Year 2024

NamPower Targets 80% Energy Self-sufficiency by 2028

NAMPOWER, Namibia’s leading power utility, has set an ambitious goal to achieve 80 percent energy self-sufficiency by the year 2028, aiming to enhance the country’s energy security and reduce dependence on electricity imports. Kahenge Haulofu, NamPower’s managing director, shared insights…

WHO Prequalifies New Cholera Vaccine Amid Global Outbreaks

IN a significant development in the fight against cholera, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted prequalification to Euvichol-S, a new oral cholera vaccine (OCV). Gavi, the vaccine alliance, and UNICEF have welcomed this news, emphasising its crucial role in…

Yahaya Bello’s EFCC Comeuppance, By Farooq Kperogi

Yahaya Bello’s EFCC Comeuppance I am not from Kogi State, but I have strong opinions on former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello—as most Nigerians do. There is no doubt that few politicians in Nigeria are as universally reviled and despised…

U.S. Unveils Global Food Security Strategy Plan For Nigeria

  THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says the U.S. government has unveiled its new Global Food Security Strategy Country Plan for Nigeria. Melissa Jones, Mission Director, USAID, who disclosed this at the “1st Post-harvest Connect Conference and…