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Greenlife Pharmaceuticals Limited has said the complete elimination of malaria is possible.   It said this in celebration of World Malaria Day 2023, which was a day recognised by the United Nations, to raise awareness of malaria at the national and international levels. Marketing Manager, Greenlife Pharmaceuticals Limited, Dr Wilfred …

Eight veteran Senegalese riflemen will be finally returning home for good this Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron’s government in January lifted a six-month residency condition for their military pension. For 95-year-old Yoro Diao, after nearly 20 years of living thousands of miles from his family, he is happy to leave …

  Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that 700 nationals have been evacuated to safety in Sudan, where heavy fighting has killed hundreds of people and sparked an exodus of foreigners. “Today, another convoy carrying 211 Pakistanis dispatched from Khartoum has arrived in Port Sudan,” Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said in …

Twenty-one bodies have so far been found on land owned by a pastor in Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. Police said more shallow graves have yet to be dug up on the land belonging to pastor Paul Makenzi, who was arrested on April …

The first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mrs Jumoke Akindele-Ajulo, has delivered a baby. She was said to have delivered the baby at the age of 54. Akindele, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, who was in the Assembly between 2011 and 2019,  became speaker …

Tragedy struck in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday, when a middle-aged man lost his life and three others were injured in a road accident. The accident reportedly involved four persons, who were riding on a motorcycle on Eid-el-Fitr day in Ilorin. The three other people on the bike, which rammed …

Odeerih Releases Latest Single “Above All Things” 0deerih – Above_All_Things Phat-E Production presents their lead artist, Odeerih’s highly anticipated new single “Above All Things” now available on all digital platforms. The worship song is filled with gratitude and acknowledges the sovereignty of God over every challenge that we may face …

Africa’s first mRNA vaccine hub was ceremonially launched on Thursday to acclaim from the UN’s global health chief, who hailed it as a historic shift to help poor countries gain access to life-saving jabs. The facility was set up in the South African city of Cape Town in 2021 on …

The Ekiti State Government has described as untrue the allegation that the immediate past governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, expended N91bn on a primary healthcare facility that is now abandoned. The Commissioner for Health, Br Oyebanji Filani, stated that the allegation “is outrageously false and intended to misinform the public.” Filani, …

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday vowed that general elections expected later this year will be free and fair but issued a warning to “rogue” civic society organisations during an independence day speech. The southern African country is due to hold presidential and legislative votes, expected to be in August, …