Byline: Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, on Thursday, launched the state Formal Sector Health Insurance Scheme to provide accessible and affordable healthcare for civil servants. In a speech at the event in Umuahia, Mr Otti affirmed his administration’s commitment to providing quality, accessible and affordable healthcare services to the citizenry. He said, “Nobody in…
Six people were killed on Thursday afternoon in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey. According to The New York Post, while the identity of the helicopter pilot has not yet been released, the other five victims have been identified as CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility Agustin Escobar;…
Hamas said on Thursday the announcement by President Emmanuel Macron that France could recognize a Palestinian state by June was an “important step”, after Israel’s foreign minister slammed the plan. “We welcome the statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron regarding his country’s readiness to recognize the State of Palestine,” Hamas official Mahmud Mardawi told…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its North-Central, South-South, and South-West zonal congresses. The congresses were originally slated for Saturday. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, announced the postponement in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) postponed the congresses as a mark of respect for…
A Nigerian amputee and disability advocate, Eva Chukwunelo, has said she’s being pressured to find a ‘husband at home.’  The Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni disclosed this on X after sharing a stunning photo of herself wearing a prosthetic leg.   “Not every fine thing makes noise. Some just sit there, bold, quiet and…
Photograph Source: Tia Dufour, White House – Public Domain Many reporters and commentators have claimed the United States has the upper hand in a trade war with China because we have a large trade deficit with China. We import almost $440 billion a year in goods from China, while they import only a bit over…
