BENIN – The Edo State Mercy Committee has disbursed the sum of N400 Million to assist over 624 indigent persons in the state between 2020 and 2024. Disclosing this at a press conference in Benin on Tuesday, Igbogo Ebamiyo Peter, Secretary of the committee, said the setting up of the Mercy Committee by Gov. Godwin […]
Nutrition experts have raised the alarm that the lack of access to healthy diet by millions of Nigerians will put children under five at risk of poor brain development, weak learning, low immunity, increased infections and, may increase infant mortality. They noted that inadequate nutrition among children under five increases their risk of death, stressing
The world economy faces a sobering reality. The global growth rate—stripped of cyclical ups and downs—has slowed steadily since the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Without policy intervention and leveraging emerging technologies, the stronger growth rates of the past are unlikely to return. Faced with several headwinds, future growth prospects have also soured. Global growth will […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress has hired forensic experts to comb its national secretariat in Abuja for possible bugs planted by the police, The PUNCH was told. The union said the forensic security audit would facilitate the return of its workers to their offices following the recent raid by the police. The PUNCH reported that security
The developmental reforms embarked upon by Governor Siminalayi Fubara in Rivers State since his assumption of office have progressed amid the political upheavals occasioned by his opponents, TODE AKARI writes: Rivers State has in recent time witnessed a transformative shift in its infrastructure landscape, driven by the reformative policies of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Despite the […]
A group of gunmen has attacked a police checkpoint beside the Nnobi Police Station, along Nnobi/Nkpor Road in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Our correspondent gathered that the attack took place late on Friday after the hoodlums were said to have laid siege to the area. The latest attack came less than
INNOCENT OWEH ABUJA President Bola Tinubu has issued a directive to reduce the size of Nigeria’s official delegation to the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings in New York, United States. This directive was disclosed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, on Saturday in Abuja during a one-day retreat […]
In line with the directive of the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board has recruited 5,500 teachers. The Executive Chairman of Edo SUBEB, Ozavize Salami, on Friday in Benin, the state capital, said the recruitment was to fill teachers gaps and boost teaching and learning in schools. She