Global trafficking in illicit drugs has reached unprecedented levels, with cocaine production soaring to a record high and methamphetamine manufacturing expanding rapidly, according to the latest United Nations World Drug...
Read moreDetailsBritish hygiene brand Dettol has apologized and withdrawn a controversial advertising campaign in China after it sparked widespread backlash over what many viewers described as misogynistic and offensive portrayals of...
Read moreDetailsMedical services at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, are set to be disrupted as resident doctors have commenced a 10-day warning strike over unpaid revised allowances, acute...
Read moreDetailsIconic music executive Clive Davis, the visionary record producer and executive who transformed the careers of some of the biggest names in modern music, has died at the age of...
Read moreDetailsAt least 30 people have died since the beginning of May at a camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fears that the country's deadly Ebola...
Read moreDetailsThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has not yet reached its...
Read moreDetailsMore than half of the world's children are now exposed to at least three overlapping climate and environmental hazards that threaten their health, education, safety and overall development, according to...
Read moreDetailsVeteran Nigerian actor, dramatist, filmmaker and scholar, Dr. Kola Oyewo, widely celebrated for his iconic role in the classic film Saworoide, has died at the age of 80. His passing...
Read moreDetailsA man was shot dead during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine facility for United States citizens in central Kenya, as tensions escalated over plans to establish the centre...
Read moreDetailsThe World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have unveiled a $518 million six-month emergency response plan aimed at containing the rapidly...
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