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Month: April 2020

OP-ED Opinions 

Abba Kyari: Of Friendship And Public Service By Remi Oyeyemi

Elwin Mandowa,
“We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.”    -Kenneth Levine “When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.”     -Lois McMaster Bujold After what appeared to be the overwhelming verdict of the majority of Nigerians… Read More
Development Health Advice 

World health experts will meet Thursday to assess COVID-19 pandemic

Global Author
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus explained that the Emergency Committee meeting will mark three months since members agreed that the new coronavirus disease was an international global health emergency. “In the three months since the Emergency Committee last met, WHO has worked day in, day out to sound the alarm, support countries and save lives”, he said. The Emergency Committee consists… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Davido to donate music video proceeds to COVID-19 research

Village Reporter,
Afropop singer David Davido Adeleke has announced that the proceeds from his recent music video, Dolce & Gabbana, will go to a coronavirus research program. In a recent interview with CNN, Davido said he will be donating the proceeds from the newly released music video to Dolce & Gabbana and Humanitas Together for Coronavirus Research fund. The video, which was… Read More

Corridor routier Abidjan-Lagos : la Banque africaine de développement accorde plus de 12 millions d’euros supplémentaires

Elwin Mandowa,
Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, le 17 avril dernier, un financement supplémentaire de 12,33 millions d’euros en faveur de la Commission de la CEDEAO pour couvrir une partie des frais liés à l’étude du projet de développement du corridor autoroutier Abidjan–Lagos.   Ce corridor relie les capitales de cinq États d’Afrique de l’Ouest -Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Syria: As coronavirus threat intensifies, ceasefire more urgent than ever

Global Author
“We cannot afford hostilities which would surely lead to another surge in displaced vulnerable communities”, Geir O. Pedersen said via video-teleconference. “We could not afford this scenario before the pandemic; the price could only be higher now”. Dozens reported killed in Afrin Just yesterday, a bomb detonated in a crowded market on the country’s Turkish border in the north-western city… Read More
Pacific 

FROM THE FIELD: Women act as ‘agents of change’ in climate emergency

Village Reporter
A woman in Viet Nam makes environmentally-friendly biomass briquettes, a biofuel substitute to coal and charcoal cooking fuel., by UN Photo/Kibae Park Although a changing climate affects everyone, it is the world’s most vulnerable people, and especially women and girls, who bear the brunt. They are more likely than men to suffer from the social, environmental and economic impacts of… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID-19: Act now to avert ‘hunger catastrophe’ for millions missing out on school meals

Global Author
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) fear these young lives will suffer devastating nutritional and health consequences as a result of the crisis. During #COVID19 school closures, the world’s most vulnerable children are missing out on more than education. For millions of children in fragile countries, school is a place of safety?️, the promise of… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Is There A Cost For This Freedom By Evans Ufeli Esq

Elwin Mandowa,
The truth is that social distancing is impracticable in Lagos. Over 70 per cent of Lagosians use the public transport system, mainly buses popularly called “danfo”. Here, people are compelled to sit really very close to one another under very uncomfortable and disconcerting situations. The bus conductor cries out intermittently, calling passengers to come board the bus for a trip.… Read More
Global News Lifestyle Nigeria News and Headlines 

How Mubarak Bala Insulted TB Joshua Hours Before His Arrest for Blasphemy

Ihechukwu Njoku, ,
Mubarak Bala, the well-known atheist arrested in Kaduna State for insulting Prophet Muhammed by describing him as a terrorist, equally has a history of mocking prominent Nigerian clergyman TB Joshua. Many Nigerians woke on Wednesday morning to find #FreeMubarakBala trending on Twitter in Nigeria, spurred by the arrest of President of Humanist Association of Nigeria, Mubarak Bala, over his social media post… Read More
East Africa Leaders 

Yoweri Museveni blasts Ugandan Politicians making money from COVID-19

Elwin Mandowa, ,
ATLANTA, MaraviPost: It is morally reprehensible for MPs to give themselves money for personal use when the country is in such a crisis; totally unacceptable to me and the NRM. They have entered themselves into a trap and the best way out is to donate the money to the districts where they come from. I heard that some MPs went… Read More