Ekeomah Atuonwu The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for blood donation following the attack on a church in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria as it also asked the governments and security agencies to do better in the protection of lives and properties. This call was contained in a statement issued by the NMA President Dr Uche Ojinmah after attackers killed scores […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Just as the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 70th Platinum jubilee on the throne, a woman identified as Muthoni has demanded compensation from Queen Elizabeth for the torture she and her husband went through in the hands of British troops when they were in the Maumau fighting for independence. She painfully narrated that in 1952, the troops stormed her house searching for her […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Architect Francis Kere Diebedo, a world-renowned architect known for his innovative and environmentally friendly designs, was honored as a hero in Burkina Faso over the weekend, on his first visit home since receiving the profession’s highest honor. AEM had reported the West African architect’s win in March, 2022. As he drove to Gando in the dusty southeast corner of the poverty-stricken […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Terrorists are said to have attacked St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the capital of Ondo State’s Owo Local Government Area in Nigeria. According to reports, many worshippers were killed and several others were injured as a result of the incident at the church, which is close to the Olowo of Owo’s palace, […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigeria 🇳🇬 has given the go-ahead to the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to carry out a deal to build a gas pipeline from Nigeria to Europe 🇪🇺 via Morocco 🇲🇦 . There have been reports of increased demand for African energy supplies from the EU, which is attempting to wean itself […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Following a corruption investigation into the purchase of COVID vaccines, Kyrgyzstan’s health minister was sentenced to jail for recommending a poisonous root as a treatment for coronavirus. He was promoting a homemade liquid solution based on the poisonous root, also known as wolfsbane, to cure coronavirus and other diseases, Alymkadyr Beishenaliyev has been dubbed “aconite.” Prosecutors allege that Beishenaliyev was involved […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Looty, a Nigerian art-focused company, has devised a method for Africans to view all of the art that was lost during the colonial era. Chidi, a 34-year-old Nigerian creative designer and founder of Looty, explained that the company first locates African art in museums around the world, then scans and converts the art into […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Senegalese President and the African Union’s chief, Macky Sall, will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the southwestern Russian city of Sochi on Friday. According to Sall’s office, the visit is aimed at “freeing up stocks of cereals and fertilisers, which are particularly affected by the blockade in Africa,” as well as resolving the Ukraine conflict. Sall will travel with […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Ethiopia is set to receive 200 million U.S. dollars in financial assistance from the World Bank, an Ethiopian official said Wednesday. “The funds will be used to build skilled manpower and boost the capacity of state-owned technical and vocational training institutes,” Ethiopian Minister of Labor and Skills Development Muferiat Kamil said. Here is the facebook post. […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Britain will offer work visas to graduates from the world’s best universities in an expansion of its post-Brexit immigration system that is designed to attract the “best and brightest” workers. But no African universities are included in the list of eligible institutions. Under the scheme announced on Monday, graduates with a bachelor’s or […]
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