Thousands of residents from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands have been evacuated as a wildfire authorities deemed “out of control” rages on for a fourth day. The Canary Islands emergency services said more than 26,000 people had been evacuated by Saturday afternoon, according to provisional estimates, a sharp rise from 4,500 on Friday. Some 11…
Barrow signed an executive order “suspending all overseas travels by the president, the vice-president, cabinet ministers, senior government officials, civil servants and employees across all government institutions and agencies,” for the rest of the fiscal year, presidential spokesman Ebrima Sankareh said in a statement. Meetings where Gambian participation is compulsory and foreign trips entirely financed…
Nigeria striker Osimhen netted in each half to help ensure the champions came from behind to win on Rudi Garcia’s debut as coach following the resignation of new Italy boss Luciano Spalletti. Matteo Politano scored Napoli’s other goal, getting the away side back on level terms midway through the first half after Abdou Harroui had…
Marley had visited the agency’s Abuja headquarters earlier in the week where he preached against drug abuse, urging Nigerians to shun drugs. Social media was agog in the wake of the development with many claiming the singer bagged an ambassadorial deal with the agency during the visitBut the NDLEA has refuted the claim, describing it…
A delegation from West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS met Niger’s ousted president Mohamed Bazoum and held talks with junta leader General Abdourahmane Tchiani. A plane carrying the delegation landed in the capital Niamey at about 1pm (12:00 GMT) on Saturday, a day after the bloc’s military chiefs said they were ready to intervene militarily to…
By Ayomide Otitoju I thank India for its generous hospitality and for its visionary leadership by making health a priority of its G20 Presidency. I also congratulate India for its commitment to universal health coverage at home, especially through Ayushman Bharat, the world’s largest health insurance scheme. On Wednesday, I had the opportunity of visitting…
By Ayomide Otitoju Health organization (WHO), a new Alert underscores the crucial importance of ramping up investment in healthcare services provision in Afghanistan particularly in the underserved areas where the healthcare infrastructure is severely under-resourced and remain vulnerable due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis. after decades of instability exacerbated by severe drought and natural disasters…
The military high command has said no fewer than three officers and 22 soldiers were killed during the ambush on troops in Niger state. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Director, Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba added that seven soldiers were wounded during the ambush. He said the incident necessitated the deployment of…
By Ayomide Otitoju The World Health Organization opened its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with the group saying it was seeking to collect evidence and data to allow for the safe use of such treatments.Traditional medicines are a “first port of call for millions of people worldwide”, the UN health agency said, with…
