WWD: 86% of Nigerians lack access to safely managed drinking water source – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF says over 86 per cent of Nigerians lack access to a safely managed drinking water source. UNICEF in a statement to commemorate the 2021…
$890m Health Grant: Buhari directs Health Minister to set up accountability framework, provide periodic performance reportsÂ
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire to ensure effective utilisation of Global Fund’s generous provision of $890 million, over the next three years to…
UN chief warns against graft in COVID-19 vaccines’ rollout
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned against allowing acts of bribery and corruption to infest the rollout of Coronavirus vaccines so as to ensure rapid global post-pandemic recovery. Guterres, in…
Africa not getting the needed investment to help the world meet the SDGs by 2030
Africa is not getting the investment needed to help the world meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, new research from Standard Chartered has revealed. The $50 Trillion…
Buhari signs Executive Order 009 to check open defecation-free Nigeria by 2025
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja signed Executive Order 009 entitled, The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order, 2019. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and…
Nigeria’s PR guru in Barcelona, lists strategies for achieving SDGs
The 5th Blanquerna-Emerson Global Communication Summit on ‘Advocating United Nation Sustainable Goals through Strategic Diplomacy’ has ended in Barcelona, Spain with a call for effective deployment of PR tools as…
Violence, Crimes Against Women still on the rise -NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says violence and crimes against women, had been the on increase, according to data received from the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and the Ministry…
FG inaugurates committee for Clean Nigeria Campaign launch, set to end open defecation
Suleiman Adamu, the Minister of Water Resources In a bid to free Nigeria from the menace of open defecation, the Federal Government on Monday pledged to provide public toilet facilities…
ACRI urges legislators to pursue an all encompassing solution to child destitution in Nigeria
The Almajiri Child Rights Initiative (ACRI) has called on members of the 9th National Assembly to continue from where their predecessors stopped in promoting Almajiri child rights and to pursue…
African countries call for collaborative solutions to indebtedness
Representatives from four African countries have called for a balanced approach to growing debt vulnerabilities to help low-income African countries meet their commitments to lenders. The calls were made at…