UNFPA, YEDI call for massive awareness on HIV prevention
With latest report showing that adolescents are most vulnerable to the HIV epidemic, the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) has urged Nigerian government to go the extra mile to create awareness on the prevention of HIV/AIDS digitally as well as provide free access to medical services to young Nigerians.
Ailing septuagenarian rescued 3 days after abduction in Abia
An ailing 76-year-old Benjamin Okoye, who was abducted last Friday in Abia State, was, yesterday, rescued from his captors’ hideout at Okpukwu Umuobo Area of Aba town by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT.
Nigeria’s petroleum fiscal terms weak, discouraging investments — Report
THE fiscal terms of the Nigerian petroleum industry is weak, inflexible and unattractive to investors, according to a report by the Nigerian Natural Resource Charter, NNRC.
Stakeholders review cement standard, emphasise its importance to construction industry
Disturbed by incessant building collapse across the country which observers attribute to poor application of cement, stakeholders in the nation’s building/construction industry gathered at a meeting of the Technical Committee on Cement of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, to review standard for cement (NIS 444 – 1: 2014), with a view to upgrading standard of all cement grades in Nigeria.
Aregbesola flags off N48.7bn water project in Ilesa
OSUN State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola yesterday flagged-off the N48.7Billion Ilesa water supply and sanitation project.
No civilian killed in Boko Haram attack on WFP’s convoy—Army
The Nigerian Army, yesterday denied the killings of civilians in an attack coordinated by the Boko Haram insurgents against the World Food Programme, WFP’s, trucks last Saturday.
