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By Eunice Nnachi, Yenagoa The United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) in collaboration with the Bayelsa state Ministry of Health, through the Primary Healthcare Board carried out a community sensitization on the need for exclusive Breastfeeding. The sensitization which took place at Angiama and Oporoma the headquarters of Southern Ijaw local government...

President Bola Tinubu, Tuesday, joined Nigerians and well-wishers globally in celebrating the President of the National Trade Promotion Organisations of the Economic Community of West African States, Mr. Segun Awolowo, as he turns 60 on September 27, 2023. The President shared the immense joy of this important milestone with the...

Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar has commended the Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association, DEPOWA, for its humanitarian initiatives which he said “have won hearts and minds”, and is “contributing immensely to the non-kinetic approach to counterinsurgency operations”.  This, he stated when the President of...

Governor Otu receiving the Award of Grand Patron of Cross River Youths from Comrade Obo. Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has charged youths on the responsible use of social media in shaping positive narrative about the state. The governor gave the charge when members of the leadership of...

Rehabilitation work will next week commence at the Government Science Secondary School, Andaha, with the project divided into phases, beginning with the construction of brand new science laboratory, as well as one male and one female hostels. This was made known when Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, undertook an...

….challenges indigines to equally set up lithium processing plants Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has visited a 4500 tons per day lithium processing plant, owned by a Chinese company, RSIN Nigeria Limited, that would soon commence producing lithium batteries, in Tudun Wada, Karu Local Government Area. Engineer Sule visited...

Contrary to reports by some online media that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, under the leadership of Group Chief Executive Officer Mr. Mele Kyari is conducting secret recruitment without board approval, this medium reliably gathered that it’s false. The report had claimed that about 35 people were allegedly recruited...

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has flagged off the distribution of farm inputs and assets to 8, 200 farmers from across the state, under the Nasarawa State COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (N-CARES) programme. Engineer Sule flagged of the distribution in a ceremony at the Government House, on...

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has identified steps being taken by his administration to revamp the real sector that would bring about rapid development, not only in the state but across the country. Engineer Sule made this known while speaking as the guest speaker during thr opening ceremony of...

Tweeps have taken to X to express their opinions over the passing of a young physician named Dr. Umoh Michael, who passed away on Sunday after supposedly working for 72 straight hours. Michael reportedly passed away on September 17 at the United Evangelical worship during a worship service. He was alleged to have performed a continuous 72-hour shift while a resident physician at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Idi-Araba. Doctors under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors, LUTH chapter, in a letter addressed to the Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Prof. Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo, attested to the fact that the young doctor was overworked. They claimed Michael returned home at about 3:00 a.m. Sunday after...