Malaria Consortium, an International NGO, says the End Process Survey across the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra is to ascertain if beneficiaries of 3.8 million Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) are using them correctly. Mrs Laitan Adeniyi, Campaign Manager, Malaria Consortium ITNs Mass Campaign, gave the explanation at one- day training of 84 Campaign Monitoring Team on Sunday in Awka. Adeniyi explained that four persons would be deployed to each of the 21 local government areas of the state, saying that their assignment was to randomly select houses of beneficiaries and ask them questions about the nets received. “In the course…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Top commanders of the ISWAP terrorists and their fighters have been eliminated in a major well-coordinated operation launched by ground troops of the Nigerian Army, supported by fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), PRNigeria has reproted.A defence intelligence source that troops, under Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) launched surprise attacks from different fronts on the fringes of Sambisa Forest, in Bama axis.”The operation was initiated by the Nigerian Army after actionable intelligence provided precise locations of the terrorist Commanders and their foot soldiers.”Before the commencement of the operation, the Air Task Force deployed an alpha jet and Super Tucano…
Those leaving say the city is becoming no different from mainland China. Expats have been leaving Hong Kong en masse in 2022 because they are frustrated by the city’s response to the Omicron wave, expats have told Insider. On top of facing daily disruptions and travel restrictions, they also feared a loss of freedoms. During the pandemic, Hong Kong relied heavily on mainland China for policy responses and support. After seven years of living in Hong Kong, New York native Marty Forth finally had it. The academic arrived in the bustling city at the southern tip of China in 2015…
Jesus Praise Evangelical Ministries International (JPEMI) on Sunday began “Operation Feed the Poor” in Abuja to help the poor in the community. Through the programme, JPEMI is targeting feeding at least 100 people every Sunday. At a church service to flag-off the programme, the General Overseer JPEMI, Dr Femi Lanre-Oke, said that there was the need for individuals and groups to identify problems in the society and work to provide solutions to them. Lanre-Oke said that it was also necessary for individuals to understand their callings and apply them to solving societal problems. “If I am a solution to a problem and you are a…
The Ogun state Police Command has arrested a pastor for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old choir member at Agbado area. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi stated on Sunday that the 38-year-old pastor is the General Overseer of the church. His arrest followed a complaint lodged at the Agbado Divisional Headquarters of the police by the mother of the victim. Oyeyemi explained that the pastor would have long been arrested, but the victim’s mother frustrated earlier moves as she said she did not want to offend her pastor. He explained further that she changed her mind and invited the…
Pakistan’s climate change minister, Sherry Rehman has insisted that rich polluters must pay their due as country is deluded by devastating floods According to her, the rich polluting countries which are predominantly to blame for the “dystopian” climate breakdown have broken their promises to reduce emissions and help developing countries adapt to global heating, adding that reparations were long overdue. More than 1,200 people are dead and a third of Pakistan is under floodwater after weeks of unprecedented monsoon rains battered the country – which only weeks earlier had been suffering serious drought. In an interview with the Guardian, the…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the aggregate Value Added Tax (VAT) was reported at N600.15 billion for Q2 2022. This is according to the VAT Q2 2022 Report released in Abuja on Saturday. According to the report, this shows a growth rate of 1.96 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis from N588.59 billion in Q1 2022. The report said the local payments recorded were N359.12 billion, while foreign VAT payments contributed N111.13 billion in Q2 2022. It said on a quarter-on-quarter basis, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply recorded the highest growth rate with 116.47 per cent,…
…Osinbajo hails US Inflation Reduction Act, says both countries can work together on climate change, global challenges A renewed commitment by both Nigeria and the United States to work together on many global issues, especially on Climate Change and the global energy transition towards net-zero emissions emerged yesterday at the White House after a meeting between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, and his American counterpart, Vice President Kamala Harris. Prof. Osinbajo while responding to welcoming remarks by VP Harris noted that “we very strongly believe that we (Nigeria and US) in the coming years, will need to work together again…
We have looked at various forms of government in the first part of this treatise. We ended with the posers, “Can we continue this way? Is it the fault of the system or the operators of the system? Should we scout for a better system or better operators? Should we look inwards? Will a system in tandem with our inner being be the answer to our multifaceted and ever-growing problems as a nation?” We signed off with this thought: “Perhaps we have been imposing on ourselves systems that are alien to us, to our culture, to our souls.” Some think…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has elected Umar Usman Bambaru as it’s new president. Barambu, who a student of the Department of Library Science , Federal University Dutse, Jigawa state succeeds Asefon Sunday Dayo who has completed his term.