for nearly 20 years by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development in the Afghan capital and was popular with business travellers…

India's finance minister unveiled broad income tax cuts on Saturday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government looks to bolster consumption and perk up a slowing economy. The world's most populous country is forecast to expand at its slowest pace since the Covid pandemic in the current fiscal year, after growing at more than eight percent…

Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a "massacre" in a village home to members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor said on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday's attack killed "10 citizens in Arzah village in the northern Hama countryside, which is inhabited by citizens…

Four lawmakers in Ghana's Parliament have been suspended after exchanging punches during a ministerial screening process. The legislative process on Thursday saw the ministerial screening committee members destroy furniture in the chambers. They had gathered from across parties to screen lawmakers from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) nominated to become ministers. The NDC accused…

The Police command in Bauchi State has foiled a robbery attempt and arrested three suspects in Bauchi metropolis.

The Lagos State Health District 1, on Friday, inaugurated a newly renovated Primary Health Centre in Agege.

Burundi's president has warned the escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo could spark a regional war. The Rwanda-backed M23 group has wrested control of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and is pushing southwards. The offensive is the latest to scar a region where an estimated six million people have died…