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In this essay about understanding and recognising the unseen labour behind our comfort, I wrote that “no one derives joy from cleaning other people’s mess.” But there is Mama Balo, a hostel cleaner at Lagos University Teaching Hospital Students’ Hostel who, for the past two decades…Read More

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick blocked defender Eric García from leaving the club during the January transfer window. This was disclosed by football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano in a tweet via his X account on Wednesday. According to Romano, García’s deal with Como was almost finalised for a €7m fee, but Flick called it off. “Hansi Flick blocked Eric García’s exit in January as he considers him an important player for Barça’s plans,” Romano tweeted. “The deal with Como was almost done for a €7m fee plus add-ons, but was then called off as Flick insisted on keeping Eric.” García joined…

The Oyo State Government has inaugurated a steering committee and a technical working group to tackle gender-based violence in the state. The committee, which was announced on Wednesday, has been tasked with ensuring the effective and sustainable management of gender-related issues in the state. The inauguration was part of the activities commemorating the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Mrs Toyin Balogun, stated that the fight against female genital mutilation and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence is not an isolated struggle. She added that these efforts go…

Liberia marks World Health Day with a renewed commitment to maternal and newborn health inamahorob@who.int Thu, 10/04/2025 – 16:24 10 April 2025…Read More

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has said they are ready to offer Russia a straightforward land exchange in a bid to end the three-year war between the two countries. However, this will only be possible if US President Donald Trump can bring both nations to the negotiating table. “We will swap one territory for another,” Zelenskyy said in an interview with The Guardian published on Tuesday. Zelenskyy also revealed that Kyiv would cede part of the Kursk region, which it has held since its surprise incursion into Russia last August. When asked which Russian-occupied areas Ukraine would demand in…

WHO ensures effective coordination in Uganda’s Ebola response bugembea@who.int Thu, 10/04/2025 – 09:49 07 April 2025…Read More

The mother of the trafficked child, simply identified as Rachael, a resident of Asaba, has confessed that she was lured into selling her eleven-day-old baby for N600,000. Three suspects, all women, are in police custody at the Delta State Police Command as investigations into the crime continue. “The father of the child abandoned me and the pregnancy. I was supported by neighbours and people of goodwill before I delivered the baby girl. “Eleven days after delivery, I was introduced to a vendor who promised to help me but later took advantage of my distress and persuaded me to sell the…

Dr. Kouamé Jean KONAN, new WHO Representative, presented his letter of appointment to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin akomatsria@who.int Wed, 09/04/2025 – 17:23 07 April 2025…Read More

A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has jailed three bureau de change operators for operating without a licence. The convicts, Mustapha Idris, Hassan Bala, and Ajayi Ernest Isaac, are all from Chikanda in the Baruten Local Government Area of the state. The trial judge, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola of the Federal High Court, convicted and sentenced the three bureau de change operators. They were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on separate charges. The charge against Idris read: “That you, Mustapha Idris, sometime in July 2024, within the…

Ireland supports the World Health Organization’s Ebola response efforts in Uganda bugembea@who.int Tue, 08/04/2025 – 14:54 08 April 2025…Read More