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By Justina Auta The UNESCO has embarked on sensitisation and advocacy visits to some LGAs in Ebonyi to promote school health education for girls. Ms Ngozi Amanze, UNESCO’s National Programme Officer on Education in a statement, said a multi-sectoral team visited Abakaliki to garner support for a two-year project on school health education. Amanze said the two-year project was a collaborative effort between UNESCO and Peking University (PKU), China to promote school health education for girls in Africa in the COVID-19 era. According to her, the project aim at promoting education, health, and well-being of girls in Abakakili, Ebonyi and…
Former Nigeria’s president Olusegun Obasanjo says African countries cannot be beholden to the unrealistic ideals of the Global North for an exclusively renewables-driven economy In the midst of a global oil-and-gas crisis, Africa must take charge of its own energy destiny, and use its rich resource assets for the benefit of its own people.Obasanjo’s comments come as the world scrambles to find new sources (https://cnb.cx/3QiJetN) of oil and gas to meet its energy needs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.In this context, Obasanjo says African countries cannot be beholden to the unrealistic ideals of the Global North for an exclusively renewables-driven…
A new study has shown many areas around New Zealand would become unsuitable for blue and sperm whales as global sea-surface temperatures continued to rise. With the new modelling predicting they would be seeking refuge further south. Areas around New Zealand’s southern and eastern offshore islands would likely become more suitable for these species, but the move would have a destabilising effect on marine ecosystems. These changes would likely have a negative effect on tourism in areas such as New Zealand’s Kaikoura, known for whale watching, as sightings became less frequent and less reliable. This is according to the study…
A very high portion of Indonesians have antibodies to deal with the COVID-19 transmission. This was according to a Serological survey conducted by the country’s health ministry and the Faculty of Public Health of the University of Indonesia. The survey found that 98.5 per cent of the Indonesian population had antibodies as of July, compared to around 88 per cent the survey found in December 2021. “People get these antibodies through vaccination, infection, or both,” said Iwan Ariawan, one of the researchers, in a virtual press conference on Thursday. However, the situation is in line with an increase in vaccination…
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has eliminated a terrorists’ leader, Alhaji Shanono, and 17 of his foot soldiers in Kaduna state. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the terrorists were eliminated following sustained air operations in the North West. According to him, no less than 26 kidnapped victims earlier held by the insurgents were released as a result of the air strikes. He added that the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, had commended troops for the sustained air strike…
Health experts and critical stakeholders have called on the Federal Government to publish the 2020, 2021 and 2022 COVID-19 and Health Security expenditure report. The experts include Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working in the health sector. They made the call in a statement by the Coordinator, African Health Budget Network (AHBN), Dr Aminu Magashi. The statement came at the end of a two –day retreat to review the draft national and states scorecards, made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Magashi said that the scorecard was on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent and Elderly Health Plus Nutrition (RMNCAEH+N), COVID-19 and Health Security…
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) on Wednesday applauded directive of President Muhammadu Buhari on audit of accounts of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remedial Project (HYPREP). Uyi Ojo, the Executive Director of the foremost environmental Civil Organisation, gave the applause at the official presentation of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment report and HYPREP’s performance scorecard to newsmen and members of its affiliates in Benin. The HYPREP is an agency charged with the cleanup of Ogoniland and the Niger Delta states since its inception in 2016. Uyi urged the president never to allow the directive to go the way…
The Ebonyi state government says it is reconstructing more than 10 police stations destroyed during the #EndSARS protests in the state in 2020. Gov. David Umahi announced this on Wednesday in Abakaliki while receiving the management of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund that paid him a courtesy visit. Umahi said the state government was also integrating several police stations in the rural areas with Closed Circuit Television (CCTV). “What happened at Abuja with the break at the Kuje Correctional Centre couldn’t have occurred if the facility was well equipped with CCTV. “The correctional centre in Abakaliki is fully equipped with…
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has rescued three alleged internet fraudsters from a mob in the Lokogoma area of Abuja. The spokesperson of the FCT command, DSP Josephine Adeh disclosed this in a statement she issued on Thursday in Abuja. She said the Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr Babaji Sunday had cautioned the public against jungle justice. Sunday said the act of resorting to jungle justice in quest for solution to a problem was barbaric. He said preliminary investigation carried out revealed that the mob descended on the suspects after the latter…