By Talatu Maiwada The Republic of Korea (ROK), in partnership with the Nigerian Government and UNICEF, is supporting the Adamawa government to strengthen routine immunisation and reduce the number of unvaccinated children. Mr Patrick Akor, Health Officer, UNICEF Bauchi Field Office, disclosed this on Monday in Yola during a briefingContinue Reading

By Grace Alegba ​An economist, Prof. Jonathan Aremu, says Nigeria’s newly unveiled five-year National Regional Development Policy has the potential to accelerate economic growth and reduce regional disparities, if implementation challenges are effectively tackled. ​Aremu, a former National Coordinator of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), told the NewsContinue Reading

By Toba Ajayi A non-governmental organisation, Baytul Shihab Initiative, has unveiled a vocational training centre aimed at equipping youths and women in Kwara with practical skills for self-reliance and economic empowerment. The founder, Hajia Siddyqah Amosa, on Monday in Ilorin, said the centre would offer vocational and financial literacy trainingContinue Reading

By Uche Bibilari Ms Juliana Anosike, the Project Manager, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), a German Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has called for inclusion of women in the informal economy in decision-making processes affecting their businesses. Anosike made the call during a Forum for Women in the Informal Economy organised by FeminismContinue Reading

By Dorcas Elusogbon The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, has embarked on indefinite strike over unresolved welfare and working condition issues affecting its members. The strike, declared by the association, took effect from 8:00 am on Monday, following resolutions reached at itsContinue Reading

By Douglas Okoro Torrential rainfall and the accompanying windstorm, on Saturday night, destroyed farmlands and people’s shops in Abakaliki and Akpoha Community in Afikpo North LGA of Ebonyi. The over four-hour rainfall caused severe flooding on the Abakaliki–Afikpo Expressway, submerging farmlands and destroying crops worth millions of naira. A cross-sectionContinue Reading