By Tosin Kolade The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has identified a funding gap of $9.2 billion in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Nigeria. Deputy Representative of Programme, UNICEF Nigeria, Dr Rownak Khan, made the disclosure when she visited the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. JosephContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade Prof. Joseph Utsev, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, has pledged to work with the National Assembly for actualisation of the law establishing the Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC). Utsev said this when he paid a familiarisation visit to the commission in company ofContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has condoled with the people of Morocco on the recent earthquake that claimed many lives and injured thousands. Adesina in a statement described the incident as devastating and distressing. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Morocco,Continue Reading
By Reporters The age long tradition of preserving food with fresh leaves is fast going into extinction, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey reports. The survey conducted by NAN on Sunday in Abuja revealed that most young people have no knowledge of this traditions which have enormous benefits. MrsContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudiness and sunshine from Friday to Sunday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja, forecasts cloudy atmosphere on Friday with spells of sunshine over northern region with prospects of thunderstorms over parts of Kebbi, Taraba, AdamawaContinue Reading
PremiumTrust Bank is to celebrate Ekiti governor Biodun Oyebanji’s first anniversary in office with a play on Col. Adekunle Fajuyi, the late military governor of old Western Region. The play, which is to be staged in collaboration with the Duke of Shomolu Productions, a theatrical plays producing outfit, chronicles theContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi Mr Ambrose Igboke, a Public Affairs Analyst, has advised the Federal Government to exit Kyoto protocols and other agreements on climate change to enable Nigeria harness its coal resources. Igboke gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Monday Ajogun At least three persons were confirmed dead in Sunday’s collapse of a three-storey building under construction in Anambra community. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred at Egbu Umuenem, Otolo Nnewi community, Nnewi North Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. NAN learntContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, says that solid minerals will contribute 50 per cent to the nation’s Gross Domestic Production (GDP). Alake said this during the unveiling of Agenda for Transformation of the Solid Minerals for International Competitiveness and Domestic Prosperity, in AbujaContinue Reading
By Fabian Ekeruche The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) on Sunday called for the conservation of the declining vulture population in Nigeria to prevent extinction and looming epidemic. Mr Oladapo Soneye, Communications Manager, NCF, who made the call in a statement in Lagos, said that vultures are the only species ofContinue Reading
