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The Kano State Social Protection Agency (KASPA) reaffirmed its commitment to deepen collaboration with the Aliko Dangote Foundation in order to improve social‑protection programmes for the poor and vulnerable across the state. The Director‑General of KASPA, Dr Fatima  Abdullahi, made the announcement during a courtesy visit to the Foundation’s office. This is contained...

The Anambra Government says it will begin the implementation of its Environmental Management, Protection and Administration Law, 2024 on Monday. The Commissioner for Environment, Dr Felix Odimegwu, disclosed this at a news briefing in Awka. “Following extensive sensitisation, public education and stakeholders consultations across the state over the past one...

Hadejia Jam’are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA), says it will adopt proactive measures to control erosion that is hampering irrigation in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa. Its Managing Director, Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, said this in an interview on Friday in Kano. He said that he led a team of...

Celine Lafoucriere, Chief of UNICEF, Lagos Field Office, led celebrations of the World Children’s Day (WCD) at the Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) complex, Alausa, highlighting critical issues affecting children across the state. Speaking on Thursday at the WCD Policy Dialogue with Legislators & Arts Exhibition by Children, Lafoucriere...

Nigeria on Tuesday expressed concerns over the decision of the U.S. to exclude it from participating in the U.S. rapper Nicki Minaj event on alleged killings of Nigerians of a specific faith group. The Chargé d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN, Mr Syndoph Endoni, said the decision to...

Influential U.S. rapper Nicki Minaj says Nigeria is a beautiful nation with deep faith traditions and ”beautiful barbs” that she is eager to see. Minaj, 42, whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, made this known at a UN event in New York, highlighting the killings in Nigeria, she said...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said hunger ending by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade. By 2026 a staggering 318 million people would face crisis levels of hunger...

 Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has  presented permanent and pensionable appointment letters to the 400 newly recruited Mathematics teachers for the state’s Secondary Schools. This is contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature, in Kano on Wednesday. Yusuf described the recruitment as a direct response...

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, says the Gold and Gemstone Conference and Exhibition (GGCE) is a veritable platform to expand opportunities, deepen regional integration and chart a future for Nigeria’s mineral wealth. Alake, underscored the importance of the GGCE at a news conference held ahead of...