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Sweden donates N460 million to fight acute malnutrition in North East
Sweden has donated N460 million towards fighting acute malnutrition in the North East, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.
A statement by UNICEF on Tuesday said Sweden is partnering with it to end malnutrition…
Last week was the worst since COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria… NCDC
Last week was the worst since the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Tuesday.
Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Iheakwazu, who spoke during the press…
Obasanjo tells leaders to stop blaming God for Nigeria’s problems
Nigerian leaders have been told to stop blaming God for insecurity, bad economy, poverty, and other challenges confronting the country.
A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, gave the advice on Tuesday in his 2021 message to…
Gunmen abduct man in Imo
Unknown gunmen on Tuesday abducted a man in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
It as gathered that the man who was in a Lexus vehicle, was waylaid at the Ogboisisi end of Wetheral road.
The gunmen, who operated in a commercial…
Rivers APC faction to challenge sacking at Supreme Court
The Igo Aguma-led faction of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has said it would go to the Supreme Court to challenge his sack as the state caretaker chairman by the Court of Appeal.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja…
Herdsman suspected to be bandit lynched in Katsina market
A Fulani herdsman suspected to be a bandit has been lynched by traders at the Charanchi Market in Katsina State.
It was gathered that the herdsman, who brought his cow to the market for sale on Sunday, was lynched by some of…
Two women killed in Ondo
Two women have been killed by yet to be identified persons in two separate incidents in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
A middle-aged woman, identified as Mrs Oluwafunmilayo Folorunso, was shot dead by gunmen in the Kajola…
Legendary French fashion designer, Pierre Cardin, is dead
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, hailed for his visionary creations but also for bringing stylish clothes to the masses, died Tuesday aged 98, his family told AFP.
Cardin, who was born to a low-income family in northern…
GDP: IMF ranks Nigeria 1st in Africa, 26th in the world
Nigeria stands as the number one country in Africa in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2020 World Economic Outlook’s ratings of countries.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), using countries’ GDPs, IMF ranked…
Borno Government equips local hunters to take on Boko Haram
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
Borno State Government has equipped local hunters and vigilante groups to take on menacing Boko Haram in the state.
The government on Tuesday donated eight Toyota Hilux vehicles to local hunters and…