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About 7,403 soldiers and officers of other security agencies have been wounded in the battle against bandits and insurgents, the Nigerian Army has said. Some have been treated and discharged with different deformities while some soldiers have been maimed for life and would require cutting edge medical facilities to keep them alive. The acting Chief […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Egbin Power Plc have promised to collaborate towards ensuring sustainable power supply and boosting Nigeria’s energy transition through optimisation of gas-to-power initiatives. The Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, NNPC, Yusuf Usman and Chairman, Board of Directors, Egbin Power Plc, Temitope Shonubi, announced both organisation’s commitment to transforming […]
Katsina State Government in partnership with Dangote Industries Limited and Saemaul Undong Foundation – a South Korean organisation – has commenced training of over 32,000 rice farmers. The rice farmers, drawn from Katsina and Jigawa States, will be trained on modern rice farming methods to achieve improved production and curb rice importation. The training which […]
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) have resolved to strengthen collaboration towards more effective regulation of electronic waste management in the Country. This resolution was made during a courtesy visit of the Management of NESREA led by the Director General, Dr. Aliu Jauro to his SON […]
Novavax Inc on Monday reported late-stage data from its US-based clinical trial showing its vaccine is more than 90% effective against COVID-19 across a variety of variants of the virus. The company said, the study of nearly 30,000 volunteers in the United States and Mexico puts Novavax on track to file for emergency authorisation in […]
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association Of Nigeria has distanced itself from a statement credited to MACBAN, in which a 72-hour ultimatum was issued to Delta State to reverse its laws on open grazing. According to the Secretary-General of MACBAN, Usman Baba-Ngelzerma, such a statement by faceless individuals is only meant to create mischief. Baba-Ngelzerma […]
Winifred Bosa As Nigeria just marked two weeks since the abduction of 150 students from the Salihu Tanko Islamiya School in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, north-central Nigeria, UNICEF expressed deep concern about the fate of the children – some of whom are as young as 3 – and called for their […]
Winifred Bosa The Government of Japan announced that it will provide approximately US$39 million in emergency funds to UNICEF for the development of vaccine cold chains in Nigeria and 31 countries in Africa and Latin America affected by COVID-19. According to press release from UNICEF, the support from the Government of Japan complements the work […]
Kano state government has declared Tamburawa in Dawakin Kudu local government area along Zaria Road as planning location for the siting of the proposed gas industrial layout under the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC’s) Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline project. The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who announced this while briefing newsmen, said the state Executive […]