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Anambra stakeholders fear likely outbreak of diseases in flood-affected communities

NewsDeskNgNov 30, 2022November 30, 20220

Stakeholders in Anambra State have expressed fears about the likely outbreak of diseases in communities affected by flood as displaced persons return to their homes. Members of various communities in Awka North, one of the affected local government areas of the state, stated this during a meeting of UNICEF officials...

Kaduna AGILE begins life skills training for 7,000 girls

NewsDeskNgNov 30, 2022November 30, 20220

Over 7,000 girls in Kaduna State are to benefit from the one year Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) intervention project. The training will be delivered in 71 schools across the state for SS1 and SS2 classes. Sani Aliyu, the Component Lead Digital Skills facilitator for the Kaduna...

Aregbesola inaugurates e-passport centre in Canada

NewsDeskNgNov 30, 2022November 30, 20220

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has unveiled the new enhanced Nigerian passport in Canada. Aregbesola who inaugurated the central Passport Production Centre in Ottawa, Canada, said Nigerians living in Canada will now have access to the highly coveted 64-page 10-year validity passport. This is contained in a statement by the...

FEC approves National Language Policy for primary education

NewsDeskNgNov 30, 2022November 30, 20220

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a National Language Policy for use in all primary schools across the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in...

Police debunk alleged hoodlum attack on INEC facility in Ebonyi

NewsDeskNgNov 30, 2022November 30, 20220

The Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba, on Wednesday, said that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office located in Iboko community, Izzi Local Government Area, which was gutted by fire was never attacked by hoodlums. The Commissioner insisted that there was no external attack on the INEC facility,...

Ortom mourns Unongo, says, ‘we have lost a pathfinder’

NewsDeskNgNov 30, 2022November 30, 20220

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed deep pains over the death of an elder statesman Dr. Paul Iorpuu Unongo saying “we have lost a pathfinder and leader of an inestimable value.” Lamenting over the death of Unongo who died on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 at the age of 87...

Child rights campaigners caution against corporal punishments

NewsDeskNgNov 29, 2022November 29, 20220

Child rights campaigners have frowned at corporal punishments in schools, homes and religious organisations. They have described it as inhumane and called on teachers and parents to desist from it. Speaking on behalf of other campaigners, Mr Kebe Ikpi of Child Protections Network in Calabar advocated alternative disciplinary measures, saying...

Soludo commends UNICEF on post-flood intervention in Anambra

NewsDeskNgNov 29, 2022November 29, 20220

The Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has commended the post-flood intervention initiatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The governor stated this yesterday during a meeting of UNICEF officials with stakeholders of flood-affected areas, for the implementation of the post-flood intervention in Ayamelum, Anambra East and Anambra West...

Buhari decries impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on taming terrorism in Nigeria

NewsDeskNgNov 29, 2022November 29, 20220

While the Russia-Ukraine Conflict rages, President Muhammadu Buhari has bemoaned its impact in the Sahel region of West Africa, insisting that it is compounding the Boko Haram crisis, especially in the Lake Chad Basin region. The President used his opening address at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State...

Ishaku presents last budget to Taraba Assembly

NewsDeskNgNov 29, 2022November 29, 20220

Taraba State governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku, on Tuesday, presented N172, 734, 537, 459:40 billion budget to the state House of Assembly for the 2023 fiscal year. Ishaku who made the presentation at the Taraba State House of Assembly chamber in Jalingo said the budget was made up of over...