Prince William will travel to Monaco this weekend to deliver a major speech urging global collaboration to protect the world’s oceans, as part of activities marking World Oceans Day. The Prince of Wales will address delegates at the Blue Economy and...
It is good to be optimistic about one’s preferred candidate for any election and it’s a widely acknowledged fact that politicians are incurable optimist., but I want to share my opinion on what I believe one must have to win presidential...
Nigeria is making plans to equip over 20 million young people with digital skills and entrepreneurship training by 2030, marking a major push to transition them from learning to earning. This ambitious drive comes through the Generation Unlimited...
In Nigeria, childbirth too often becomes a death sentence. According to 2023 UN figures, one in every 100 women in Nigeria dies during childbirth or shortly after. That grim statistic places the country at the top of a league table no nation wants...
Despite a surge in crypto adoption among Nigerians, most banks in the country remain on the sidelines. But global consultancy firm KPMG believes the wait-and-see approach may soon cost them. In a newly released report, developed in partnership with...
For decades, skin diseases have lingered in the shadows of global health priorities often dismissed as cosmetic concerns or trivial ailments. But last week, a pivotal shift occurred in Geneva. Recently, the World Health Assembly, the decision-making...
Tech billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates has revealed that the bulk of his estimated $200 billion fortune will be spent on improving healthcare and education systems across Africa over the next two decades. Speaking at the African Union...
New studies reveal growing threats of extreme weather to adolescent girls in Kenya and rising cancer risks among women in the Middle East and North Africa. Climate change isn’t just an environmental crisis, it’s an escalating public health...
Nigeria’s Federal Government (FG) launched an ambitious plan to transition the country’s vehicle transportation industry from petrol to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), aiming to reduce fossil fuel dependence and lower transportation costs for millions...
This is an opinion by Chido Nwakanma who writes for BusinessDay I’m a Nigerian, yet even I can no longer afford to visit Nigeria in December (2025). I have just checked flights for December. From 19th December to 3rd January, British Airways...
