Africa Nigeria For the third time in five years, senators rejected a bill seeking to promote gender equality in the country, attributing their resistance to strictly religious reasons; only 7% of senators are women
Africa Nigeria Nigeria is the first country in the world to introduce Men5CV, a new meningitis vaccine recommended by WHO that protects people against five strains of the meningococcus bacteria; the first rollout of the vaccine took place in March
Africa Nigeria The Censorship Unit of Nigeria's Muslim-majority northern state of Kano has let it be known that filmmakers and film productions in the state that depict scenes of violence or in which the protagonists are in disguise risk imprisonment
Africa Nigeria President Bola Tinubu wrote to the Senate calling for the repeal of the Higher Education Access Act of 2023, otherwise known as the Student Loan Act, and submitted a new bill to be enacted into law
Africa Nigeria Nigerian breweries has announced another increase in the price of its products, the fourth in one year, due to rising production costs and the need to save the company's accounts from such an increase