By Ruth Oketunde and Angela Atabo, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Primary healthcare (PHC), the lowest level of healthcare system, is incontrovertible the closest to people. It is meant be easily accessible and provide basic healthcare services at the grassroots at the lowest cost possible. When they function at theirContinue Reading
By Dianabasi Effiong, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The presentation of the book, `Notes Along The Way’, written by Prof. Victor Adefela, was a net worth event from the perspective of some retired and serving staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The conviviality that prevailed onContinue Reading
News Analysis by Emmanuella Anokam, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was first presented to the National Assembly in 2008, during the leadership of President, Umar Yar’Adua, now late. Energy experts were confident that the bill would turn around the misfortunes of the oil and gasContinue Reading
Tinubu’s seven wonders in seven weeks By Abdulaziz Abdulaziz That President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ramped up the engine of governance in Nigeria and hit the waves immediately he was sworn in on May 29, 2023, is not news anymore. From Abuja to Zurich, the story is the same: aContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Mrs Amina Halidu, a widow and rural farmer in Abaji Area Council in Federal Capital Territory, says she struggles to feed her family of three though she works very hard daily to support them. Halidu said that erratic weather has made itContinue Reading
Food: Of State of Emergency and availability of fertiliser By reporters, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Among all the essentials of life, food is number one. From southernmost to the core northern, Nigeria is blessed with arable land, rivers and climate conducive enough for the nation to have enough toContinue Reading
By Ephraims Sheyin When Lt John Glover of the British Royal Navy started the Nigerian Army in 1863, he likened it to a tree that should provide shade, protection and comfort to everyone. To enable it do that job, he said that it must be properly nurtured, watered and caredContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In the past few years, building collapse has become frequent in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, particularly in its commercial hub, Lagos and the Federal Capital territory (FCT), Abuja. Residents have blamed the development on authorities, accusing them of failing to enforceContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In July 2022 the residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its neighbouring states were gripped with fear over the escape of over 800 inmates from Kuje prison, the nation’s foremost correctional centre. The incident generated reactions from stakeholders who expressedContinue Reading
