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Responding to the insinuations against Dangote Cement, the management of the company has said that the price of a bag of cement from its factories and plants across Nigeria (as at April 12, 2021) is N2,450 in Obajana and Gboko, and N2,510 in Ibese inclusive of value added tax (VAT). Based on the companies, […]
India accounted for 46% of the new COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide last week and one in four of deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. The surge of the coronavirus in India, including of a highly infectious new variant first identified there, has seen hospitals runs out of beds and oxygen, and morgues […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said that about 22,000 Nigerian children get infected with HIV annually. UNICEF’s Chief of Management for Results, Claes Johansson, who disclosed this at the national dialogue meeting for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission, PMTCT, of HIV in Nigeria said about two-thirds of the infected children do not get […]
Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and millions more experience ill health or injury, because the needs of pregnant women and skills of midwives are not recognized or prioritized. The world is currently facing a shortage of 900,000 midwives, which represents a third of the required global midwifery workforce. The COVID-19 crisis […]
The Beer Sectoral Group (BSG) of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in collaboration with the Cross River State Ministry of Quality Education launched the SMASHED Project in Calabar . The SMASHED Project is an initiative of Collingwood Learning UK, aimed at breaking the culture of underage drinking and reducing alcohol-related harm among underage persons […]
Airtel Networks Limited (Nigeria), a subsidiary of Airtel Africa plc, has announced the appointment of C. Surendran as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD and CEO) of Airtel Nigeria with effect from 1 August 2021. In addition, Mr. Surendran will be appointed to the Executive Committee (ExCo) as Regional Operating Director, reporting to the […]
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has said 30 per cent of women and girls between the ages of 15-49 experience different forms of sexual abuse. Mrs Tallen said this, in Abuja, at a panel discussion to commemorate the International Day of the Midwife 2021, and the Orange World Campaign Flag-off. The theme of […]
The House of Representatives has urged the management of the University of Lagos to fix some of the lapses in its E-learning system. Akin Alabi (APC, Oyo) moved the motion on Wednesday. In his motion, the lawmaker said the e-learning management system of the university has been characterised by complaints and challenges as the school […]
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has insisted that the violence in parts of the country were sponsored by those he described as aggrieved politicians. He also asked politicians in the country to take responsibility as the government makes effort to tackle the security challenges in the country. “I have said this times without number that […]
The remaining 29 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State have regained freedom. Mr Abdullahi Usman, who is the Chairman of the Parents’ Committee, confirmed the release of the students by bandits to Channels Television on Wednesday in Kaduna. He explained that the victims were released some minutes past […]