Kemi Busari Over 600 pregnant women from 16 communities in the South-east and South-south regions of the country have benefited from a maternal health initiative aimed at reducing maternal mortality in the country. The programme, which was held across six…
Kemi Busari Civil Society Groups; Policy Alert, Campaign2015 and GRAPE Foundation have blamed the failure the Millennium Development Goals on the insincerity of government at all levels. They said this at a forum held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom with the…
CSNews Desk The African Development Bank, AfDB and the Federal Government of Nigeria are planning for long-term solutions to youth employment in the agricultural sector. They will spend about $300m on the Enable Youth Empowerment Agribusiness Programme. Accoding to statement…
CSNews Desk The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSG, has called on Nigeria security agencies to commence proper investigation into an alleged case of blackmail against the leadership of the National Open University of Nigeria,(NOUN). The president of the coalition,…
Kemi Busari The United Nations (UN) will make use of the local languages and social media in disseminating information about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Seyi Soremekun, the National Information Officer of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) made this…
Kemi Busari The Oyo State government has partnered the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) to vaccinate no fewer than 2.5 million children against measles during the forthcoming immunisation programme. The exercise will hold from…
CSNews Desk The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has embarked on an aggressive enlightenment campaign to create awareness on HIV/AIDS and other prevalent diseases. The programme was tagged “Free Multi-disease Outreach.” The campaign aimed at curbing the…
CSNews Desk Over 60 people have been placed under surveillance in Rivers State, following the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. A nursing mother and her two-week-old baby were said to have died on December 30, last year, and…
Jude Chukwuemeka President Muhammed Buhari recently revealed a N6.08 trillion budget before a joint session of the National Assembly. While many believe the budget has the potential to put the nation’s economy on growth path over the next few months,…
Jude Chukwuemeka Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal recently presented a budget estimate of N174.35 billion Naira for the 2016 fiscal year with education getting the biggest allocation of 29 percent. Tambuwal revealed, when presenting the budget to the state…
