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  2.5 million Nigerian children under the age of 5 years are suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). This disclosure was made by Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, Minister of State for Budget and National Planning at flag-off of the 2020 Nigeria nutrition week in Abuja on Monday. The minister noted that “despite concerted efforts by […]

  Nigeria’s inflation rate has climbed to a 30-month high, as it rose further to 14.23 percent in October, the latest figures by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. The report published on the website of the bureau shows that the new inflation rate is 0.52 percent points higher than the rate recorded […]

The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Fire Ball have overrun some Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and arrested the manufacturers of their Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the North East. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Benard Onyeuko, a brigadier-general, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said that […]

Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo has said  Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, ordered the deployment of soldiers undergoing training at military schools for the Lekki exercise due to the shortage of troops. This was part of the revelations at the ongoing Lagos State Judicial Panel […]

The Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, in ceremonial police uniform, and a female para-military officer, also in uniform on Thursday collapsed at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, during the second-term inauguration of the governor and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, causing commotion. The para-military officer first collapsed, but she was quickly revived, while the […]

  The delta state Governor, Gov.  Ifeanyi Okowa has congratulated his Edo counterpart, Mr Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu, on their inauguration for second term on Thursday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, Okowa said that Obaseki’s emergence for another term in office was epoch-making. He lauded […]

The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, PPMC a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, from N147.67 per litre to N155.17 per litre. The PPMC disclosed this in an internal memo dated November 11, 2020, signed by Tijjani Ali explaining that landing […]

  The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has postponed its Post-UTME (PUTME) admission screening to Dec. 2. Dr. Benedicta Ehanire, Public Relations Officer of UNIBEN, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Benin. The Screening Exercise for 2020/2021 that was formerly scheduled to take place from Nov. 23rd, to Dec. 8, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged agencies involved in agriculture to further streamline their priorities in the inclusion of youth in driving modern methods of farming while assuring all those interested that an enabling environment will be created for full participation. In his remark at the launch of National Young Farmers Scheme, designed […]