Environmental concerns surround TotalEnergies’ sponsorship of AFCON
Top African environmental campaigners have raised concerns over TotalEnergies’ continued sponsorship of the continent’s biggest football events, dismissing the oil company’s financial backing as...
Shell, Dangote supplies push Nigeria closer to home-made fuel
Nigeria has moved closer to restarting fuel refining and production at home, potentially shutting a major drain of its foreign exchange that has nearly...
Nigeria’s corruption index score shows surprise improvement
Nigeria recorded a modest improvement in Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), released today.
Despite widespread concerns regarding rampant corruption within the country, the...
Ogun’s health insurance mirrors Nigeria’s woeful enrollment
Only about 150,000 people have enrolled in Ogun state’s health insurance programme, just about 2% of the state’s population, the government said, mirroring a...
Medical AI may pose risks for poor countries, WHO warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns about the potential dangers of introducing artificial intelligence (AI)-based healthcare technologies in lower-income countries.
With the explosive...