Rapper Yanga Chief is excited about his partnership with the South African Music Performance Rights Association (SAMPRA). On Friday, the star announced on his social media accounts, saying he is honoured with the collaboration. “I am honored to announce a groundbreaking partnership between myself and the esteemed South African Music Performance Rights Association (SAMPRA…
World Food Safety Day on June 7 highlights and draws attention to the importance of preventing, detecting, and managing foodborne disease risks to preserve human health through access to safe and clean food – an area where Egypt faces challenges. Around 600 million cases of foodborne illnesses are reported annually worldwide…
The upcoming inclusion of Israel on a UN list of countries and armed forces determined to be failing to protect children in war prompted a furious Israeli response Friday.The annual “Children and Armed Conflict” report from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is not due to be published until June 18…
Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels have detained more than a dozen aid workers, including 11 United Nations staff, in an apparently coordinated crackdown, the Yemeni government, aid groups and the UN said Friday.The abductions underline the perilous task facing aid workers in Yemen, whose long-running civil war has precipitated one of the world’s worst humanitarian...
By Stellamaries Amuwa, Abuja The Mothers And Marginalised Advocacy Centre (MAMA Centre) is concerned by the impact of the ongoing rising cost of general goods and services on the rightsholders/female-headed households across at all levels. According to a press release issued by the Executive Director, MAMA Centre…
Nigerian gay rights activist, Bisi Alimi has joined the group of people who are seeking justice for jailed crossdresser, Idris Okuneye also known as Bobrisky. In April, a Federal High Court in Lagos state had sentenced Bobrisky to six months in prison without the option of fine…
Professor Fatima Waziri-Azi, the Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), said many orphanages around the country are currently under investigation. She made this known while responding to questions during a One-Day Community Dialogue and Advocacy on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV…
…Urges Govt To Inject His Humanism Philosophy Into Governance The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has commended President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, GCON, for naming the Arterial Road N20 in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, after the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday reserved judgment on the enforcement of fundamental rights of the 15th deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero. Ado-Bayero through his counsel M L Yusufari, filed a motion exparte dated May 27, seeking the court to restrain the respondents from arresting…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has responded to criticism for instructing permanent secretaries to bow before President Bola Tinubu at the commissioning of the Aerial Road N20 Expressway. Some Nigerians condemned the directive, viewing it as disrespectful to the permanent secretaries. In response…