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The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Members’ Meeting today confirmed the appointment of Rt Hon. Helen Clark as the Chair of the EITI. The EITI Board for 2019-2021 was also elected.
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WorldStage Newsonline– As the World Blood Donor Day is marked on June 14 with the theme: “Safe blood for all”, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has confirmed that the country required an estimated two 2 million units of blood per annum to adequately meet the blood requirements of the populace.
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Two oil tankers on Thursday were attacked and left adrift in the Gulf of Oman, driving up oil prices and stoking fears of a new confrontation between Iran and the United States.
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British Home Secretary Sajid Javid, on Thursday said he has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S.
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Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, has emerged President of the 74th UN General Assembly.
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The mayors of London and New York on Monday slammed U.S. President Donald Trump, joining a Twitter spat after he opened a visit to Britain by calling them “dumb and incompetent.”
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Over the last five years[1], more than 14,000 armed attacks on education took place in 34 conflict-affected countries that suffer these attacks systematically[2], new and updated data of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) found.
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Attacks on Saudi Arabia’s energy sector have recently elevated tensions in the Persian Gulf. The US has sent an aircraft carrier strike force, and US nonessential staff have been ordered out of their diplomatic posts in Iraq. The oil firm Exxon Mobil has evacuated their personnel, and the US Federal Aviation Administration has warned commercial air traffic of increased risk.
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No fewer than 89 suspects have been arrested over alleged links to the Easter Sunday terror explosions which killed more than 250 people and injured over 500 in Sri Lanka on April 21, the police on Tuesday said.
Read More Meteorology Department in Sri Lanka said heat wave would sweep through the country in coming days and warned the public to take precautionary steps.
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