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Launches For Every Child, Every Right campaign The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has declared that in spite of advances made over the last years, Nigerian children still lack access to health, nutrition, education and other basic rights. UNICEF’s new ...

The Adamawa Police Command has alleged plot to disrupt Wednesday’s inauguration of Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri as governor of the state. The force, in a statement by its spokesman, SP Othman Abubakar, said the plan was allegedly being hatched by some ...

The Federal Government is reportedly losing over $700 billion to the Belema flow station shut down two years ago in Akuku-Toru Local Council of Rivers State. The facility, operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), was closed in August 2107 ...

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to adjust his leadership style for Nigeria to overcome its social-economic crisis. He gave the charge at an inter-denominational church service to mark the 2019 presidential inauguration ...

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has promised to re-organise the force for efficiency and effectiveness to adequately tackle the prevailing security challenges besetting the nation. Adamu gave the assurance after being confirmed by the Nigeria Police Council during ...

Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has said the Federal Government had requested a fresh $1.8 billion from the China Exim Bank for the construction of the coastal rail line. He pointed out that the actual cost of the project ...

Measles has killed 89 persons and infected 28,796 others nationwide since the beginning of this year. Latest statistics from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that as at May 18, 2019, that is epi week, 19,2029 suspected infections ...

The Area II Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Onne, Rivers State, has seized 19 containers loaded with substandard aluminum profiles this month. The area controller, Galadima Saidu, stated this while highlighting the achievements of the command. He disclosed ...

The Nigerian Senate has approved the upgrade of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) to City University of Technology, Yaba. A bill sponsored by Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos East) received unanimous endorsement from the senators with Ibrahim Gobri (Sokoto East) seconding. Gobri ...

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu is to retool 150,000 youths with a view to reducing the high unemployment rate in Ondo. He gave the assurance yesterday at the opening of a two-day training organised by the newly created State Office of Innovation ...