The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says it will continue to partner with the Borno State Government.
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A civil society organisation (CSO) has threatened to drag the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to court if it fails to ban Netflix, TikTok, and others over the alleged broadcast of offensive same-sex content on Nigeria’s airwaves.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the take-off of the first phase of the Consumer Credit Scheme (CCS) starting with members of the civil service.
The Health Adviser at British High Commission Abuja (BHC), Dr Ebere Anyachukwu, has advised Nigerian parents to vaccinate their children against malaria once the vaccine rolls out in the country. Anyachukwu gave the advice in an interview on Wednesday in Abuja, ahead of World Malaria Day scheduled for April 25. He noted that the malaria vaccine combined, with other malaria preventive measures, was key to the fight against the disease. According to him, against the backdrop of the misconception about the malaria vaccine, studies have shown that the vaccine is safe and effective. He explained that the vaccine had been…
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to suspend Dana Airlines’s fleet operations over safety concerns.
As the world commemorates World Malaria Day on April 25, Bond Chemical Industries Ltd., a pharmaceutical company, has restated its commitment in the fight to eradicate malaria in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. The Managing Director of the company, Mr Remi Omotosho, in a statement on Wednesday said malaria has continued to be a significant global health challenge, affecting millions of lives in Nigeria and across African regions. The theme of the 2024 World Malaria Day is “Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world”. According to the World Health Organiaztion, malaria is an acute febrile illness caused by…
The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, says 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country. Oloyede said this on Wednesday in Kaduna, while inspecting Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing JAMB examinations. He added that at the end of the examination today, there would be less than 100,000 candidates remaining in Lagos, Benue and other states in the country. Oloyede explained that the pace at which JAMB cleared candidates and captured biometrics made the exercise faster. He noted this was part of JAMB’s re-engineering process towards ensuring…
The World Health Organisation (WHO), says it plans to commence vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) on May 27 in Kogi. The state’s Team Lead of WHO, Dr Muktar Toyosi, said this when he led his team on an advocacy visit to the State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Wednesday in Lokoja. Toyosi said that the vaccination was meant for girl child of between the ages of nine and 14. He said the ongoing sensitisation was to keep the people informed and educate them on the vaccination of their children to protect them against cervical cancer…
The Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) on Wednesday sealed the United Bank for Africa branches in the state metropolis over an alleged N14.3 million unpaid tax.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified the public and all stakeholders that runway 18L/36R has been reopened for flight operations at about 8.00 p.m.