UNESCO targets 200,000 persons for Spotlight Initiative
Ms Ngozi Amanze, the UNESCO National Programme Officer on Education, says the organisation is targeting over 200,000 persons in Nigeria to benefit from its Spotlight Initiative. Amanze told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that the EU-UN joint Spotlight Initiative is a global initiative focused on eliminating all forms of violence […]
Makinde inaugurates State’s agency for AIDS control
…says abstinence still best way to control AIDS Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, inaugurated the Board of the Oyo State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SACA), noting that dealing with the scourge of AIDS “is of utmost importance to his administration.” Governor Makinde stated that though there had been some signs […]
Gov. Yahaya mourns CMD of FTH Gombe
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state has described the death of Dr. Saidu Alkali, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Gombe, as a monumental loss to the state and Nigeria as a whole. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Gombe by Mr. Ismaila Misilli, the Senior Special Assistant […]
Buhari tasks NMA on quality healthcare services
President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to seek better ways of improving healthcare service delivery to Nigerians. He gave the task at the second National Health Summit (NHS) and the 25th Commonwealth Medical Association Triennial Conference on Tuesday in Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the conference […]
FAO says 4m Nigerians face acute food insecurity
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has said that about 4.02 million people in Nigeria are currently faced with acute food insecurity. The FAO Country Director, Suffyan Koroma, said this during the presentation of October 2019 CH Analysis’ outcome for 16 states and the FCT, on Tuesday in Abuja. Koroma said […]
Lalong plans gazette on water as 2.8m lack decent toilets in Plateau
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau says his administration will soon gazette a Water Sector Law to improve peoples’ access to water and sanitation in the state. Lalong disclosed this at the launching of the “Keep Your Promise Campaign on WASH” on Tuesday in Jos. Represented by the state Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello, […]
