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4 Nigerians join YouTube Black Voices music class 2022

Village Reporter,
  YouTube on Thursday announced a roster of four Nigeria artistes and 50 other artistes, songwriters and producers selected to join the #YouTubeBlack Voices Music Class of 2022. YouTube’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan, Addy Awofisayo, said in a statement that also among the artistes from Australia, Brazil, Canada, USA and the UK are eight African artistes based in Nigeria, South Africa and… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Up to 180,000 health workers may have died from COVID-19 

Global Author
That grim estimate features in a new WHO working paper based on the 3.45 million coronavirus-related deaths reported globally to the UN health agency up to May; a figure that WHO said may well be at least 60 per cent lower than the actual number of victims.   To highlight the need for better protection, WHO was joined by global partners working to end the pandemic, to issue an urgent call for concrete action on… Read More
Human Rights 

Four children killed on their way to school in northwest Syria

Village Reporter
UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Ted Chaiban, said in a statement that they were victims of an attack on a market in Ariha, south of Idlib. The governorate is the last rebel held enclave in the country. #Syria: Shocking reports of heavy civilian casualties in Ariha city in southern Idlib, where shelling by Syrian government… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in more than a decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report. In 2020, more people died from TB, with far fewer people being diagnosed and treated or provided with TB preventive treatment compared with 2019, and… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

State of Qatar and WHO team up for a healthy and safe FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the State of Qatar today launched a new multiyear collaboration to make the 2022 FIFA World Cup, being held in Qatar, a beacon for physical and mental health promotion, and also a model for ensuring future mega sport events are healthy and safe. The three-year joint project, titled “Healthy 2022 World Cup – Creating… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Burna Boy, Chike, AQ and the Nigerian artists who sang about #EndSars and Lekki Tollgate massacre

Village Reporter,
Nigerian artists like Dremo, Vector, Dark Poet, Falz and more had made records about police brutality, but the Lekki tollgate massacre was a moment that really deserves to be immortalized in sonics. A song like Timaya‘s ‘Dem Mama’ immortalized the gruesome histrionics of the Odi massacre. While Burna Boy had been obscure at the start of the protests due to… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Finnish rockers Daggerplay unleash their new single and video “Castaway”

Village Reporter,
Finnish rockers Daggerplay unleash their new single and video “Castaway” – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Thursday, October 21, 2021 · 554,413,761 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS Feeds Other Services Questions? Sourced… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

A year after #EndSARS in Nigeria, we must remain committed to the global quest for justice for Black people

Village Reporter,
But people have found other means to keep speaking loudly — soro soke. On Oct. 8, I watched Burna Boy perform in Los Angeles. The Nigerian artist’s song, 20:10:20, about the Lekki massacre, moved the crowd. “We give them many chances/dem fail my people/And when we cry for justice/Them kill my people,” he sang. He then called for a moment… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

AFRIMA partners PwC for 2021 music awards

Village Reporter,
Organisers of All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) on Wednesday in Lagos announced partnership with multinational professional service network, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), to authenticate vote-counting of its award process.AFRIMA President, Mike Dada, told journalists that the partnership was necessary to give credibility to the vote counting and result distribution processes of the music awards coming up in Lagos from Nov. 19 to… Read More
Human Rights 

Rush for new profits posing threat to human rights, UN experts warn 

Village Reporter
Among the rights at risk from increasing speculation in the financial markets by hedge funds and other investment funds, are the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, food, adequate housing, development, and a healthy and sustainable environment, among others.   Exploiting the marginalized  In a statement, the independent Special Rapporteurs and other experts, expressed their concern over the gradual encroachment of financial speculators into new areas of the economy, putting… Read More
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