ULLA Mueller, the Country Representative of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Nigeria has expressed determination towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) where every pregnancy will be wanted, with zero Maternal Mortality (MM). She made the UN body’s position known at the “Strategic Stakeholders Reflection” meeting on Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)-Funded project held in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the KOICA-funded project followed an agreement between UNFPA Nigeria and the Korean agency to implement a five-year (2018 – 2021) plan toward fostering resilience and provision of basic medical services for women and girls in…
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THE Osun State Government on Friday said it had ordered the immediate enrolment of 30,000 youths into its Health Insurance Scheme (OHIS). The Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Yemi Lawal, disclosed this at a news conference in Osogbo. Lawal said the initiative was aimed at ensuring that the youths who constitute a greater proportion of the population of the state get quality healthcare delivery accessible, affordable and beneficial. The commissioner said that the initiative was to properly integrate the youths into the scheme, especially those out of school, unemployed, physically challenged or mentally challenged. He said the beneficiaries of the…
ACTIONAID has raised alarm to an impending food emergency, stating that the cost of food, fuel, and fertiliser in some of the world’s poorest communities is soaring, with families standing the risk of not being able to afford a loaf of bread. ActionAid stated this in a press release which made public the outcome of a new research it conducted. The press release, published on the organisation’s website stated that local food and fuel prices have more than tripled in some of the world’s most at-risk communities. “The cost of food, fuel, and fertiliser in some of the world’s poorest…
A panel of stakeholders at a workshop in Abuja on Thursday advocated an end to discrimination, neglect and all forms of abuse against older persons in Nigeria. Senator Eze Ajoku, President, Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN) said that it was unfortunate that older persons still suffered social isolation in the country. The workshop organised by Dewdrop Foundation and centred on Community of Practice on Eldercare and Discrimination. Mrs Agatha Nnaji, Executive Director, Dewdrop Foundation called for advocacy and awareness among stakeholders as part of the efforts towards addressing changes that come with old…
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) got its first female presidential aspirant on Thursday as Uju Ohanenye bought the party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination forms in Abuja. She told journalists after picking the forms that male aspirants in the race would not succeed in intimidating her. “My fear is that men will want to muscle me out, but I am standing firmly for the people I am here to protect. They will want to push me over, but I cannot be intimidated. I have been emboldened,” she said. Though the APC’s presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms sell for…
THE Government of the United Kingdom has made a U-turn and branded the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. The UK government, had five years ago when the Nigerian government declared IPOB a terrorist organisation, maintained that it was a group seeking for self-determination and therefore lawful under UN charters. UK’s U-turn followed a succession of atrocities committed by the group. Among the atrocities listed by the latest UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) was the invasion of an All Progressives Congress (APC) meeting in Enugu state where a party chieftain was killed. Another was the attack on…
STRIKES The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) extended its ongoing strike by eight weeks from 14th March to 6th May. The strike is over the refusal of the Federal Government to implement the Memorandum of Agreement reached with ASUU to end its nine month strike in December 2020. This includes: • Funding for revitalisation of tertiary institutions • Payment of outstanding earned academic allowances • Renegotiation of 2009 agreement • Review of NUC 2004 Act to tackle proliferation of universities • 26 per cent budgetary allocation to education sector • Implementation of the UTAS payroll system • Release and…
Dr. Nicholas Felix, a 40-year-old All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant has pledged to address security challenges in the country if elected in 2023. The aspirant stated this on Thursday, in Abuja after purchasing his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms for the 2023 presidential election. He said that securing a nation would have ripple effects on its economic stability. The presidential aspirant, a U.S. based General Overseer and Founder of Miracle Center International Inc., said his dream was to take over the helms of affairs in Nigeria and make a change. Felix has the headquarters of his church in…
NO fewer than 1.7 million candidates are set to take part in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide scheduled to run from May 6 to May 16. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) stated that the examination would be conducted for 1,761,338 candidates that successfully registered for the examination in 755 registered computer based centres. The Head Media JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in Abuja, that the board had put in place all measures to ensure smooth conduct of the examination. Fabian said that all candidates would be checked into the examination hall, using the Biometric Verification…
GOVERNOR Babagana Zulum of Borno State has dissolved the state’s Executive Council with effect from Thursday. This is contained in a statement issued in Maiduguri by the Permanent Secretary, Administration and General Services, Mr Danjuma Ali. It said: “The Governor has approved with immediate effect the dissolution of members of the State Executive Council.” Ali explained that the dissolution was to create enabling environment for interested members of the executive council to legally participate in forthcoming primaries and congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said that Zulum expressed his deepest appreciation to them for their unquantifiable contributions while…