…Harmful environmental practices, human factors responsible for climate crises Experts have reiterated the need for concerted efforts in solving the climate crisis bedeviling the world through sustainable, resilient and inclusive infrastructure. This was the fulcrum of opinion at the West African Science Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) Forum Day with the theme: DRP WACS in perspective: Progress and Prospects in the development of Climate Change Science in West Africa. The event was held as part of the activities marking the Fortieth anniversary of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA on Wednesday , November 17, 2021.…
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By Justina Auta The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says efforts are in place to scale up critical services, interventions to protect children from pneumonia and other childhood diseases. Ehanire disclosed this on Friday, while briefing the media in commemoration of the 2021 World Pneumonia Day in Abuja, with a theme, “Pneumonia and Environmental Pollution’’. According to him, report shows about 808,920 paediatric pneumonia associated deaths and more than 100 million childhood pneumonia globally, on annual basis majorly from low and middle-income countries. He added that three-quarters of global mortalities happen in 14 countries, including Nigeria, which has 162,000…
Nigerian government has trained over 10,000 women, including Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve national productivity. Mr Morrison Udobong, ICT Director, National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), said this at the closing ceremony of a five-day entrepreneurial training for the blind, deaf and hard of hearing in Abuja on Friday. Udobong said the training was also a strategy to empower and end Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the country. He said although ICT was male dominated, there was the need to encourage more women, particularly girls to adopt Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics subjects,…
Troops of Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have dealt decisive blow to Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in a failed attack on Damboa in Borno. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, said the failed attack took place in the early hours of Friday. Nwachukwu said the gallant troops of 25 Task Force (TF) Brigade countered the attack by the terrorists who made a spirited attempt to infiltrate the town. He said the criminals attacked the town in the early hours through multiple flanks with unconfirmed number of…
Yesterday, I gave the 9th Annual Population Lecture Series of the National Population Commission on the theme of population, rights and peace. I agreed with Bode Augusto that the popular saying that: “Nigeria’s population is a strength” that could provide a demographic dividend, is false. As he argued: “Population is only a strength if it is well educated, healthy, the economy has the capacity to provide them with employment and households have enough income to buy goods and services produced by businesses.” He adds correctly, that one of Nigeria’s biggest problem is uncontrolled population growth: “Every year, we add 5…
As the world marks the 2021 World Toilet Day (WTD) on Friday, UNICEF says the states of Abia, Zamfara, and Akwa Ibom rank least while Kwara, Plateau, and Ebonyi rank highest in open defecation in Nigeria. According to it, there has been limited progress over the last two years in the fight against open defecation in Nigeria. World Toilet Day is marked annually on November 19 to raise awareness on the 3.6 billion people around the world who are still living without access to a safely managed toilet. It is to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and…
The UN Children’s Fund(UNICEF) and other critical stakeholders including UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have called for implementation of the National Policy on Gender in Education. They made the call at the inauguration of the policy by the Ministry of Education on Monday, in Abuja. The Chief of Education, UNICEF Nigeria, Saadhna Panday, said the launch was a demonstration of transformative political will and strategic investment in girl-child education in Nigeria. She, however, noted that the challenge was how to deliver the proven strategies through sustainable delivery mechanisms with speed, scale, and quality. “On behalf of UNICEF I…
The United States has delisted Nigeria, Russia, China, and eight other countries from its list of religious violators. This is contained in a statement by the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken on Wednesday. The US then described the countries as “Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated ‘systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” Titled, ‘Religious Freedom Designations’, the statement l also disclosed that Algeria, Comoros, Cuba, and Nicaragua have all been placed on a Special Watch List for governments that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom.” In a similar vein,…
The absence of Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, stalled the suit filed by former Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha, against the state government and others. Justice Mohammed had, on September 22, fixed Wednesday for hearing an application, challenging its jurisdiction in the suit filed by Okorocha. On the last adjourned date, the former governor’s counsel, Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, had urged the court to fix another date to take the motion, challenging its jurisdiction, and moved for an adjournment on the ground that he was bereaved. The prayer for adjournment was not opposed by counsel to…
Suspected Ambazonian soldiers from the Republic of Cameroon stormed Manga village in Takum local government area of Taraba state, killing 11 persons including a traditional ruler on Wednesday morning, ChannelsTV has reported. Takum local government area is a border community between Taraba state and the Republic of Cameroon. Joseph Manga, the brother of the slain traditional ruler and the Senior Special Assistant to the Taraba governor, Darius Ishaku, confirmed the incident in an interview. He disclosed that the Ambazonian soldiers first attacked the border community in Cameroon republic before crossing over to Nigeria to unleash mayhem. “The Ambazonian separatist soldiers…