The Pentagon has started to implement a law that requires the provision of mental health services for help-seeking US troops amid a soaring number of suicide cases among active-duty forces. The Brandon Act, passed into law as part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), requires the US militaryContinue Reading
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a “global health emergency”. The statement represents a major step towards ending the pandemic and comes three years after it first declared its highest level of alert over the virus. Officials said the virus’ death rate had droppedContinue Reading
On average there were 33 rapes and sexual assaults committed in UK hospitals every week, according to a new report by the Women’s Rights Network (WRN). Alarming figures reveal there were over 6,500 reported rapes and sexual assaults in UK hospitals in just three years and only 4.1 percent resultedContinue Reading
With the BRICS nations actively discussing expansion, could more African countries join the collective and adopt the BRICS currency? Currently made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, various countries have submitted membership requirements to add to the ranks of the BRICS Alliance. Others, meanwhile, are publicly supportingContinue Reading
Justice Z. B. Abubakar of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, May 22, 2023, has declared that the arrest of a member of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ja’afar Muhammad by the Nigeria Police at Gwagwalada Teaching Hospital on July 22, 2019 and his killing onContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the incumbent speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as his Chief of Staff. This was confirmed by Olanrenwaju Smart Wasiu, the chief of staff to Gbajabiamila. Smart stated that Gbajabiamila was appointed by the president after several hours of meetings and consultations. TheContinue Reading
Russia has slammed the West’s plan to supply the US-manufactured F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Moscow on Saturday warned the countries that are reportedly planning to supply F-16s to Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, of the “colossal risks.” “We see that Western countries are still adhering to theContinue Reading
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the British capital London to express support for the people of Palestine and to condemn the Israeli regime’s “apartheid policies” in the occupied territories. People, cutting across the lines of religion and race, gathered outside the British Home Office on Sunday,Continue Reading
When Iranian evacuees from Sudan were being flown out of Saudi Arabia on Saturday, a top Saudi military official went as far as boarding their plane back home to bid them a warm farewell. “(This is) your country,” the kingdom’s Western Region Commander Major General Ahmed Al-Dabais declared to theContinue Reading