ABUJA— A four-story building under construction in Nigeria’s southern state of Akwa Ibom collapsed on Saturday, leaving an unknown number of people trapped, a local official said. Located in the Plaza area of Uyo, the state capital, the building fell on another building next to it on Saturday evening, said Godwin Tepikor, coordinator of […]
Day: September 18, 2022
Nigeria reports 8 new Lassa fever infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded eight additional Lassa fever infections and one death between Sept. 5 and 11, 2022. The NCDC via its official website said the new cases bring the total number of confirmed cases and deaths in the country to 917 and 171, respectively. It disclosed that 25 […]
Leather institute mulls legislation to ban “Pomo” consumption
The Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST) Zaria, says it is proposing a legislation to ban the consumption of hides, locally known as Pomo, in the country Prof. Muhammad Yakubu, Director-General of institute, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the legislation was necessary to revive the comatose […]
GBV detrimental to girl-child’s devt – UNICEF
Peter Hawkins, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative to Nigeria, says Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is detrimental to the development of the girl-child. He said this during News Agency of Nigeria’s (NAN) magazine programme, NAN Forum, on Sunday in Abuja. The UNICEF country representative identified Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as one of the most profound abuse […]
Buhari attends 77th UNGA in New York
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja on Sunday to attend the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA77) in New York, United States. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and some top government functionaries were at the […]
Sports: Minister seeks review of PHE curriculum
Mr Sunday Dare, the Minister of Sports, Youth and Social Development, has urged tertiary institutions to review and update the curriculum for the training of physical health educators towards harnessing the entrepreneurial opportunities in sports. The minister made the appeal during the 50th National Conference of National Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation, Sports and […]
Improvement on immunisation in Nigeria fantastic — UNICEF
Mr Peter Hawkins, the Country Representative, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, says the improvement recorded in the number of children immunised against diseases in the country is fantastic. He gave the commendation on Sunday during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. NAN reports that the National Immunisation Coverage Survey (NICS) 2021 […]
Reps resume plenary Sept. 20 at temporary chamber
The House of Representatives will resume plenary on Sept. 20, at the temporary chamber. This is contained in a statement by Mr Yahaya Danzaria, the Clerk to the House, on Sunday in Abuja. Danzaria said due to the ongoing renovation in the old chamber, members are expected to resume plenary at the new improvised chamber […]
Yahaya Bello is Tinubu-Shettima campaign Youth Co-ordinator
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has been appointed as the National Youth Co-ordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council. The appointment was conveyed in a letter addressed to Bello, signed by the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, in the letter dated Aug. 8, stressed that Bello who was […]
19 killed in FCT auto crash
Nineteen persons have been confirmed killed while eight others injured in a Sunday auto crash at Yangoji-Gwagwalada Road in the FCT. Mr Dauda Biu, Acting Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed the figures to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) when he visited the accident scene. Biu said the crash which occurred […]