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Railway workers under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR) have tasked the Federal Government to review the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) under the supervision of the Ministry of Transportation. NUR wants government to legislate the corporation through ...
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Environmentalist highlights causes of pollution in Nigeria
AN Associate Professor of Environmental Management, Dr. Tony Okoye, has identified industrial wastes and emissions from vehicles as major causes of environmental pollution in Nigeria. Okoye, who is a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), ...
Read More »FG orders N3 billion rice seedlings from Cross River State
The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has ordered N3 billion worth of rice seedlings to states in the southern part of the country from Cross River State. This gives ...
Read More »Activists seek declaration of Nigeria as environmental disaster nation
· Air pollution kills seven million yearly Environmental activists have urged the Federal Government to urgently declare a state of emergency on the environment to check climate change, environmental degradation, diseases and deaths. They made the call on the sidelines ...
Read More »Anglican Church tasks President Buhari on better security architecture
The Gombe Diocese of the Anglican Communion has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to overhaul the nation’s security architecture to effectively tackle the precarious situation at hand. In a communiqué issued after the Second Session of its Seventh Synod with the ...
Read More »Four feared killed in Taraba, Bauchi clashes as troops neutralise terrorists in Borno State
No fewer than three fresh persons have been feared dead in the raging war between the Jukun and Tiv ethnic groups of Taraba State. Chairman of Wukari Local Council, Adi Daniel, confirmed that the deceased were of Jukun extraction and ...
Read More »‘Diseases associated with poverty, poor environment leading causes of children’s deaths’
A university teacher, Professor Dominic Osaghae, has identified pre-term birth complications, Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARI), Intra-partum related complications, congenital Anomalies and Diarrhoea, as the leading causes of deaths among children. He listed Malaria, VPD and Environmental Hazards, as well ...
Read More »Nigeria is a secular state, says Martins as group cautions against ethno-religious bigotry
Archbishop of Metropolitan See of Lagos, The Most Reverend Alfred Adewale Martins, says since Nigeria was a secular nation, President Buhari should not have attended the OIC meeting at a time the citizens were opposing alleged Fulanisation of the country. ...
Read More »Shehu Sani reacts to defending President Buhari, insists OIC not religious organisation
Representative of Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has reacted to his defense of President Muhammadu Buhari for attending Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Saudi Arabia. President Buhari had earlier been criticised for attending the OIC summit, which ...
Read More »Buhari sends delegation to support Nigerian candidate for UNGA presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a Federal Government delegation to support Nigeria’s candidate, Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, who is vying for United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) president in New York on Tuesday. Professor Bande, who is Nigeria’s Permanent Representative at the ...
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