Author: Opalim Lifted

The immediate past president of the World Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele, has called for ethical governance of health systems as part of his suggested strategies to promote global health. Enabulele made this call when he made a guest presentation on ethical governance and global health as an invited international guest speaker on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at the 2024 Conference of the South African Medical Association (SAMA) held at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. While defining what ethical governance entails, the WMA immediate past president cited numerous challenges with ethical questions facing health systems and global…

Abuja residents are currently faced with fuel scarcity as petroleum tanker drivers threat to down tools took effect on Monday. Long queues of motorists were seen at a few filling stations dispensing fuel. Many filling stations are currently closed in the Federal Capital Territory. Operators in the downstream oil sector confirmed that the development was due to the suspension of operations by the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners in fulfilment of their threat to down tools beginning today, Monday. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited filling station on Arab Road in Kubwa, Abuja, was closed on Monday morning. The…

Nigerians on social media have expressed their disappointment in Senator Tony Nwoye, representing Anambra North Senatorial District, over a picture of a tech innovation and computer hub built for the people of the Aguleri community in the state. In a post on his verified X handle, @SenatorNwoye, the lawmaker stated that the establishment had been completed and handed over to the community for use. “This innovation centre is a befitting infrastructure for skills acquisition and empowerment for the youths, with positive knock-on effects on socio-economic upliftment for the people of Anambra North Senatorial Zone and residents of the state,” the…

Nigerians have put a comedian, Seyi Law, under fire for criticising Laolu Akande, the host of “Inside Sources,” a popular talk show on Channels TV, over his call for bold leadership and the reform of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Akande, in his latest programme on Friday, February 16, in his “My Take” segment, in a clarion call to government leaders, the president, and governors to ward off corruption in the country’s public sector, called for a general reform while making a passionate appeal for the sanitization of both the CBN and NNPC,…

The Indian government has offered guaranteed subsidies for pulses, corn, and cotton in a bid to break a deadlock with protesting farmers, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said after week-long clashes between security forces and protesters. Tear gas and barricades were used to deter the peasants, who form an influential voting bloc, months ahead of a general election due by May, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a record third term. Sunday’s comments followed marathon talks with peasants’ unions after the protesters, who are demanding higher prices backed by law for nearly two dozen crops, were halted at a distance…

Temperatures broke a 64-year-old record in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, plunging to a bone-chilling minus 52.3 degrees Celsius (minus 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit) amid a cold spell and traffic disruptions following the Lunar New Year holiday. Several parts of China are battling another deep freeze as people return from week-long celebrations of the year’s biggest holiday. Just before it started, blizzards and icy rain had stranded travellers on railways and roads. State media said Sunday’s milestone in the Tuerhong township of Fuyun county was the lowest since records began in Xinjiang, surpassing a temperature of minus 51.5 C (minus…

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio said on Sunday that the Bola Tinubu administration inherited an economic mess from former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, unsure even what charges to bring against him. Speaking at Senator Barinada Mpigi’s Thanksgiving service in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area, Rivers State, Akpabio claimed the economic situation left by Emefiele was “terrible.” “We did not even know what to charge him with—whether for putting foam on top of the bill, illegal firearm possession,  printing notes without income. I don’t know what we are going to charge him with,” Akpabio said. The Senate President asserted that current…

Gunmen have reportedly attacked a bar in the Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State and killed two persons. It was learned that one of those killed during the attack, which occurred on Saturday, was the Plateau state publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Sylvanus Namang. A former state chairman of the APC, Enock Fanmak, expressed shock when contacted over the incident. “I’m not aware of such sad news. Please, I will verify. I pray it’s not true,” the former chairman said. But another chieftain of the APC, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed Namang’s death in Jos…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has expressed concern that rising prices of fuel and other commodities could lead to social unrest in Nigeria. The rising cost of living could also lead to social unrest in Ethiopia, Angola, and Kenya, respectively, the bank said. The AfDB issued the warning in its macroeconomic performance and outlook for 2024, in which it projected Africa’s economy to grow higher than the 3.2 percent recorded in 2023. The AfDB projected that growth on the continent would rebound to 3.8% in 2024. However, the bank cautioned that an increase in fuel and commodity prices occasioned by…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has expressed confidence, saying nobody can challenge his political camp in the 2027 elections. Wike stated this during a thanksgiving service by Senator Barinada Mpigi in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday. He said, “With the forces we have I don’t know of anybody who can challenge us. I can tell you it is like tomorrow is 2027. For me it is still very far, I can’t wait. The two leadership of the party, APC is here, PDP is here; where can you find that leadership unity?…