The Rotary Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to sustaining Nigeria’s polio-free status and reducing maternal and child mortality, describing the efforts of Nigerian Rotarians and health workers as vital to global health. Speaking at a community dialogue and joint partners health outreach at Gwarinpa village, Abuja, Rotary Foundation Board’s chairman, Holger Knaack, said although Africa

The multiple elections that held in the United States on Tuesday November 4 led to the election of several politicians with Muslim background in the country. Most prominent is Zohran Mamdani, a 34 years old politician who is a democratic socialist and successfully ran for mayor of New York City. Rising from near-total obscurity and

It was Gene Roddeberry who once said that ‘religions vary in their idiocy and I reject them all”. But I contest Gene’s postulation. I argue thus- no religion is essentially idiotic but some religionists could display grand idiocy in their practice of their religions. I guess it is readings such as the above that recent

A months-long siege of Mali’s capital, Bamako, by the al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is testing the resilience of a city and the resolve of a military government struggling to maintain control. Since September, the group has executed a methodical economic and fuel blockade, sealing major highways used to transport fuel from neighbouring

Paul Biya, who has been president of Cameroon for 43 years, was sworn in on Thursday for an eighth term, after a contested election that sparked mass protests and subsequent repression in which several demonstrators died. The 92-year-old Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, won the October 12 election with 53.7 per cent of

Urhobo College, Uvwie, Warri, have emerged champions of the 2025 Delta State/Zenith Bank Principals’ Cup, defeating Ogbe-Ijoh Grammar School, Warri South West, 2-1 in an exciting final played yesterday at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.  The Uvwie boys took the lead as early as 37 seconds and doubled their advantage in the 30th minute, before