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Tackling unemployment: LP guber candidate advocates financial education among youths

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

Chief Edward Nkwegu, Ebonyi governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, has advocated financial education among Nigerian youths to rescue them from poverty. Nkwegu, an industrialist, stated this on Thursday at Nwofe Community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi at the 18th anniversary of...

COP27: Spain, Switzerland announce €10m to AfDB’s urban, municipal devt fund

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

The Swiss Confederation and Spain, have announced additional financial support of 10 million Euros to African countries and cities affected by the negative effects of climate change. In a statement issued by the Communication and External Relations Department of the AfDB, the announcement was made at the ongoing 27th United...

Cancer Treatment: Access to radiotherapy, beyond common man

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

Radiotherapy (RT), also called Radiation Therapy, is a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumours. Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body, destroying body tissue. Even though cancer...

Drug trafficking as national security threat

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

The menace of drug abuse and trafficking present a grave danger to the nation. There is a nexus between drug trafficking on one hand and organised crimes such as terrorism, kidnapping and money laundering. It has been a major dent on the nation’s image. Unfortunately, Nigeria is afflicted by all...

Mitigating Gender Based Violence in Edo

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

Mrs Lucy Peters (not real name) is a 23 year-old single mother who was abandoned by her boyfriend after impregnating her in 2020. Her predicament started after she gave birth to her child in 2021. Her boyfriend told her that he was not ready for fatherhood and subsequently abandoned her....

2023: Kogi REC sues for peace, urges discuss in issues

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

By Friday Enemaku Dr Hale Gabriel Longpet, Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on political parties, their supporters and the electorate to eschew violence and work towards peaceful conduct of the 2023 General Elections in the state. Longpet made the call when...

Education a way to unlocking life’s potential- Oludolapo Osinbajo

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

By Palma Musa Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria, Mrs Oludolapo Osinbajo yesterday hinted that education was beyond the four conners of the classroom but a way of life that unlocks one’s potential. Osinbajo noted that additionally, being a decent, dependable person in society was more important than simply...

NANS urges NSCDC to intensify efforts at ending illegal bunkering in Ogun

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

THE National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has urged the officers and men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, to step up their operations in order to bring to an end activities of illegal oil bunkers in Ogun State. The students under the auspices of NANS Joint Campus...

Tony Akuneme assumes office as Nigeria Immigration Service spokesperson

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

By Palma Musa Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Isah Jere Idris has approved the appointment of DCI Tony Akuneme, a Deputy Comptroller of Immigration as the new Service Public Relations Officer, SPRO. Akuneme replaces DCI Amos Okpu who has since proceeded on retirement after 35 years meritorious service...

There can never be Social Justice without Social Protection – Wabba

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

— says new jobs should especially go to women By Michael Paul President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba has said 75% of workers all over the world are outside the Social Protection net, saying there is no justification for this as just 0.25% of the global...