COVID-19: COVAX says has access to enough vaccines to protect 70%population in 91 lower income countries
May 21, 2022 …Calls for urgent action to close vaccine equity gap COVAX has access to enough COVID-19 vaccines to help protect 70% of the population in 91 lower income…
UBEC begins head count for out-of-school children, teachers, others
May 13, 2022 The Universal Basic Education Commission(UBEC) has begun the process of ascertaining the accurate number of teachers in both private and public schools at the basic education level…
Food taboos, poverty, diseases contribute to stunting in Nigerian children – Study
May 5, 2022 Poverty, taboos, child diseases and absence of immunisation have been identified as factors responsible for retardation of growth in children in some parts of Nigeria. A study…
Cholera: NCDC confirms1,359 reported cases since Jan, concerned over rise
April 13, 2022 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, expressed concern over cholera cases in states, with Cross River and Taraba leading. Ms Jessica Akinrogbe, the Senior…
UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO in a joint statement ask Russia to stop attacks on healthcare in Ukraine
April 13, 2022 UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO have called for an immediate cessation of all attacks on health care in Ukraine. According to the statement, these horrific attacks are killing and…
Minister raises concern that only 20% of basic health facilities with sanitation facilities
April 11, 2022 The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, on Monday said that only 20 per cent of hospitals have basic sanitation facilities, adding that this should raise…
Our non-kinetic approach yielding fruits, effort woos more insurgents to surrendering – Zulum’s aide
March 11, 2022 The Borno Government says more insurgents are laying down their arms because authorities adopted a non-kinetic warfare. The Special Adviser to Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, retired…
Ukraine accuses Russia of genocide after bombing of children’s hospital
March 10, 2022 Russia’s war in Ukraine entered its third week on Thursday with none of its key objectives reached despite thousands of people killed, more than two million made…
Nigerian Consulate in New York issues 14,758 passports in 2021
March 9, 2022 … 2,224 Emergency Travel Certificates issued The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York says it produced 14,758 passports in 2021 in spite of the perennial shortage of…
17 high-rises in Ukrainian city of Mariupol damaged, 7.5m children at risk
February 25, 2022 Seventeen high-rises in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been damaged by shelling, according to the city administration. Meanwhile, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it is…