Day: April 27, 2022

hinese loans to African governments plunged by more than three-quarters in the first year of the pandemic compared to the year before, researchers have found, with new loan commitments in 2020 at their lowest level in 16 years.That could be due to Chin…

The Deputy Governor of Anambra, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, on Wednesday visited a personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who survived the April 3 attack by gunmen on its patrol team.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the attack whic…

The Federal Government has charged cooks under its National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Jigawa to ensure they prepared quality and hygienic meals for pupils in the state. Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouk, the Minister of Humanitarian Affai…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) says it has grown Nigerian content in the oil and gas sector to 42 per cent.Mr Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary of NCDMB gave the update on Wednesday, while speaking at a Local content work…

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday pledged continued support for Nigerian women under the umbrella of the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS).The minister made the pledged when the newly elected president o…

Cuddling his 14-week-old daughter, who had received the scheduled childhood vaccines, Mr Aliyu Fawaz Bello, an architect and father of four residing in Abuja, said he always ensures that his children never miss a required vaccine dose.Mr Bello was at t…

The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) a advocacy group, has underscored the need to protect vulnerable women, children, adolescents and the health workers in the Sahel region.This is contained in a statement jointly signed by …

AIDS Health Care Foundation (AHF), an NGO, has engaged religious leaders in FCT on building awareness and public trust in the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine among its followers.Dr Echey Ijezie, the Country Programme Director, AHF-Nigeria, said…

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) says it had developed a ten- year strategic plan 2020 to 2030 to serve as a roadmap for achieving the scheme’s mandate.Prof. Mohammed Sambo, Executive Secretary of the scheme, disclosed this at a press confer…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has approved 11,222 polling units in Kano State ahead of the 2023 general polls.INEC Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Riskuwa Arabu, made this known at a one-day workshop on elect…