The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for accelerated social investments to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country.The Officer in Charge of UNICEF’s Enugu Field Office, Mrs Maureen Zubie-Okolo, made the call in Enugu, on Sunday, at a media dialogue organised by UNICEF, in collaboration with the Broadcasting Corporation…
The Federal Government, on Monday, received two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine donated by the European Union. The handover of the vaccines was done at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), National Strategic Cold Store, Abuja. The EU ambassador, Mr Samuela Isopi, who presented the vaccines, said the…
No fewer than 175 employees of APM Terminals Apapa, have graduated as Lean Practitioners since the beginning of the Lean Academy in 2019. Mr Martin Kjeldsen, Way of Working (WoW) Project Manager, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos, on Sunday. Lean thinking is a transformational framework that provides a…
North-East Women for Peace, a non-partisan group, has commended the Nigeria Armed Forces for the sustained raid on Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the region. The group gave the commendation in a statement by its Coordinator, Mrs Fatima Bindir, on Monday in Abuja. Bindir said the renewed synergy between the three services…
Nigeria’s Presidency on Sunday faulted a report on security challenges in the country, published in the January 31, 2022 edition of Financial Times of London Newspaper, saying banditry has been caged to the level that no territory in the country was under terrorists control.In another breath, the Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd),…
Five days after a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility belonging to Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited (SEPCOL) exploded in Warri, the company on Sunday announced that three crew members aboard the ship had been found alive. A statement by the company signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Ikemefuna Okafor, indicated that one…
rench President Emmanuel Macron flies to Moscow on Monday in a risky diplomatic move, seeking commitments from Russian President Vladimir Putin to dial down tensions with Ukraine, where Western leaders fear the Kremlin plans an invasion. Macron has made a frenetic series of phone calls with Western allies, Putin and the Ukrainian leader over the…
Fitch Solutions, an affiliate of global rating agency, Fitch, has predicted that Nigeria’s weak performance in the oil and gas sector may continue to slow down the country’s economy in the coming years. In its latest report on the state of the Nigerian economy, the rating agency stated that from its analysis, the new Petroleum…
he Publisher of Ovation International Magazine, Dele Momodu on Sunday declared his presidential ambition in his home town, Ihevbe, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. He also stressed that he was the most qualified among those aspiring to take over from Buhari.Momodu who was received by a large crowd of Ihevbe people, said…
