Dr. Uchechukwu Nwokwu, National Coordinator, National Cancer Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, says 7.2 per cent out of 127,000 cancer cases recorded annually in Nigeria are children. Nwokwu said this at the sideline of a public enlightenment on Childhood cancer commemorating 2025 International Childhood Cancer Day, (ICCD) organised by Akanimo Cancer…

Russia on Saturday published images of a US man that its customs officers arrested a day earlier at a Moscow airport for allegedly travelling with gummy candy laced with cannabis derivatives. Russian media said a day earlier that a 28-year-old American was detained at Vnukovo airport after flying in from Istanbul. The arrest came after…

The UK government on Saturday named two Britons detained in Iran as Craig and Lindsay Foreman, with their family saying they are determined to ensure the pair's "safe return". The two are currently being held in Kerman, a city and province in southeast Iran, the family said in a statement issued by the British foreign…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Saturday for the creation of a European army, as he insisted Kyiv and its backers on the continent must be listened to in peace talks with Russia. Speaking at a gathering of top policymakers in Munich, the Ukrainian leader said that with the return of President Donald Trump to the…

Ghanaian authorities and local organisations are upping their efforts to combat the poaching of pangolins, an endangered mammal whose meat and scales are among the most trafficked internationally. An estimated one million of the animals -- also known as scaly anteaters -- were poached worldwide over the last decade, mainly due to demand for their…