[ad_1] The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday said that over 600,000 children were not immunized against childhood killer diseases in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states. The UNICEF Chief of the Kano Field Office, Rahama Farah, who disclosed this during a media briefing on the UNICEF State of the World Children’s (SOWC) 2023: Immunization…
By Gom Mirian President of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Dr. Smart Olugbeko, has identified lack of political will on the high level of unqualified teachers in Nigerian institutions of learning. Olugbeko said this at a one-day workshop, Organised by the Education Correspondents’ Association Of Nigeria (ECAN), in collaboration…
By Kazeem Akolawole The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that over 12 missed vaccination in Africa between 2019 and 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks It said the pandemic outbreak made the continent vulnerable to even more outbreaks of disease and facing a “child survival crisis.” The report titled: “The…
By Agency Report Ugochukwu Chukwulobelu, programme manager, Anambra State Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Management, says the state ranks highest in Childhood Tuberculosis (TB) contribution in Nigeria. Chukwulobelu made the disclosure at the ongoing “stakeholders’ engagement” organised by the Federal Ministry of Health, in partnership with the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation and…
By Kazeem Akolawole As part of the implementation of the ECOWAS Agroecology Programme funded by the European Union, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray signed grant agreements with 15 training Centres to build capacity on Agroecology in Member States. The total budget of the grant…
By Juliet Jacob The Acting Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS,) Mr Isah Jere Idris, has been retired by President Muhammadu Buhari. Jere Idris was appointed in acting capacity just before his retirement in April 2022 but got his service extended ahead of its expiration for one year. The extended…
[ad_1] The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has denied reports that it is indirectly funding terrorism in the country. A statement published by the embassy on its website debunked the report by The Times of the U.K claiming that “Beijing could be indirectly funding terror” in Nigeria. China said the report is based on unverified, unclear, and…
North-West zone responsible for 76 per cent of attacks By Kazeem Akolawole A recent United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) report shows that about 11,500 schools were shut down in 2020 due to series of attacks by bandits and terrorists in some parts of Nigeria. The report, which was launched in Abuja…
By Juliet Jacob Two senior advocates of Nigeria (SAN), Ahmed Raji and Dipo Okpeseyi have asked Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AFG), to obey a court order in respect of a dispute on the multi-million naira e-customs modernisation project. On Wednesday, a Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting in Abuja, chaired by…
By Juliet Jacob Nigeria’s Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has declared Friday, April 21 and Monday, April 24 as public holidays ahead of the Muslim Eid-il- Fitri celebration. He made the declaration in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Shuaib Belgore on Wednesday. While congratulating all Muslims…
