‘We need help’: Sierra Leone faces hardship amid Ukraine war
Iyesatu Turay, who lives in a sprawling slum of corrugated-iron shacks in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, says she doesn’t have enough food to feed her family. Life is a struggle for many in the Kroo Bay slum, where pigs mingle with stray dogs in the debris-strewn alleys of the shantytown,
CPPE asks FG to address concerns about conflicting trade policies
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in addressing what it described as conflict and contradictions in the trade policy space, especially as it relates to the import prohibition list and the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) forex exclusion list.
Turkey warns will take years to restore trust with Russia
Turkey warned on Tuesday that it could take “dozens of years” to restore trust between the West and Russia following Moscow’s decision to invade Ukraine. “Of course we are seeing the start of a new Cold War,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint media appearance with his visiting Hungarian
Safe medicines: PWDAN calls for sanitation of pharmaceutical supply, chain, regulation
As SAFCO Pharma recently marked its 6th Anniversary, the Vice-Chairman, Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Distributors Association of Nigeria, PWDAN, Pharm. Ogeneochuko Omaruaye has identified holistic sanitisation of the pharmaceutical supply chain and proper regulation as major steps in ensuring a consistent flow of quality and affordable medicines across the country. Omaruaye
‘Power sector needs additional $410bn investment’
Despite spending about N1.3 trillion in the past few years on the power sector, the Federal Government has said that it seeking additional $410 billion investment to strengthen the nation’s transmission and distribution infrastructure. Despite spending about N1.3 trillion in the past few years on the power sector, the Federal
Decomposing body of Kano businessman found in Kogi forest hours after N6m ransom payment
The decomposing body a 39-year-old Kano businessman, Yahaya Hassan Musa, who was kidnapped last week has been found in a forest in Kogi State hours after his abductors received a N6m ransom. According to our Correspondents, the victim who was married with two kids, was coming back from
Bakery worker vanishes with N350,000 just weeks after he was employed
A bakery worker has disappeared with N350,000 belonging to the bakery just weeks after he was employed. John Emeka was employed to work as a sales representative at Tasty Loaf Bakery on Ajelogo Road, Mile 12, Lagos State. However, the company’s CCTV captured the new employee on Wednesday, March
Put away your clerical garb, join politics and let’s see how far you can go – Presidency replies Bishop Kukah
The Presidency has replied Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, after he accused the Buhari-led administration of dividing the country on ethnic and religious lines. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, fired back at Kukah in a statement titled ‘Kukah’s virus of
Mac Miller’s drug supplier sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison
Ryan Michael Reavis, one of three drug dealers charged in Mac Miller’s fatal 2018 fentanyl overdose, has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison. At a hearing in Los Angeles federal court, U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright sentenced Ryan Michael Reavis to 10 years and 11
Davido: What Tekno did to me
Popular Nigerian pop star, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has given due credit to his fellow singer, Augustine Miles Kelechi, popularly known as Tekno for reviving his career at the moment he needed it most. Davido said he didn’t have any hit songs for almost a year until Tekno