TWO DEATHS AFTER COVID VACCINATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

TWO DEATHS AFTER COVID VACCINATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

Ekeomah Atuonwu The Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine has been linked to two fatal occurrences of the rare Guillain-Barre syndrome, according to South Africa’s regulatory body for pharmaceuticals. The first instance was submitted to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) in August, and the second case was reported on Monday. SAHPRA, citing the […]

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 FINDING VALUE IN WASTE RECYCLING IN NIGERIA

FINDING VALUE IN WASTE RECYCLING IN NIGERIA

Ekeomah Atuonwu Massive landfills and trash mounds strewn across roadways are an eyesore in Nigeria. The collection, sorting, and recycling of rubbish is depressingly uncommon in the country with the largest economy and population in Africa. There is, however, some good news. Despite the many obstacles, some entrepreneurs are making a valiant effort to conquer […]

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 NIGERIAN PROFESSOR CONDEMNED FOR HATE SPEECH ON THE QUEEN’ S DEATH

NIGERIAN PROFESSOR CONDEMNED FOR HATE SPEECH ON THE QUEEN’ S DEATH

Ekeomah Atuonwu The management of U.S. institution Carnegie Mellon University has distanced the educational centre from the offensive tweets of Uju Anya, a professor in the school’s department of modern languages who described the late Queen Elizabeth II as a “wretched woman” and a “genocidal colonizer.” Amid heightened concerns for the ailing Queen’s condition early Thursday — hours before […]

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 WHY I RETURNED MY CERTIFICATE – NIGERIAN STUDENT SPEAKS OUT

WHY I RETURNED MY CERTIFICATE – NIGERIAN STUDENT SPEAKS OUT

Ekeomah Atuonwu Oludare Alaba, the graduate of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomosho, Nigeria who recently went viral for storming the school to return his certificate asking for a refund for all the school fees he paid, has opened up on why he did so. In an interview he granted in Yoruba language while still on the school premises, Alaba said! “I graduated from […]

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 COP 27: AFRICAN NATIONS HOLD MEETING IN EGYPT FOR CLIMATE FUNDS

COP 27: AFRICAN NATIONS HOLD MEETING IN EGYPT FOR CLIMATE FUNDS

Ekeomah Atuonwu A meeting to raise money for combating climate change is scheduled to begin on Wednesday in Egypt with representatives from two dozen African countries and US climate envoy John Kerry. The three-day conference comes after African officials criticized developed countries for skipping a summit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, that was meant to help African countries […]

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 THE FASHION OF LIP PLATES IN AFRICA

THE FASHION OF LIP PLATES IN AFRICA

Ekeomah Atuonwu Africans have utilized a variety of body alterations for millennia; some of these modifications have been lost to history or have disappeared entirely, while others are still relevant today. Those that practice these alterations perceive them as a component of beauty, despite the fact that many may view them as a sort of physical […]

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