AFRICA’s top public health body and Congolese health authorities this week called for greater transparency in the use of Ebola response funds, saying financial information provided by aid organisations left more than $700 million of donor money yet to be accounted for. The concerns could complicate the response as mistrust of health workers and agencies remains a key obstacle to containing the outbreak. Previous Ebola responses in Congo were marked by allegations of favouritism and corruption Dr. Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa CDC, told Reuters on Thursday it was too early to speak of embezzlement, but described the…
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THERE are now more Catholics in Africa than in Europe, the Vatican said on Friday, releasing the latest Catholic Church statistics compiled by its news agency Fides. The total number of Catholics in the world stood at 1.422 billion at the end of June 2024, representing 17.8% of the global population, and up 0.1% year on year Some 20.3% of Catholics live in Africa and 20.2% in Europe, with the Americas accounting for 47.7%, Asia 11% and Oceania 0.8% In last year’s statistics, relating to the end of June 2023, there were 1.405 billion Catholics globally, with about 20% of…
MORE than a week after a Nigerian Air Force plane crash killed all 25 people on board, families say they are still waiting for answers as military teams search for wreckage and human remains in swampy terrain. President Bola Tinubu has ordered an investigation into the October 5 crash, but relatives say they have received little information about what caused it, whether remains have been identified or how recovery efforts are progressing. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said the aircraft was on a routine mission from Benin City to Lagos when it crashed in swampy Igbokoda Forest of Ondo State…
THE UNIVERSITY of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State, has given families and members of the public three weeks to identify and claim 126 unclaimed corpses in its mortuary, warning that it may seek a court order for their mass burial if they remain unclaimed. The ultimatum was contained in a public notice issued by the hospital’s Department of Morbid Anatomy, Morgue Unit, released on Friday. List on unclaimed corpses According to the notice, some of the bodies have remained in the morgue for more than 15 years, with the earliest entry on the accompanying catalogue dated December 11,…
BY OWEI LAKEMFA I TRY to understand countries by pounding their streets. This was partly why early morning, Monday, October 5, 2026, I hit the streets of New York. How early do people wake up in a city that never sleeps? The rush hour, how is it like? This day, what attracted me most were children going to school. A man appears with a child sitting with feet round his neck and clutching his head. I thought this was dangerous. Another, approaches, singing loudly with a child running by his side. Then, a lady dashes across the road with two…
MEDIA Trust Group, publishers of Daily Trust newspapers and owners of Trust TV, Trust Radio and other media platforms, will on Thursday, October 22, launch its Converged Digital Newsroom, a technology-driven initiative designed to transform how the Group gathers, produces and distributes news across its platforms. The initiative brings together editorial operations across Daily Trust, Trust TV, Trust Radio, Aminiya, Digital Trust and other platforms in a more integrated newsroom, enabling journalists to collaborate, share resources and deliver timely, relevant and engaging content to audiences across multiple channels. The newsroom will leverage digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) tools, to…
THE MEMBER representing Jema’a/Sanga Federal Constituency, Hon. Daniel Amos, has commended Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, over elevation of Federal Polytechnic, Kaduna to university status. Amos conveyed the commendation in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. He congratulated the Speaker on achieving legislative excellence through sponsorship and passage of the historic education Bill successfully. The Bill establishes Federal University of Technology and Vocational Studies, Kaduna, repealing Federal Polytechnic, Kaduna, to advance technical and vocational education nationwide and accelerate Nigeria’s skills development agenda effectively. Amos described the feat as historic and a demonstration of…
THE POLICE, on Friday, charged three men before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing seven goats. The defendants are Olarewaju Segun, 27; Abubakar Yinusa, 28; and Farouk Aliu, 28. The trio whose addresses were not stated, are standing trial on a two-count charge of stealing and receiving stolen property. They each, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Insp Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Oct.11, at about 11:00 a.m. at Abuja quarters along NTA road in Ado-Ekiti. He alleged that the first defendant stole seven goats worth N700,000 belonging…
THE POLICE Command in Benue has confirmed the abduction of Rev. Fr. John Otache, Parish Priest of St. Margaret’s Parish, Ajegbe-Awume, in Ohimini LGA of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Aondogu Orchia, confirmed the incident on Friday in Makurdi. Orchia said the command had commenced full investigation into the incident and efforts were ongoing to rescue the priest. Meanwhile, the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo, in a statement signed by the Diocesan Chancellor, Rev. Fr. Joseph Itodo, said the priest was abducted on Oct. 13, 2026. According to Itodo, Otache was returning home from Otukpo when he…
THIS MORNING, we are at the public presentation of the book – Tinubu: From Renewed Hope to Despair; written by Abubakar Siddique Mohammed, Aliyu Sanusi, Alkasum Abba and Massoud Omar. The event was supposed to have taken place yesterday at Arewa House, Kaduna, a research institute run by Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Due to “pressures from above”, the university cancelled the booking. The organisers then went around other hotels in Kaduna but they shut their doors claiming they had been warned. That is the state of our democracy today as civic space is closed down. Undaunted, the organisers decided to…