The Nigerian Government has expressed readiness to control online radio and television stations, adding that the move became necessary to curb fake news. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the announcement on Friday in Abuja. In a statement…
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...“We urgently need to know more about the health impact of microplastics because they are everywhere - including in our drinking-water,” says Dr Maria Neira, Director, Department of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health, at WHO.
By Mayowa Adeniran | The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Federal Ministry of Environment through its Department of Climate Change have launched a Climate Incubation Hub in Nigeria to involve the youths in finding solution of climate problems…
Engineer Jonathan Ogbona, special adviser to the former minister of power Professor Chinedu Nebo, says the country needs a minister of Energy not a minister of power. While he is happy that the portfolio of the electricity industry has been…
The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Mohammed Sambo, has said Nigeria cannot achieve Universal Health Scheme until the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is made compulsory for all. Mr Sambo said this while speaking at the…
...With about 70 percent of children in Nigeria not having their birth registered, the National Population Commission (NPopC) Lagos state, has pledged to meet one million birth registration target before the end of 2019.
The IN-CSR & National Human Right Commission, Nigeria, would be organizing a review meeting of “National Action Plan for Business & Human Rights”. The programme, which has been scheduled to hold on 23rd August 2019 at Lagos, Nigeria, would have…
A report by the United States Department of State has shown that the current Nigerian government led by President Muhammadu Buhari regime lacks fiscal transparency. The document, 2019 Fiscal Transparency Report, listed Nigeria among Iraq, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Sudan,…
...According to the report, an estimated seven million litres is being smuggled to neighbouring African countries, Guardian Nigeria reports while 45 million litres are eventually circulated within the country.
