The African Union (AU) on Sunday unveiled the 2024 Africa Malaria Progress Report, highlighting funding priorities and addressing challenges and threats hindering the elimination of malaria. This announcement was made in a statement by Mr Molalet Tsedeke, Media Centre Coordinator at the Directorate of Information and Communication of the AU Commission. It was delivered during…
The Democratic Front (TDF) says the N100bn Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) Real Estate Investment Fund is a creative initiative by the Tinubu administration to ensure affordable housing options for low-income individuals and families. The advocacy group said, in a statement on Sunday by Malam Danjuma Muhammad, its Chairman, it was convinced the initiative would…
In a thrilling display of resilience and determination, Nigerian athlete, Festus Igube, has secured a bronze medal in swimming at the ongoing Invictus Games taking place at Vancouver, Canada. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Brig. -Gen. Tukur Gusau, on Sunday in Abuja. Gusau said that Igube, a serving…
Of the 127,000 cancer cases recorded annually in Nigeria, 7.2 per cent are children, an official of National Cancer Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has said. The National Coordinator of the Programme, Dr. Uchechukwu Nwokwu, disclosed this on the sidelines of a public enlightenment on Childhood cancer in Abuja. The News…
The Edo Government has confirmed 13 deaths from outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, Director of Public Health at the State Ministry of Health, gave the update during an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Benin. According to him, three cases of Mpox otherwise known as Monkeypox were also recorded, though…
Some customers of Stanbic IBTC bank in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried the epileptic services of the bank’s mobile Application (App). Some of the bank customers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and on X, said the epileptic services had made them lose money. Mr Destiny Irabor (pseudo name) said…
Bank customers have decried the upward review of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fees by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Some of the customers who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said the new policy negated the financial inclusion and cashless policies of the CBN. Mrs Catherine Itoha,…
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has condemned and demanded for justice following the gruesome killing of Hafsoh Lawal, a female student, by one Abdulrahman Bello. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lawal, a final-year student of Kwara State College of Education in Ilorin, was killed by Bello, who claimed to be…
Some parents in Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have said that the unabated strike by teachers and the council staffers has negatively impacted their children. The parents expressed their concerns on Sunday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, on the ongoing strike by primary school teachers in…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted large consignments of illicit drugs in Anambra, Cross River, Nasarawa, Taraba, Ekiti, and Lagos states. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that in Cross River, the NDLEA’s patrol team along Ogoja -Abakaliki Road…
