Enugu Government Holds Carol of 9 Lessons

The Enugu State Government celebrated the festival of songs of nine lessons and carol late on Friday, with prominent citizens of the state and community leaders attending. The event was staged to mark the Christmas season. The festival, held at the Government House, saw Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi taking the first lesson with the massage centering on “The Creation of Man’’. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent at the event reported that each reading was...

Kenya Airways, Air France-KLM End Africa-Europe Joint Venture Cooperation

Kenya Airways and Air France-KLM Group said on Saturday that they had agreed to mutually terminate their Africa-Europe joint venture partnership from September, 2021. Allan Kilavuka, Kenya Airways CEO said the Kenyan carrier will continue to serve the European market through its gateways of London, Paris, Amsterdam with Rome slated for resumption from 2021. “This development allows Kenya Airways to offer additional options and convenience to our customers connecting through our European gateways. ”This is...

Lawmaker Donates Ambulance To Health Centre

The member representing Nasarawo Binyeri Constituency in the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Mr. Umar Nashon Gubi, has donated a brand new ambulance to Tola Primary Health Care Center in Mayo, Belwa Local Government Area. Presenting the ambulance in Tola, Nashon Gubi said the project is part of the promise made to the electorate during the electioneering campaign in 2019. “The decision to donate the ambulance to Tola PHC is to ensure that Nasarawo/Binyeri Constituency...

Over One Thousand Pregnant Women Receives Free Delivery Kits In Zamfara

Wife of Zamfara state Governor Hajiya Aisha Matawalle has distributed delivery kits to 1,100 pregnant women in Maru and Tsafe Local Government Areas of the state. The distribution of delivery kits was part of the Wife of the Governor’s 10,000 Mama Kits Project for pregnant women across the 14 local government areas in the state. Making the presentation, Hajiya Aisha Matawalle said the gesture was to reduce child and maternal mortality rates and to encourage...

Health Insurance Will Fast-track Quality Health Care–Sambo

The Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Prof. Mohammed Sambo has expressed optimism that the Health Insurance, “Under One Roof”, will ensure quality and affordable healthcare for all Nigerians. Insurance Under one Roof is an approach to decentralise insurance practice in Nigeria to sub-national level (States) with the central coordinating entity at the Federal level. Sambo said this on Tuesday in his welcome speech at the Health Insurance Under One Roof (HIUOR) Document Validation...

Ugandan Presidential Candidate, Bobi Wine, Calls for The Release of Omah Lay and Tems

Ugandan presidential candidate of the opposition National Unity Platform, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has called for the release of Nigerian singers, Omah Lay and Tems. The Nigerian singers were arrested in Uganda for flouting COVID-19 guidelines. Their arrest took place after their performance at The Big Brunch, which held at Speke Resort, Wavamunno Rd, Kampala, Uganda. The presidential candidate, known as Bobi Wine is a popular reggae star and an actor...

Enugu Set to Achieve Open Defecation Free Status By 2022, Ministry Launches Clean Family Campaign

The Special Adviser to the Enugu State Governor on Water Resources, Dubem Onyia Jnr has called on families resident in Enugu State to maximize the Clean Family Campaign and adopt the recommended hygiene behaviors. Onyia Jnr made that promise at the Clean Family Campaign Launch organized by the Ministry of Water Resources, Enugu, WaterAid Nigeria and other stakeholders; the Campaign aims to motivate people and healthcare facilities towards practicing key hygiene behaviors. “The family is...

What Nigeria Intends to Benefit From Border Closure?

By Abba Dukawa, Contributing Reporter _____ Nigeria has not sufficiently improved its capacity toward attaining self food reliance, almost two years since  Buhari’s  administration ordered the closure of  Nigeria’s land borders. The policy of shutting it border is to achieved food security, curtail the importation of drugs and proliferation of small arms which threaten the country security. Unfortunately, the shutting of land borders has failed to stop the flow of arms into the country. Insurgents,...

Road Accident: 11 Navy Applicants Die in Jigawa

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ At least 11 persons, mostly youths who were  aspiring to be soldiers,  reportedly lost their lives in a road accident while travelling to write an examination for the Nigerian Navy in Kano. The police said the victims, from Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa, met their death as their vehicle rammed into a trailer, which was parked wrongly by the road. Residents also said the crash occurred around Ringim...

Visa Openness Solutions Can Boost Africa’s Economic Recovery, the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index Reveals

A record 54% of the continent is accessible for African visitors who no longer need a visa to travel or can get one on arrival; in 2020, The Gambia joins Seychelles and Benin in allowing visa-free access for all African travelers; 24 countries offer e-Visas reflecting 44% of the continent. The upward trend in African countries liberalizing their visa regimes and welcoming African travelers continues, according to the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index published by the African Union...

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