The High Court has declared the government’s anti-alcohol campaign illegal. Nyandarua Bar Owners had filed a petition challenging the directive to close bars near residential areas and schools, claiming it was discriminatory and violated their rights. The traders argued that they had sought amicable solutions to the dispute over the illegal ministerial directives but to…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a decisive order to Israel, demanding an immediate halt to its military offensive in Rafah. ICJ President Nawaf Salam announced that the court voted 13-2 in favour of the order. He emphasised the urgent need to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in the besieged Palestinian enclave…
Lisa Rotenstein, MD, of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the lead author of a new study published in JAMA Network Open, “Virtual Scribes and Physician Time Spent on Electronic Health Records.” What question were you investigating? We sought to understand the impact of virtual scribes (human scribes who are not
Aquifers are vital for balanced ecosystems and human existence. While only 3% of the water on Earth is freshwater, almost 99% of that unfrozen volume is located in these geological formations. Despite their importance, little is known about the water that flows beneath our feet — almost always invisibly — and supplies rivers and lakes…
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and US President Joe Biden agreed to work together to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza through the Karam Abu Salem Crossing. The post Sisi, Biden Agree to Facilitate Aid to Gaza via Karam Abu Salem Crossing first appeared on Egyptian Streets…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has undertaken a bank-wide restructuring exercise, resulting in the retrenchment of nearly 200 employees across various departments. Affected departments include Human Resources; Development Finance; Trade and Exchange, which notably saw the departure of a prominent director, Dr. Hassan Mahmud; Financial Policy and Regulation…
Biafra Republic Government In Exile, BRGIE, has petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, an organ of the African Union in Banjul, Gambia, over the continued detention by the Nigerian government of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB and the declaration of…
ARINZE NWAFOR, Lagos The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja Branch began on Wednesday and told Primary and Secondary School students that they can get a lawyer to represent them in court whenever they report child abuse to them. Lawyers from the Human Rights Committee of the NBA Ikeja Branch carried out a sensitisation on Children’s…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, said about 4.95 million girls, aged nine to 14 years have been vaccinated against the Human Papillomavirus in the first phase of the vaccination. Pate who stated this on Friday in Abuja at the sectoral ministerial press briefing to mark the first anniversary of…