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Nigeria raises monitoring, surveillance at entry points, NCDC advises on prevention The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). ...

Two separate reports released by the United Nations (UN) have shown how conflicts and poverty are driving hunger and vaccine-preventable diseases globally. The first report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), indicate that ...

The 2019 global multidimensional poverty index has yet again ranked Nigeria among poorest nations in the world. This comes as the Save the Children (SC) said 300,000 internally displaced persons and host communities benefited from its N4,000 monthly stipends under ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has expressed concern over the United Nations High Commission on Refugees’ report that the sub-region constitutes 40 per cent of the world’s 70 million refugees and displaced persons.   It blamed ...

The introduction of social safety net programmes by the Federal Government and development agencies to alleviate poverty in the country notwithstanding, the 2019 global multidimensional poverty index has yet again ranked Nigeria among poorest nations in the world. This comes ...

The Public Affairs Section of the United States Consulate General has begun moves for proper conservation of Nigeria’s cultural and historical heritage through digitisation of museums across the country. At the opening of a three-day workshop on museum digitalisation in ...

MERCER, a firm that produces individual cost of living and rental accommodation cost reports for cities, has ranked Lagos as the fourth most expensive city in Africa among those surveyed. Although in comparison with other cities in the world, Lagos, ...

 About 47 million Nigerians or 24.4 per cent of Nigeria’s population still defecate openly, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. Nigeria, it added, ranked second on the world behind India among those still practising open defecation. Making the declaration ...

The Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has restated their resolve to curb terrorism in the region. It explained that it would recommend a special summit of the ECOWAS Authority of ...

President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan has lamented inadequate resources for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to effectively carry out its mandate. Lawan stated this when the European Union Elections Observers Mission in Nigeria, led by Ambassador Keitec Karlsen ...