Organization Urges Parents, Teachers To Educate Youths, and Children On Drug Abuse

As a measure to reduce the risk of mental illnesses and other risky behaviours associated with drug abuse among children, and youths, Vanguard Against Drug Abuse (VGADA) Abuja, has urged parents and teachers to educate them on the dangers of intake of the substances. Dr Hope Omeiz, Executive Director of the centre disclosed this in a message to commemorate the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking or World Drug Day on Monday in...

Sokoto Plans To Depose Sultan-MURIC Allege

The Executive Director, of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) Prof. Isiaq Akintola has raised the alarm over the alleged plan by Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State to depose the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. Akintola, who raised the alarm in a statement on Monday, said Nigerian Muslims reject any thought of deposing the Sultan. Please remember that Governor Aliyu had earlier deposed 15 traditional rulers for various offenses. Akintola warned that Governor...

Nigeria, 61 Counties Faces Food Poverty- UNICEF Report

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in its 2024 report indicated that millions of parents and families are facing food poverty with the challenges of providing nutritious and diverse foods for young children to reach their full potential in 62 countries. The affected countries are Nigeria, Ghana, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Niger, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania,...

Demolition: Delta State Government Displaces Over 1,000 People

The demolition exercise carried out by the Delta State Government on Friday on buildings at the popular 74 Road and Anwai Road areas near Government House Asaba, the state capital, has displaced over 1,000 people. The affected structures are hotels and schools among others. Mr Frank Omare, Chairman of the state Taskforce on Recovery of Government Lands, who led other members of committee during the demolition exercise, vowed to go after the land grabbers, who...

FAAN Moves To Eliminate Touting, Extortion, Others At The Airports

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has established a dedicated task force to eliminate touting activities, extortion, and illicit acts perpetrated at airports by some undesirable elements. Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, FAAN Managing Director in an interview with newsmen in Lagos, said the measure was not unconnected with a series of reports regarding passenger harassment and extortion at airports. Mrs. Kuku said her administration has launched an extensive campaign to crack down on these illegal activities,...

Court Orders Forfeiture Of Emefiele’s Properties Worth Over N12.18 Billion

Properties valued at over N12.18 billion linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele have been ordered for forfeiture to the Federal Government. The properties forfeited are mostly located in highbrow parts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja. The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, presided over by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on Friday issued the order of permanent forfeiture after hearing an application filed by Chineye Okezie, counsel to the Economic...

Cholera Claims Over One Hundred Lives In Five Months – WHO

No fewer than 194,897 persons have died due to a cholera outbreak from January 1st, 2024 to May 26th, 2024 and1, 932 cases recoded globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. According to World health body, Eastern Mediterranean Region recorded the highest numbers of the reported cases from 24 countries across five WHO regions. The global stockpile of Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCV) was depleted until early March but exceeded the emergency target of 5 million...

FG, Stakeholders Strategize To End Increasing Rate Of STIs, HIV

The Federal Government (FG), AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria and other stakeholders have strategized to deploy Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) as a panacea for the ever increasing rate of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as well as unplanned pregnancies among youths. According to reports, the agreement which was a fallout of a Focus Group Discussion (FGD), organized by AHF Nigeria to commemorate the 2024 International Day of the African Child (IDAC) would...

Nigeria Civilians Would Travel To Space, NASRDA Signs MoU With SERA

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) from Delaware, USA. It aimed at advancing Nigeria’s space programme and creating opportunities for civilians to travel to space. The MoU was signed by the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, Mr. Uche Nnaji, on behalf of the Federal Government.  he Director-General of NASRDA, Dr. Mathew Adepoju disclosed this during the special...

 IPPIS Uncovers 1,618 Fake Federal Government Workers

The verification exercises of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) have uncovered 1,618 civil servants with ‘fake/illegal’ employment letters in the payroll of the Federal Government. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, during a parley with media executives in commemoration of the 2024 Civil Service Week Celebrations. According to her, so far, 69,308 civil servants who participated in the compulsory...

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