An estimated 325 million people are living with hepatitis B or C and few are aware of their condition, with death tolls from the viruses rising, the UN said Friday. The World Health Organization’s latest hepatitis report identifies the condition…
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says 30,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who fled the state at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency have returned home from Cameroon. Malam Abdullahi Umar, the Spokesman of the agency, said in…
Addressing climate change is a key priority for African countries as a region that is highly impacted and hence the need for urgent implementation of the various strategies at local, national and regional levels. The Eastern Africa is home to…
The President of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today welcomed the appointment of Achim Steiner as the Organization’s new Administrator. Mr Steiner’s nomination for UNDP Administrator was forwarded by Secretary-General António Guterres to the General Assembly,…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has banned the consumption of Coke, Sprite and Fanta at government functions in the state. The ban follows reports alleging that some soft drinks could be dangerous to health. The governor gave the…
Eze Onyekpere The starting point for the reduction of inequality through economic and fiscal governance is the understanding of the concept of the minimum core state obligation in key social and economic issues. It is about the core values, entitlements…
The United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday released its 2016 Global Human Development Index report, with Nigeria ranked low at 152nd out of the 188 countries surveyed. The 2016 Human Development Report focuses on those communities that have been left…
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Babachir Lawal, in the award of contracts under the Presidential…
Fisayo Soyombo Many of you are returning to work today after an extended four-day weekend made possible by the Christian celebration of Jesus Christ’s supreme sacrifice for the redemption of the world. Today, I will tell you about a man…
By: Doyin Olaleye Hinged on the recent spate of kidnappings in the state, the Lagos State Government has sensitised people living in the state on kidnapping and the law prohibiting it. The one-day sensitisation programme which borders on 2017 Kidnapping…
