The 2023 general elections will witness a lot of intricacies right from the pre-election phase to the election day and post-election period but one concept that may just be the major gamechanger in the elections is the role technology will…
Kebbi State Government in partnership with the United States President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI-US) under the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) will distribute about 2.8 million Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN) to households in the state. This was disclosed by the state…
An Non-governmental organisation, Tracka NG, has called the attention of the Bauchi State Government to intervene by renovating a secondary school, Yakubu Bauchi College of Islamic Studies, where over 1500 students sit on bare floor to learn. According to the…
Media Career Development Network, (MCDN), Nigeria’s foremost mentoring and coaching organisation has announced the publication of its annual Nigeria Media Capacity Development Report. The publication according to the Executive Director of the organisation, Mr Lekan Otufodunrin is to provide journalists…
Eunice Afolabi The Nigerian government has been advised to address barriers responsible for the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative to Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, gave the advise to journalists on…
Eunice Afolabi The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that Nigeria needs about N3 billion annually to improve access to clean water in the country. MAPNEWS reports that UNICEF representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, made this known while speaking…
Eunice Afolabi As part of efforts to commemorate this year’s World Patient Safety Day, Nigeria’s Ministry of Health is sensitising members of the public against self medication – knowing the right drugs to consume for a particular ailment. The Honourable…
Kenyan banker Jeremy Awori has been appointed as the new CEO of the West Africa-based Ecobank Group, replacing the retiring Ade Ayeyemi who, as CEO, has been a driving force behind the bank’s realisation of its pan-African ambitions since his…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos against the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for its refusal to act on the organization’s information request seeking…
Abudu A. Olalekan | The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has suspended procurement in the National Agency for the Control of AIDS following a discovery that bids for a contract worth $12m for the upgrade of warehouses…
