Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of 15 each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Monday. Data from the UN health body shows that every day, 93 percent of children under the age of 15 — a full 1.8 billion youngsters, including 630 million under […]
The European Union Naval Force says they have blown up an abandoned boat from which pirates had attempted to hijack a Hong Kong-flagged ship on the Indian Ocean. Suspected pirates shot at the bulk carrier earlier this month but the attack was unsuccessful. The force says the boat was destroyed to deter further attacks. A […]
Worried by the alarming level of charlatans and quacks in the medical profession, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to the police for a rescue. NMA also appealed to other security agencies to assist in its efforts to curb quackery in the medical practice. Dr Tunji Omotayo, Chairman, NMA, Ekiti chapter, made the appeal […]
The 12 crew members, kidnapped from a Swiss merchant vessel in Nigerian waters in mid September, are now free, Swiss justice authorities have said. The move came after the ship’s operator Massoel Shippingexternal link was able to negotiate with the pirates who had boarded the ship, the Canton Bexternal linkasel City public prosecutor’s office said […]
The conservator-general of Nigeria National Park Service (NNPS), Ibrahim Goni, has said the federal government is set to commercialise three National Parks to key into the Economy Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) to diversify the economy. Mr Goni made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. […]
The United States Consulate General Lagos, in collaboration with RoboRAVE International, a U.S.-based robotics education academy, trained 187 Nigerian students on robotics. Robotics deals with the design, construction, operation and use of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback and information processing. These technologies are used to develop machines that can […]
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) on Tuesday in Abuja gave a 21-day ultimatum to government to pay arrears of pensions owed them and also increase the minimum being paid, in line with the impending review of minimum wage. Mr Abel Afolayan, the NUP National President made the demands at a news conference in Abuja. […]
As Xenophobia on Sunday reared its ugly head again in South Africa, Nigerians have lost more than nine shops to arsonists in Hillbrow, central Johannesburg. The Publicity Secretary of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Habib Miller, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone from Pretoria on Monday that South Africans allegedly […]
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Nigeria’s economy will develop on completion of its nuclear energy power plant, which will provide at least 4,000 megawatts (Mw) in the country. The firm, based in United States, in a study said the Nuclear Energy Plant (NPP), which will be located in the eastern and other parts […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, as Chairman, ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, has sent Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama as a Special Envoy to Bamako Mali to discuss the political situation in the county. Onyeama was accompanied by President of the ECOWAS Commission Jean -Claude Kassi Brou. Ms Sarah Sanda, the Special Assistant, Media to […]