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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced Wednesday in Ghana a $1 billion initiative to improve women’s economic empowerment in Africa as she wrapped up the first leg of her tour of the continent. Harris’ office unveiled the program, largely funded by the private sector, in the capital Accra. The U.S. vice president then left Ghana for Tanzania. Scheduled to last until April 2, her tour of Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia comes on the heels… Read the full article here

The Lagos State Government has filed two counts of involuntary manslaughter, reckless and negligent acts against Chrisland School Limited over the death of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran, who died during the school’s inter-house sports activities in February. Chirsland, alongside four others – Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, Belinda Amao and Nwatu Victoria – who are also staff of the school, will be arraigned on Thursday before Justice Oyindamola Ogala of… Read the full article here

The Kano Electricity Distribution Company has appealed to the customers in its franchise areas of Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states to exercise more patience as the company is working hard to improve power supply in the three states. The Chief Commercial Officer of the company, Abubakar Yusuf, made the appeal while addressing newsmen at the company’s headquarters in Kano on Wednesday. He said KEDCO was aware of the inconveniences customers in the three states were… Read the full article here

The Nasarawa State Chapter of the Labour Party has suspended eleven of its officials for engaging in anti-party activities during the just-concluded governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. This was contained in a press statement signed and made available to newsmen by the LP state Chairman, Alexander Ombugu, and the party’s Assistant Secretary, Ashime Benjamin, in Lafia on Wednesday. The statement said the suspension was done in conjunction with… Read the full article here

The Federal Government, Sightsavers Nigeria, and other Non-governmental organisations are developing a national guideline for the management of morbidity and disability induced by Neglected Tropical Diseases in the country. NTDs are a diverse group of 20 conditions that are mainly prevalent in tropical areas, where they affect more than one billion people who live in impoverished communities. They are caused by a variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria,… Read the full article here

Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, claimed that Nigeria’s 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in the return fixture of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match played on Monday at the Estadio 24 de Setembro was a very difficult game. The Wild Dogs defeated Nigeria 1-0 in the first leg of the 2023 AFCON qualifying match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Friday, but the Eagles fought back to earn a win in Bissau. Bright Osayi-Samuel won a… Read the full article here

Some students in the department of Medical Laboratory Science of the Kwara State University have protested their non mobilisation for the National Youth Services Corps Scheme several years after graduation. The students who displayed different placards to announce their displeasure over the issue also lamented the non regularisation of the course by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. Many of them later took to their Facebook pages to condemn the… Read the full article here

Shaun Murphy went some way to avenging the Welsh Open final loss to Robert Milkins as he came from behind to beat the ‘Milkman’ 10-8 and claim his place in the Tour Championship semi-final.Trailing 5-1 and then 6-3 at one stage and with history looking destined to repeat itself, Murphy rallied to win five consecutive frames, holding his nerve to see the job through.He will play Mark Selby or Ryan Day next.Tour ChampionshipTour Championship LIVE – Murphy beats Milkins after mounting… Read the full article here

Microsoft has announced a second generation of its Surface Hub 2S interactive whiteboard will be arriving later this year, equipped with new features built around Microsoft’s Teams conferencing software. The updated enterprise device features the same 50-inch and 85-inch design as the current Surface Hub 2S, and will be the first touch-enabled board to run Teams Rooms on Windows.Microsoft Teams Rooms is meant for all-in-one conferencing systems designed to replace individual remote meeting… Read the full article here

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, has named his eldest son crown prince of Abu Dhabi as part of a series of changes to the oil-rich Gulf state’s top leadership. The appointment of Sheikh Khaled as heir apparent was widely expected as he has taken on more prominent roles in recent years and it will end speculation about the succession, particularly the potential for a power struggle.Sheikh Mohammed also promoted three of his full brothers,… Read the full article here