Hanoi authorities say more than two thirds of the poisonous smog that blankets Vietnam’s capital is caused by petrol vehicles, and officials have ordered that a quarter of two-wheelers across the country must be electric by 2030. Photo: Nhac NGUYEN / AFPSource: AFP In Vietnam’s heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung … Read more
Chairman, Abia State House of Assembly Committee on Environment and Urban Renewal, Kalu Nwoke has told residents of the state that people’s environment impacts their health and wellness.Nwoke made the comment while speaking to LEADERSHIP after monitoring the state’s November monthly environmental sanitation exercise in some strategic locations in the capital, Umuahia, last Saturday. His … Read more
Thousands took to the streets in Seoul after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly declared martial law. Photo: Anthony WALLACE / AFPSource: AFP South Korean stocks sank more than two percent Wednesday while the won rebounded from earlier losses after President Yoon Suk Yeol dramatically declared martial law overnight before reversing the decision hours … Read more
Apex Igbo social-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has commenced moves to have an emergency meeting over crucial issues attempting to tear the body apart. Imeobi, the highest decision making organ and the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the body will take decisions on crucial matters affecting the Igbo organisation during the meeting. Our investigations revealed that … Read more
Experts have called for enhanced surveillance systems, sustained funding, and effective collaboration across health, agriculture, and environmental sectors to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).They warned that failing to address AMR could derail progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking at the Step-down Training Programme on Media-EIS Tracks and AMR in Abuja, organised for members … Read more
Ugwumba Leadership Centre has empowered some youths with job opportunities. The president of Ugwumba Leadership Centre, Uche Nwosu, made the statement yesterday in Abuja, during its seventh edition of the Ugwumba enterprise challenge. He said that the seventh edition of the Ugumba Enterprise Challenge supports young entrepreneurs and the government in creating jobs for the … Read more
The Interfaith Dialogue for Peace (IDFP) has called for a united effort to combat gender-based violence. It joined the global community in observing the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The IDFP, comprising 120 Christian and Muslim religious and traditional leaders, made the call through its coordinator, Rev. Joseph John Hayab, who delivered a … Read more
Private security experts, military and paramilitary eggheads, policymakers and industry stakeholders are set to converge on Lagos for a crucial discourse on security issues plaguing the nation as the managing director of EPSS Security Services Limited, Buduka Addey Johnson, unveils her first security book/ memoir.The security veteran Buduka disclosed this in a press statement over … Read more
President-General of the Association of Ndi Eze Ndi Igbo in the Diaspora, Eze Gregory Iloerika, has urged Igbo communities in the Diaspora to be good ambassadors of Nigeria and not bring shame to the country. Iloerika, who said he just inaugurated the Senegal chapter of the association to take care of people of the Southeast … Read more
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other stakeholders in Ebonyi State have called on the Ebonyi State government to prioritize ending open defecation and provision of constant clean water across the state to curb the incessant cholera outbreaks, which have claimed many lives in the rural areas. The CSOs and other stakeholders in the state made … Read more