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…
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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…
Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari has presented a budget of N340 billion for 2022 to the state House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget tagged, “Budget of Economic Resilience”, Masari said it was higher than the 2020 figure by N48 billion. He said that the budget was made up of N102 billion recurrent expenditure, representing 30.40 per cent and N238 billion capital expenditure, representing 69.85 per cent. “The 2022 budget is designed to complete ongoing projects and initiate other capital projects that can be completed within the life of this administration. “The total amount projected to finance the 2022…
A Professor of Food Process Technology and Product Development with the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Mathew Oluwamukomi has observed that to attain sustainable food and health security in Nigeria, farmers must be guided to imbibe and practice value addition. He said the practice will ultimately increase their earning and prevent rip-off by middlemen who come to buy off their products cheaply and resell for profiteering. He made the submission while delivering the 139th inaugural lecture of the University on Tuesday in Akure. Speaking on the topic, “Value Addition: A Sine Oua Non for Sustainable Food and Health Security,”…
Dear Hon. Ismail Kayode Tijani We are writing this letter to bring to your attention some burning issues we believe are unfair which require your urgent attention. First and foremost, we have to spell out to you your rule of engagement as an Honorable member of the Nigeria House of Representatives as stipulated by the law of the federal republic of Nigeria. A member of the House of Representatives is considered to be the direct representative of the people of His/Her district or constituency. Such member’s roles and duties are and not limited to: representing His/Her constituency well, move peoples…
The African Women in Media will holds its fifth annual conference, tagged #AWiM21, in December to deliberate on how to build resilience and enhance the future of women and media in Africa. This is contained in a statement issued by Joy Adigwe, Officer in charge of Community Engagement, on Tuesday in Abuja. Adigwe said the conference would feature over 100 speakers, 16 panels, two keynote sessions, four workshops and four roundtables. She said the conference, with the theme “Building Resilience: The Future of Media in Africa’, would bring together experts to discuss a range of critical media issues. “Issues ranging from ‘Reporting…
The outstanding successes recorded by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in international asset recovery could be a template for other African countries in the fight against corruption. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN made the statement on Monday while presenting the 2021 annual public lecture in New York organized by the Centre for Media and Peace Initiative, New York, United States of America. This is made known by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in a statement issued…