The Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ASPHCDA) says the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the state increased from 17 per cent in 2018 to 27 per cent in 2022. Chioma Ezenyimulu, the executive secretary of the agency, made the Read more…
The Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Garba Abubakar, has said the National Identity Number (NIN) will replace signatures in business registration. Mr Abubakar said this at the just concluded 2022 management retreat held in Kano, according to a statement signed Read more…
Taiwan accused China on Thursday of “following the example of North Korea” by firing ballistic missiles near the territory of other countries. Earlier, Japan said that a number of Chinese missiles splashed down in its exclusive economic zone. Beijing announced Read more…
The original source of the contemporary threat to the global order was the 2014 Maidan coup in Kiev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed on Thursday. Peskov was pushing back on assertions made by NATO’s secretary-general that Russia’s military offensive in Read more…
Russia on Tuesday accused the United States of direct involvement in the Ukraine war while the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets since Moscow’s invasion anchored safely off Turkey’s coast after a problem-free journey. Russia said it was Read more…
Ukraine can end the ongoing conflict at any time by conceding to Russia’s conditions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “Russia is ready [for a peace deal], the Ukrainian side is well-aware of our terms. One way or another, Read more…
A new report on malaria released by the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that Nigeria accounted for 31.9 percent of global malaria deaths in 2020, and had emerged the country with highest number of malaria infections and deaths in Read more…
The abducted proprietor of Tana Suites in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Mr Olugbenga Owolabi, alongside a staff of the hotel, Racheal Opadele, who was a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, have been killed by their abductors. Also Read more…
The Department of the State Security Services (DSS) has said that a former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osita Chidoka, was not in a position to understand the security operations in the face of current insecurity Read more…
The Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, Mohammed Barde, has ordered for a discreet investigation into the attack that claimed seven lives and injured several persons in Orogwe, Owerri West local government area of the State. This was made known Read more…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has explained reasons for the disbursement of N1.15bn for the purchase of 10 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) for the neighbouring Republic of Niger. Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this to Read more…
MEDIA RELEASE For better clarification of the earlier statement released, the Boards and Governing Councils of the following specific Commissions, Councils and Boards have been dissolved with immediate effect. New ones will be reconstituted in due course. Local Government Service Read more…