SEVEN persons have been confirmed killed by flood within August in Adamawa state as 74,713 others have been displaced, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA)  has disclosed.

Grassroots Initiative for Gender and Development ( GRID), a non-governmental organization (NGO) has advocated for the inclusion of women and girls with disabilities in development programs, noting that they are usually excluded during response and recovery programs during emergencies. The group made this disclosure yesterday at its convening of women with Disabilities in Patani Local […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has pledged to raise over $2 billion to support and improve girl-child education in the country in line with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.

Reports say Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed personal terms ahead of a sensational move to Manchester City, according to reports in Portugal.

A United Kingdom-based Management consultant Dr. Sheyi Macckson Ejejigbe is set to launch his first book, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), and an App that will be downloaded from the google play store in Warri, Delta State. Ejejigbe spoke at a press conference in preparation for the event in Warri yesterday. According to him, the launch, […]

Multiple casualties, including children – with US soldiers feared among the wounded – as explosion tears through crowd hours after ISIS attack warning A suicide bomb has caused a huge explosion outside Kabul airport where US soldiers were stationed with at least 13 casualties including children just hours after warnings of an ‘imminent’ and ‘lethal’ […]

WARRI Rebirth Initiative,  WRI, Wednesday, commended the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Tsola Emiko, Ogiame Atuwatse III for reversing the curse his grandfather placed on Nigeria.

The Deputy Director, Medical Social Services, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, and training coordinator, Suicide Research Prevention Initiative, SUPRIN, Dr. Titilayo Tade, has said suicide rate in Nigeria in 2019 is 6.9/ 100,000, which is higher than 6.5 rate in 2012; but under-reported or miscoded.

The nation’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP) grew year-on-year (YoY) by 5.0 per cent in the second quarter of 2021 (Q2’21).

Delta State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Julius Egbedi confirmed the outbreak of Avian Influenza, also known as Bird Flu, decrying that over 164,473 birds have so far been killed by the Influenza in poultry farms across seven Local Government Areas of the state.

By Paul Odili Since the return of democratic rule in 1999 one political party, the PDP has dominated Delta state. So in effect by 2023 it will be 24 years of one-party rule of this state of four million people. A child born in 1999 would grow up assuming that it is a natural order […]

The treatment gap in mental health cases has grown to as high as 85 per cent, said President, Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, APN, Prof. Taiwo Sheikh.

Given the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its likely after-effects, African Centre for Leadership Strategy & Development, Centre LSD, and Trust Africa organised a security sector accountability forum with the goal of strengthening the voices of African citizens.

Disturbed by the growing cases of bank robberies in the South West, the Oodua Youth Coalition has appealed to governors in the region to wake up and arrest the situation forthwith.

By Dirisu Yakubu Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is currently participating in the ongoing meeting of the Board of Trustees, BoT, meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Atiku arrived at the party’s national secretariat, Abuja at exactly 2 PM, decked in a light blue kaftan with a cap to match. At the BoT meeting […]