Dr Aminu Usman, a lecturer at the Kaduna State University, says that Nigeria’s inflation rate will likely increase in the coming months. Usman, a lecturer at the Department of Economics, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the increase may occur due to the onset of the rainy season and as food stock began […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB), says that Africa loses no fewer than 300,000 women and children annually to smoke from the use of firewood. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the AfDB Group, said this at a breakfast meeting with journalists ahead of the Bank’s Annual Meetings in Accra, Ghana on Monday. Adesina said that […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-echoed his government’s resolve to restore peace to every part of the country. Buhari said this on Monday during the 58th anniversary of the Nigerian Air Force held in Kano State. “This government would not rest until peace and security are fully restored to our nation,” he said in his speech. […]
An NGO, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has begun a two-day training for 20 journalists on anti-corruption reporting in Nigeria. Speaking at the event on Monday in Bauchi, the Executive Director of CITAD, Zakari Ya’u, said that the training supported by the MacArthur Foundation, drew participants from the 19 northern states of the […]
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) says it is mapping out strategies to ensure that 83 million vulnerable Nigerians have easy access to adequate provision of health insurance premiums under the country’s healthcare reforms. Dr Omolayo Taiwo, Head, Health Insurance Department (States) announced this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted Nigerians of impending coastal flooding in Rivers, Delta, Lagos and Bayelsa states. In a report released, on Friday, in Abuja entitled: ‘Disaster Risk Management, Implications of the 2022 Seasonal Climate Prediction and Annual Flood Outlook, presented by its Director General (DG), Mustapha Habib Ahmed, NEMA revealed that […]
Poland’s president is scheduled to address Ukraine’s parliament Sunday. Andrzej Duda will be the first foreign head of state to speak to Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Poland has accepted more than 2 million Ukraine refugees. There will be no cease-fire or concessions to Russia, Ukraine’s lead negotiator said Saturday as Russia […]
Family, friends and military hierarchy on Saturday converged on Abuja, in honour of the late 21st Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, to inaugurate a foundation to immortalise him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that late Attahiru, alongside 10 other senior officers and men, died in an ill-fated Nigerian Air Force (NAF) […]
Airless tyres that never go flat or need to be inflated: It’s a decades-long dream that manufacturers hope to turn into a reality soon, but for truck drivers first. The challenges that the technology faces were put on display at a Goodyear test track in Luxembourg, where a group of journalists put a Tesla equipped […]
Canada says it will ban two of China’s biggest telecoms equipment makers from working on its 5G phone networks. The restrictions against Huawei and ZTE were announced by the country’s industry minister on Thursday. Francois-Philippe Champagne says the move will improve Canada’s mobile internet services and “protect the safety and security of Canadians”. Several nations […]