Leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, have warned about the urgent need to increase funding for malaria prevention to reduce the number of new malaria cases and deaths. According to the world leaders, a resurgence of the disease within the next five years resulting in an additional 137.2 million malaria cases and…
Two persons have d!ed following attacks by notorious Oriokpa masqueraders at the University Town of Nsukka in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. A woman met her untimely death at Aku Road, Obechara area, Nsukka, after being chased by one of the Oriokpa masquerades on Tuesday, September 2024. In an attempt…
A Tunisian court sentenced presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel to six months in prison on Wednesday, September 25, on charges of falsifying documents, making this the second prison sentence against him in a week. The sentencing, which comes just days before the presidential election, highlights rising tensions ahead of the election, amid opposition and civil society…
An Osun monarch, the Elegbedi of Egbedi, Oba Muideen Azeez, and four other defendants, standing trial for alleged arson and malicious damage of a farm in Iloba town, were on Thursday remanded in the Ile-Ife Custodial Centre due to their failure to perfect the bail granted them by the court. The defendants, Akibu Abioye,…
