The Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance and President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, presented the African Union Malaria Progress Report 2022 at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. The report highlights the ongoing challenges in the fight against malaria in Africa and the urgent need for strong political commitment and leadership, robust partnership, and increased investments from Member States to reach the goal of eliminating malaria in Africa by 2030.
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The African Development Bank Group and the Islamic Development Bank have signed a joint partnership action plan for the development of the pharmaceutical industry sector within their African member countries. The plan offers a new framework for strengthened cooperation and mutual development priorities, with a strong emphasis on boosting the continent’s health defense systems.
The governorship candidate of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) in Bauchi State, Mr. Ahmed Umar-Farouk, has pledged to strengthen partnerships with development organisations to enhance quality healthcare service delivery if elected in the forthcoming general election.
The Secretary of the 17-Man Truth, Peace, and Justice Commission, Amb. Bianca Ojukwu has submitted its report on violence in the South-East to Anambra state governor, Chukwuma Soludo.
Talentplus Resources International (TRI), an NGO, on Saturday in Ikorodu sensitised teachers and security guards to child’s rights and safety in primary schools in Lagos State.
The Portuguese inquiry, commissioned by the Church in the staunchly Catholic country, published its findings after hearing from more than 500 victims last year, that a Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950.
THESTORIES reports that the National Association of Nigerian Students in Europe (NANSE) has appealed to the federal government to quickly investigate to ascertain the number of Nigerian students affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkiye.
Rescuers in southern Turkey rescued a 10-year-old boy from a collapsed house, four days after an earthquake caused devastation across large parts of the country’s border with Syria.
Ninety teachers who were trained by the Institute of Education, University of Calabar (UNICAL), have been certified as professional teachers by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN).
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) says it has appointed coordinators to arrange transportation of polling materials and personnel for the forthcoming general elections in Lagos, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo states where its activities were banned.