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Entertainment Lifestyle 

Menta Music endorses Mark Angel Comedy for winning the YouTube Streamy Awards 2019

Village Reporter
Menta Music is delighted to congratulate and officially endorse Mark Angel Comedy, Winner International: Europe, Middle East, and Africa in the 9th Annual YouTube Streamy Awards 2019. Menta Music has been partnering with Mark Angel to manage and monetize his YouTube channel since early stage. Mark Angel Comedy is the viral online comedy skits that feature characters like Uncle Mark,… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Major celebrity feuds that got Nigerians talking in 2019

Village Reporter
T he imperative of culture to the socio-economic development of a nation was again brought to the fore at the 11th Distinguished Ben Enwonwu Annual Lecture held recently at the AGIP Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, and themed Art: An Instrument for Peace, Conflict Resolution and Socio-economic Transformation. The 11th Distinguished Ben Enwonwu Lecture aims to promote peace and conflict… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Thursday’s Daily Brief: tobacco burn-out, cholera cases down, ‘shifting the needle’ on climate

Global Author
Time to ‘move the dial’ on climate ambition Six days after the originally scheduled closing of COP25, the head of UNFCCC, the UN body tasked with organising the climate conference, has released a statement  acknowledging that developed countries, particularly those responsible for the highest levels of harmful emissions, did not send a clear enough signal that they are ready to… Read More
Human Rights 

Rights expert welcomes Pope’s decision to lift ‘veil of secrecy’ on child abuse cases

Village Reporter
Maud de Boer-Buquicchio issued the charge in a statement welcoming the decision by Pope Francis to abolish a Roman Catholic Church policy which maintains secrecy in child abuse cases.  “The veil of secrecy which surrounded these abominable crimes and which prevented victims obtaining justice and reparation has been lifted”, said Ms. De Boer-Buquicchio, who is the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. … Read More
Development Health Advice 

World Health Organization reports 60 per cent drop in cholera in 2018

Global Author
This points to what the UN agency described as “an encouraging trend” in prevention and control in major cholera hotspots such as Haiti, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  “The decrease we are seeing in several major cholera-endemic countries demonstrates the increased engagement of countries in global efforts to slow and prevent cholera outbreaks and shows the vital role of… Read More

Travel World Tour Operator

Village Reporter
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Development Health Advice 

UN health agency signals tobacco might be reaching burn-out among men

Global Author
“For the first time the number of tobacco users is declining worldwide”, Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of the Department of Health Promotion at the World Health Organization (WHO), told journalists on Wednesday in Geneva. For the first time the number of tobacco users is declining worldwide – WHO’s Dr Ruediger Krech In 2018, there were slightly more than a billion… Read More
Human Rights 

Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Global Refugee Forum, Venezuela human rights, breast cancer hopes

Village Reporter
First-ever Global Refugee Forum ends The first Global Refugee Forum ended in Geneva on Wednesday with more than 770 pledges to support refugees and the communities where they live. The Forum is a key element of the Global Compact on Refugees, signed last December, and saw participation from over 3,000 representatives from governments, international financial organizations, business, civil society, and… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Low cost breast cancer medicine move good news for women: UN health agency

Global Author
The UN health agency has prequalified the biosimilar version of the medicine trastuzumab, which has shown high efficacy in curing early stage breast cancer and, in some cases, more advanced forms of the disease.  Nearly a third of the cost  Trastuzumab normally costs around $20,000 per course, putting it out of reach for many women and healthcare systems.   The biosimilar version, derived from biological sources, is around 65 per cent cheaper.   … Read More
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