HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government says it treated 7,361 malnourished children, representing 67.2 per cent cure rate out of the 10,953 admitted between January and June. Assistant State Nutrition Officer, Mr George Adam, made this known at the 2nd quarter Coordination Meeting of the state Committee...
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The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Friday in Abakaliki elected a new executive to run its affairs for the next three years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Sampson Nwafor, the correspondent of the Daily Independent, emerged Chairman in the election...
Dr Hassan Mahmud, Director, Monetary Policy Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said there were positive sides to Nigeria’s economic growth, despite uncertainties in the domestic and global economy. Mahmud said this at the Mid-year Economic Review and Outlook 2021, organised by the CIBN Centre for Financial...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has inaugurated the FCTA/USAID steering committee as part of measures towards the revitalization of the FCT healthcare systems to deliver quality, affordable and sustainable preventive healthcare services to residents of the territory. At the inauguration on...
An American-based Nigerian artiste, Zore Lebarty, also daughter of Felix Lebarty, says music and entertainment industry can contribute to the growth of Nigeria’s economy in many ways. Lebarty, originally born Omozore Lebarty, also said that her father’s music legacies inspired her to do timeless musics. She spoke with the News Agency of...
Two women have died following an explosion on a bus in western Russia that also left 17 people injured, local authorities said on Friday. The explosion went off overnight Thursday when the bus carrying 35 passengers was at a stop near a shopping centre. “The number of injured has...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The National President of Rubber Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NARPPMAN) Igbinosun Idowu Peter has assured that his association would target about 25,000 clones of rubber plantations in Cross River State. “We have a roadmap for our development agenda for ten years and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy (VATLAD) says it has petitioned to put in place regarding the duly confirmed members of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in order to avoid losing oil rich states to opposition. In a...
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), in collaboration with armed policemen have arrested three suspected pirates and impounded 250 pirated copies of the Holy Bible in Suleja Market, Niger State. NCC Director of Public Affairs, Mr Vincent Oyefeso, who announced the figure in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said...
Miss Gift Agenoisa, a JSS1 female student of Mary Immaculate Secondary School , Ado- Ekiti, has dragged the Ekiti Government, before a state High Court, seeking N15 million in damages for breach of fundamental rights. In a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 and sworn to, at the Ado-Ekiti High Court, on...
By DAVID IROJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with family of the late former President Shehu Shagari over the death of widow, Hajiya Hadiza Shagari, at 80. This is contained in a statement issued by the President’s spokesman , Mr Femi Adesina in Abuja. The president described...
The Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), says late Nigerian international, Mr Samuel Okwaraji, remains a symbol of patriotism and hard work to be emulated by youths. The National Coordinator of POCACOV, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which facilitated the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine, says the vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 as against $10 per dose. The bank’s Regional Chief Operating officer, Mr Abdoulaye Kone, who disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Thursday, in...
A culture-laced Nollywood movie, “Love Castle” is set to hit cinemas across the world on Sept. 10, the Movie producer, Funke Ogunmola has said. The movie is produced majorly in English but sparingly utilising Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba languages. The Movie, ‘Love Castle’ which featured late Rachael Oniga among...
The Bauchi State Tourism Board says it has adopted proactive measures to enhance security across all its existing attaraction sites, to guard against tresspass and ensure safety of visitors. Malam Nasir Yusuf, General Manager of the Board, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), in Kogi has urged government at all levels and relevant stakeholders to ensure youth involvement and engagement in the transformation of food systems in Nigeria. The NYCN Chairman, Amb. Ogohi Usman, made the called while addressing newsmen in Lokoja, to mark the...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has inaugurated a newly reconstructed Office Complex on Enugu-Abakaliki Road Emene for the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Speaking at the event, the Minister, who represented the President Muhammadu Buhari, described the complex as...
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its sponsorship of the 5th edition of the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo Golf Tournament, organized by the Abeokuta Golf Club. The competition, which is scheduled to hold on Saturday, 14th August 2021 will have Chief Obasanjo perform the ceremonial Tee-off to the glamour...
The Nigerian Army has said that Col. Ibrahim Saka died in the war against terrorism, describing his death as painful. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, however dismissed claims by the widow of the late Sakaba, Mrs...
Silvex International, a Kano-based agribusiness firm, has announced that it had created over 1, 500 direct jobs for youths in various agriculture value chains in five states, this year. The Managing Director of the company, Mr Abubakar Usman-Karfi, made the disclosure at a presentation via a webinar, as part...