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Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has empathised with University students during the prolonged strike by the Union.

Nigeria: The Anambra Government has confirmed the death of 14 children caused due to the outbreak of measles in nine local government areas of the state. This was disclosed by Dr Afam Obidike, the health commissioner, at a conference held in Awka on Wednesday, 25 May 2022.

During the annual World Menstrual Health and Hygiene Day, some agencies and departments of Nigerian government have launched what they described as a pad bank for female workers.

The Caribbean region is usually exposed to climate change; the small island nation of the Commonwealth of Dominica makes all its attempts to reduce carbon footprints in the region and promote sustainability. The government of the Caribbean is now constructing a Geothermal Power Plant in Roseau Valley that will provide power to 23000 homes on the island. Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica, shared this update on his official social media accounts on Thursday, May 19, 2022.

Terrorists on Wednesday morning, May 25, broke into the rectory of Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Gidan Maikambo, which is located in the Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State and abducted two Catholic Priests and two boys, said the authorities.

Nigeria: A teacher from Simple Faith Schools, Agbara, Lagos State, has reportedly beaten a male student, aged 12, to death for not completing his assignment.

An angry Islamist mob went on a rampage on Monday, May 23 and set fire to more than a dozen residential and commercial properties after failing to capture a 40-year-old Christian lady they wanted to kill over alleged blasphemy charges.

Basseterre: The Citizenship by Investment Programme of the smallest nation in the western hemisphere, St Kitts and Nevis, is known for its extensive due diligence checks on applicants seeking alternative citizenship.

More than 50 people were killed on Sunday, 22 May, by militants in the Borno state of Nigeria, in the country's northeastern trip around the border with Cameroon, says witnesses.