Health

Nigeria’s New PPP Model Agreement: Better Draft, Same Old Failures

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission deserves real credit. Sounds like praise singing, right? It’s far from that. This is because the April 2026 Model PPP Agreement, Nigeria’s first standardised concession template, is a…

Tanimola: The deceased named in ‘phantom’ council saga

Tanimola: The deceased named in ‘phantom’ council saga

Tanimola is the Yoruba word for ‘Who knows tomorrow?’ And because no one knows tomorrow, Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola probably did not know he would no longer be around when the allegations against him broke the internet. Until this week, the…

Family demands probe into alleged missing kidney

A 38-year-old mother of 10, Barira Alhassan, has accused the Gombe State Specialist Hospital of removing one of her kidneys during a Caesarean section (CS), an allegation the hospital has denied, insisting that available medical findings…

How Nigerian women trade fertility eggs for wigs, food

Across Nigeria, an increasing number of young women are making a decision that is capable of altering their future; exchanging their eggs for money. Weekend Trust gathered that fertility clinics have quietly become a destination for young…

Accidental PAC carbine firing triggers panic at UP's Kashi Vishwanath Dham

Accidental PAC carbine firing triggers panic at UP's Kashi Vishwanath Dham

Panic erupted at Kashi Vishwanath Dham's Nanu Feria Gate checkpoint Saturday morning after a PAC carbine accidentally discharged. Two bullets hit the road, injuring three florists with concrete splinters. The injured received prompt…

As Germany seeks to shed 'Sick Man of Europe' lable; changes Sick Leave policy

As Germany seeks to shed 'Sick Man of Europe' lable; changes Sick Leave policy

Germany is implementing significant reforms to boost its struggling economy, including a major overhaul of sick leave policies. Starting next year, workers will need a doctor's note from the first day of illness, ending the practice of…

RNZ

The deadly heart disease that creeps up on you

When you hear of apparently fit and healthy people dropping dead from a medical event, that's often the first symptom they've had of cardiac disease.

RNZ

Third teen charged with murder over Melbourne stabbing

ABC News

Third teen charged with murder over Melbourne stabbing

The friends and family of Darweish Mohamed, who was allegedly stabbed to death outside a Craigieburn hospital on Wednesday night, will remember him at a memorial today while a third teen has been charged with his murder.

ABC News

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Cebu Capitol acquires polyvalent antivenom for snakebite treatment

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Cebu Capitol acquires polyvalent antivenom for snakebite treatment

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Treating snake bites will now become more accessible for Cebuanos after the Cebu Provincial Government acquired a supply of polyvalent antivenom. A polyvalent antivenom contains antibodies that can neutralize the venom…

Third teenager charged after 15-year-old Melbourne boy allegedly left to die from stab wounds

The Guardian

Third teenager charged after 15-year-old Melbourne boy allegedly left to die from stab wounds

Darweish Mohamed was found critically wounded outside Craigieburn Community Hospital on Wednesday evening Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A third teenager has been charged over the fatal stabbing of a…

The Guardian

Al Jazeera

Ronaldo sends message to Venezuelan earthquake survivor

Cristiano Ronaldo has sent a message to a young Venezuelan earthquake survivor, recovering in hospital.

Al Jazeera

The Punch