The 1 Division of Nigeria Army, Kaduna, on Wednesday said it had de-wormed no fewer than 5,000 children and 3,970 adults in Guruku and Kankaji communities, Birnin Gawri Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has pledged to improve  access to formal financial services for women, especially credit through its various intervention programmes.

An Urhobo pressure group in Delta State, the Urhobo Youth Employment Initiative, UYEI, has commended the Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Comrade Michael Tidi, and his counterpart in Uvwie, Comrade Ransom Onoyake, for hitting the ground running and immediately swinging into action to restore the twin cities of Effurun-Warri to their lost glory in line with the SMART Agenda of the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa administration.”

National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) has commenced training of 300 engineers of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) under the international collaboration with the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA).

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Anambra Command, says 22 persons were convicted for drug offences between January 2017 and February 2018.

The Section One of the ongoing Apapa Wharf Road project undergoing reconstruction is completed and will be opened to traffic on Thursday, newsmen report.

AHEAD of the commencement of his second tenure, which would begin on March 17, 2018, Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has sacked all political appointees and heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, who are not civil servants.

The Co-founder of Behive Foundation, Hajiya Iman Sulaiman-Ibrahim, on Wednesday appealed to the National Assembly (NASS) to pass gender friendly laws to enable women to contribute their quotas to national development.

Dr Chiemezie Chiebonam, an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Abuja, has cautioned women against unnecessary surgery for removal of fibroid.

Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki on Wednesday condemned the lingering socio-political unrest in Kogi sate especially the recent attack by suspected armed thugs on Sen. Ahmed Ogembe’s empowerment programme, noting that such act undermines the tenets of democracy in the country.

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The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Wednesday struck out a suit instituted against the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), for inability of the claimant to prove his case.

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has called for the review of  the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocol, saying it has  become a tool used by foreigners to  undermine Nigeria’s security.

The Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday said it was committed to end the on-going strike by the non-teaching labour unions in Nigeria universities.

The Senate on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to review his position in withholding assent on the bill to establish Peace Corps of Nigeria.