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The United Nations has advised developing countries to urgently combat the effects of desertification, which, according to it, were worsening migration and food insecurity worldwide. The global body reminded governments that the menace was posing a serious threat to the ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says eight million Nigerian children are out-of-school in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as over 10.5 million are unable to access safe and quality education. According to a statement by UNICEF’s ...

The Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Marion Kappeyne, has promised her country’s support for the development of agriculture in Ogidi Community of Kogi State. Kappenye, who gave the hint during the 2019 Ogidi Day celebrations, said the Netherlands being a specialist ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that $98 million or N35.28 billion is needed to contain the ravaging Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda as well as other susceptible nations in Africa ...

Everyday, over one million new cases of curable Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are recorded among 15 to 49 years population, a World Health Organisation (WHO) research reveals. The figure amounts to over 376 million new cases annually of four infections, ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted to a recent emergence and spread of new strains of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in southern Nigeria and, especially Lagos. WHO disclosed that there is evidence of missed transmission in Nigeria and ...

Nigeria and Ghana have signed an agreement to enhance cross-border joint search and rescue exercise in air traffic-related emergencies. The pact, signed by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in Lagos, stipulates guidelines ...

Justice Mojisola Dada of a Special Offences Court, Ikeja has ordered a Malaysian, Tan Ah Chai Richard to be remanded in prison custody over alleged £250,000,000 fraud. Justice Dada ordered that he be remanded in prison custody after pleading ‘not ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it remained committed to assisting member-nations in checking theft, diversion and leakage of small arms in the sub-region. It also recommitted to helping the affected in strengthening their physical security ...

Pakistan, Nigeria and Egypt top the list of nations with doctors and nurses working in the United Kingdom (U.K.) despite a ban on recruiting from those countries. According to the British National Health Service (NHS) Code of Practice, Nigeria is ...