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 Ibironke Ariyo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has urged Nigerians battling drug dependence to seek help through its 24-hour counselling and referral service. The Secretary of NDLEA, Shadrach Haruna, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja toContinue Reading
By Michael Ajayi The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) and the European Union are partnering to host a three-day summit in Abuja to accelerate Nigeria’s transition to a clean hydrogen economy. The Director-General of ECN, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, said the event, slated for June 23 to 25, will build crucialContinue 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 Ibironke Ariyo Most Rev. Peter Ogunmuyiwa, the Archbishop of the African Church Cathedral Bethel, Abuja, says parental neglect is one of the primary drivers fuelling the rise in drug abuse and other social vices among young people. Ogunmuyiwa said this in an interview with the News Agency of NigeriaContinue 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 Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Interior, Mr Abdullah Ahmed, says doubts of some members of the National Assembly on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway has been cleared. Ahmed said that the doubts were cleared by the pace and quality of the road construction. HeContinue 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
