World Physicians Appeal to Iran to Intervene Against Execution of Doctor

The World Medical Association (WMA) has appealed to leaders of Iran to intervene in preventing the imminent execution of an Iranian-born Swedish doctor. In a letter to the Supreme Leader and President of Iran, the WMA President Dr. David Barbe and Chair Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery disclosed that report indicated that the death sentence would shortly be carried out on Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, who is a specialist in emergency medicine. They said the news appalled...

2021 Grammy Nominations to be Announced This Month

The Recording Academy will announce the nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards this November 2020. The 2021 edition of the global music awards will be the 61st ceremony to celebrate music in all forms. Nigerian superstars, such as Burna Boy, Davido, Fireboy, Skales, Adekunle Gold are optimistic of being nominated. By association or direct work, 11 Nigerians were nominated in the last edition of the Grammy Awards. Burna Boy’s “African Giant” grabbed the biggest headline...

Iran Supreme Leader Taunts US Democracy

The Supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has taunted the rancorous aftermath of the election day in the United States, adding that the election has exposed the reality of the United States’ democracy. Just after 24 hours that the last polling stations was closed in Alaska, a US state, the battle for the White House has not been decided. The US President Donald Trump has caused the rancorous moment even among the leaders of...

ICC Begins Investigation into Shooting of #EndSARS Protesters in Nigeria

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has commenced conducting a preliminary investigation into the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. The report was broadcasted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Wednesday. The office of the ICC prosecutor in a statement, earlier said, it had received information on alleged crimes. It added that the examination will “assess whether the legal criteria for opening an investigation under the Rome Statute are met.” For weeks, crowd of Nigerians youths...

WHO Calls on Member States to Employ Systemic Mechanism in Drugs Side Effects

World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, said that member countries must institute systemic mechanisms to report undesired side effects or adverse drug reactions to make drugs to become safe for use. WHO said in a statement posted on its website to commemorate this year’s “MedSafety” Week that the most important aspect of drug safety monitoring is reliable, real-time information? “Healthcare professionals (physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dentists) are best placed to report suspected adverse reactions as part...

Child Rescued 65 Hours After Deadly Turkey Quake

A 3-year-old girl was on Monday  rescued from the rubble 65 hours after a deadly earthquake rocked Turkey’s western coast as the death toll climbed to 83. Rescue workers performed the delicate task of extricating the girl, Elif, from the rubble of an apartment building in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, disaster management agency AFAD said, three days after a massive tremor centred in the Aegean Sea hit both Turkey and Greece. The toll...

Islam Cartoon: Hundreds Protest At French Embassy in Jakarta

About 400 people rallied outside the French embassy in the Indonesian capital to denounce France’s handling of cartoons of Islam’s prophet Mohammed deemed offensive by Muslims. The protesters outside waved posters calling French President Emmanuel Macron “an enemy of Muslims. A banner read “we condemn the insult against Prophet Mohammed,’’ referring to caricatures of Mohammed republished by the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo in early September. Following a series of Islamist attacks on France since...

Australians Charter $100,000 Flight to Bring Pets Home

Pet owners who fled back to Australia before the peak of the coronavirus pandemic have chartered a 100,000-dollar (70,000 dollars) flight to bring their stranded furry friends back from Canada. A local media, Nine News reported on Monday that around 70 cats and dogs would be flown from Vancouver to Melbourne this week. Several families are pitching in for the flight after being separated from their pets for nearly a year due to flight cancellations...

WTO: Buhari Holds Virtual Meeting With European Council President Over Okonjo-Iweala

Nigeria president, Muhammadu Buhari Friday held a virtual meeting with Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, to discuss the candidature of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, the former finance minister, is the leading candidate for the position. However, her candidature is being opposed by the U.S. which is supporting her South Korean opponent. Although, Mrs Okonjo-Iweala already secured the backing of most countries including blocs...

.CSP Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian Police Selected by the UN for Woman Police Officer of the Year Award

CSP Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian police and serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been selected by the UN as one of two runners-up for the prestigious UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award for 2020. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, in a statement by Oluseyi Soremekun, the National Information Officer of the UN System in Nigeria, said through both her words and actions, UN Police Officer...

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