ABUJA — No fewer than 48 million Nigerians still practice open defecation, according to the newly released 2021 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping (WASH-NORM) III Report. This is the thrust at the inauguration of the 2021 WASH-NORM III Report in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, said slow progress being made in improving water and sanitation services was due to population expansion, low commitments from states and...
Handel Patrick, (Staff Reporter) AWKA — The Anambra State House of Assembly has summoned the State’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh to appear before the plenary for clarifications over certain issues relating to her office. According to the Media Aide to the Speaker of the House, Mr. Caleb Okechukwu, the summon was issued during the Tuesday plenary of the House, where some issues were raised about the Commissioner and recent activities of the ministry,...
By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Reverend Paulinus Ezeokafor, says the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, that left many people dead on Sunday, June 5, 2022, is an eye-opener to the Mother Church and all churches in Nigeria. Bishop Ezeokafor who stated this at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Awka, while fielding questions from newsmen, said that it was a wake-up call for all Christians in...
By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter) Drivers of various articulated vehicles, including lorries, tankers, and tippers have blocked the Niger Bridgehead in Onitsha in protest. The West African News Pilot Newspaper reporter, learned the protest was triggered by extortion by naval officers operating on the bridge, who insist on collecting N1,000 from them as a bribe. The driver’s however decided to block the road on Saturday morning, after a naval officer shot and punctured the tyres of...
By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) AWKA — The Commissioner for Youth Development and Creative Economy Hon. Patrick Aghadinuno Mba has disclosed Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s commitment and determination to create one thousand youth millionaires annually in Anambra state. Mba who made the disclosure during an exclusive interview with our correspondent at the Government House, Awka said the Governor’s commitment to creating one thousand youth millionaires annually in Anambra is clearly captured in the 2022 revised...
ABUJA — The Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), has urged the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to accelerate the implementation of the programmes. Prof. Foluso Okunmadewa, the World Bank, Lead Specialist, Social Protection, and Task Team Leader for NG-CARES, made the call at a two-day implemention status review meeting with States’ Coordinators on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NG-CARES is...
The first batch of 510 pilgrims from Borno are departing Madinah on Friday to Makkah to commence the main Hajj rituals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pilgrims would be transported in luxury buses in compliance to the COVID-19 protocols. An official at the Madinah control centre told NAN that the pilgrims would start the Makkah ritual from Miqat Hulifa. Hulifa is around nine kilometres from Madina and around 450 kilometers from...
LAGOS — The Federal Government on Thursday began the digitisation of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) process in Lagos, so as to enhance the programme. Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, the Lagos State Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, said the digitisation would make payment to beneficiaries easier. Arobieke spoke at the flag-off of the Distribution of ATM Cards and Activation of Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) to Lagos State Conditional Cash Transfer Beneficiaries. She said that digitisation...
By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter) Igbo apex socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has backed the presidential bid of former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, saying that it has brought a new dimension to the politics of Nigeria. The Vice President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Damian Okeke-Ogene stated this yesterday in Nanka, Orumba North Local Government Area while receiving the executive of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra State chapter in his hometown. Okeke-Ogene said...
By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) AWKA — In what could be described as a move to increase the Anambra State’s internally generated revenue, Governor Chukwuma Soludo has ordered all wheelbarrow pushers, tricyclists, and motorists operating in the State to register with the state government. Soludo also directed all private motor park owners in the state to revalidate/recertify their parks before June 28 or face prosecution when enforcement would expectedly commence. This was contained in a...
