Author: Ezeibekwe Kingsley
Catfish farmers lament high cost of feeds amidst falling fish price
Catfish farmers in Lagos are rattled by the paradox of spontaneous hike in the price of fish feed and falling…
Gender activist wants Govt. to provide sanitary pads to schools
Dr Joe Odumakin, Women’s Rights Activist and President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, has called on government at all levels…
Ministry urged to declare state of emergency on malnutrition
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Ministry of Health to declare a state of emergency on the…
Monkey pox: Edo Govt to establish quarantine centre
The Edo Government says it will establish a quarantine centre as part of efforts to prevent and manage the outbreak…
Nigerian Army dispels rumors of harmful medical outreach in South-East
The Nigerian Army has urged the public to disregard rumours that its ongoing free medical outreach, especially in the South-East,…
Nigerians eagerly wait to subscribe to TStv
The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) says Nigerians are eagerly waiting to subscribe to the services of the new…
Girl Child Day: Federal government tasked on immunisation
In commemoration of the Girl Child Day; the Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR), an NGO, has appealed to the…
Turkey hopeful of suspension of U.S. visa embargo
Turkey hopes the United States will lift its decision on suspending visa services soon, the spokesman for the ruling AK…
University Don restates importance of girl-child education in society
A don, Dr Jamila Aliyu-Mohammed of the Ahmadu Bello University has stressed the need to educate girl-child for the benefit…
World Bank predicts modest recovery for Sub-Saharan Africa 2017
The World Bank has projected that Sub-Saharan Africa would record modest economic growth recovery of 2.4 per cent in 2017…
WHO trains 30 journalists on emergency health coverage tips
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Wednesday, began a two-day training programme for over 30 journalists in Maiduguri on emergency…
Ammunitions recovered as Army kill 15 Boko Haram insurgents in Borno
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops had killed 15 Boko Haram insurgents after repelling attack by the terrorists…
Panic in Anambra as army offers free medical service
Panic overshadowed the commencement of the Nigerian Army free medical outreach for civilians in Anambra on Wednesday, following social media…
Education sector should get 26% of national budget – Afe Babalola
The Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Chief Afe Babalola, has called for a national emergency fund to…
Ondo, SON to partner with in fight against substandard products
The Ondo State Government has assured the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) that it will partner with it to eradicate…
Army kill 40 Boko Haram insurgents, arrest 18 in 1 month
The Nigerian Army said it had killed a total of 40 Boko Haram insurgents, arrested 18 and rescued about 230…
14.03kg of drugs seized in 3 months at Lagos airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command, has seized 14.03 kilogrammes of controlled and…
ISIS fighters on the run – Pentagon
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS’) fighters remain on the run in Iraq and Syria as coalition troops clear…
Military rights violation: Presidential panel concludes sitting in South-East
The Presidential Investigation Panel to Review Compliance of the Armed Forces with Human Rights Obligations and Rules of Engagement concluded…
Abia, FG to partner on rural electrification
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of has expressed the willingness of the state government to support the Federal Government to actualise its…
Senate passes FIRS N147 bn 2017 budget
The Senate has passed the 2017 budget of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of N147 billion.
Katsina releases N350m for treatment of malnourished children
The Katsina State Government has released N350 million as its contribution to UNICEF for the purchase of Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic-Food (RUTF) for…
Rural dwellers to benefit from NYSC medical outreach – Coordinator
Alhaji Ladan Baba, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator in Kano State, says 2,000 people will benefit from the…
Foundation task govt on commitment to menstrual hygiene
Aids Health Care Foundation (AHF), an NGO, on Tuesday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to show commitment to…
ECOWAS to ensure freedom of movement in member countries
Dr Nelson Magbagbeola, ECOWAS Parliament Secretary-General says the parliament will continue to monitor the border of member countries to ensure…
Federal Government to break power gridlock, promises 10,000 mw
The Federal Government on Tuesday promised to unchain the obstacles hampering power supply programme and promised to achieve the 10,000…
Court orders Police to produce Evans’ brother-in-law in court
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the Police to produce in court, Okwuchukwu Obiechina, the brother-in-law of…
Kenyatta backs controversial electoral law changes
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday expressed strong support for amendments to electoral laws being debated in parliament.
Security agencies ready for Anambra guber poll – Commissioner
Heads of Security formations in Anambra say they are ready to provide adequate security, before, during and after the Nov.18…
NDLEA to go hard on dealers selling controlled drugs, stimulants in Enugu State
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Enugu has said that it will henceforth arrest and prosecute any patent…