The director-general of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori, has said that prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and paediatric HIV coverage in the country remains below 33 per cent, well below the ...
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Nigeria Would Have Been Better If Peter Obi Won 2023 Election – Abaribe
The Senator representing Abia South, Enyinaya Abaribe, has said that Nigeria would have been in a better state if the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, had won the contest. Speaking during an interview on Channels ...
Read More »NNPCL, Dangote, Retailers Agree To End Fuel Supply Crisis
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Dangote Group, and retail outlets owners have reached an agreement aimed at resolving the ongoing fuel supply crisis in Nigeria. The outlet owners, under the aegis of Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association ...
Read More »Experts Differ Over Safety Of GMO Foods
…Their resistance to pests, collateral damage to health – Prof Amalu …They improve yield, provide needed nutrients – Dr Gidado …GMO foods are safe, FG insists Amid growing concern and controversy, food safety experts are now divided on Genetically Modified ...
Read More »PDP Govs Urge FG To Review Harsh Economic Policies
Governors under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have expressed empathy with Nigerians suffering from the current economic difficulties in the country, calling on the Federal Government to review its harsh policies to improve citizens’ welfare. The PDP ...
Read More »NECO Accredits Additional Foreign Schools For SSCE, BECE
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has accredited more foreign schools to write the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The newly accredited schools in addition to the existing ones are in Niger Republic and ...
Read More »65% Of Nigerian Households Rely On Traditional Cooking Methods – NBS
A recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that 65% of Nigerian households relied on traditional cooking methods, with the three-stone cookstove being the most commonly used. The findings were highlighted in the Nigeria General Household ...
Read More »FG, InfoWest Sign Contract For Construction Of Calabar/Abuja Highway
The Federal Ministry of Works has signed a contract with InfoWest International Limited for the construction of Section 1 of the Calabar to Abuja super highway. The road is one of the four legacy projects of President Bola Tinubu under the Renewed Hope ...
Read More »NHRC Wants Enhanced Collaboration To Combat Gender-Based Violence
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for enhanced collaboration of all stakeholders to combat the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country. The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Tony Ojukwu (SAN) said this at a press conference ...
Read More »FG Terminates Julius Berger’s N740bn Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road Contract
The Federal Government has finally issued a termination letter to Julius Berger PLC over the construction of Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road project reviewed at N740 billion naira. The termination letter, signed by the Director Legal Services, Federal Ministry of Works, Barr. C.O ...
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