The Coordinator Office of the First Lady, Akwa Ibom State, Lady Helen Eno Obareki. By Anietie Akpan Akwa Ibom state government may soon review its 2008 Child Rights Law as the Office of the First Lady of the state declared its readiness to partner National and the State’s Children’s Parliaments to that effect. The Coordinator…
When the H5N1 bird flu virus jumps from animals into people, it hits a dead end. Missing the key genes that would help it infect humans, it isn’t causing a pandemic. But if the virus suddenly changed into a dangerous new mutant, how would we know? Experts say our cities have a valuable tool that can…
Many Greek businesses are too reluctant to invest, which would help Greece plug its investment gap, the latest survey by Grant Thornton on the expectations of local entrepreneurs for the next 12 months has shown. Only four out of 10 companies expect to invest more in engineering equipment and just three out of 10 plan…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. An economist who advised the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to economic spying charges that prosecutors say could have helped Chinese officials reap enormous profits. John Harold Rogers, 63, is accused of…
The crisis PR firm Blake Lively alluded to in her California Civil Rights Department complaint — in which she first accused Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign — has sued the “It Ends With Us” actress amid the never-ending legal feuds surrounding the domestic violence film. Jed Wallace and his company Street Relations Inc. has sued the “Gossip Girl”…
There’s an emerging blue-state nightmare: Inspired by President Donald Trump’s call to round up immigrants who are in the country illegally, Republican governors would send their National Guard troops into Democratic-led states without those leaders’ permission. It’s a scenario that was so concerning to Washington state Rep. Sharlett Mena that she introduced legislation that would make uninvited…
