The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has finalised plans to launch a self-service application system next month. The commission said the new system would allow Nigerians in the diaspora to seamlessly enrol for their National Identity Number (NIN), a set of eleven digits assigned to Nigerians of all ages and legal residents by the Nigerian government and issued and managed …

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has joined Sightsavers in the global fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with a grant of US$2.19 million to help eliminate the blinding disease in Zambia. The funding was announced at the Reaching the Last Mile Forum in Dubai where a total of $777m US dollars were pledged to help fight the 21 conditions classed …

Slovenia, Ukraine and Serbia have the poorest presidents in Europe Heads of state across Europe usually earn four times the average salaries of their taxpayers and cost them €49.62 per hour Bulgaria, Slovakia and Ireland pay their presidents the most compared to average earners Slovenia has the poorest president in Europe. Relative to average salaries, the presidents of Ukraine and …