By Racheal Ishaya The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, and other directors of the Ministry, on Monday received the Supervising Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed in Abuja. Ahmed while addressing members of staff of the ministry who had gathered to receive her, said going forward, she wouldContinue Reading
By Anita Eboigbe Nigeria’s phenomenal blogger, Linda Ikeji has shown off her baby boy, Baby J, hours after she announced the birth in a hospital in Atlanta Georgia, United States. The blogger announced the birth of the baby on Monday morning on her Instagram handle,@officiallindaikeji. Hours after, she posted herContinue Reading
No fewer than 6.3 million children under the age of 15 died from mostly preventable causes in 2017, a group of UN agencies said in a new mortality estimates study. The estimate is the equivalent to one child dying every five seconds, according to the new report compiled by theContinue Reading
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday condemned the tragic killing of its abducted staff, Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, in the North-East in March. Eleojo Akpa, the ICRC Communications and Media Relations officer disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Akpa said the organisation had further appealed toContinue Reading
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has declared a ‘national disaster’ in Kogi, Anambra, Delta and Niger, following high levels of flooding in the states. Mr. Mustapha Maihaja, NEMA Director-General made the declaration during an assessment visit to River Niger on Monday in Lokoja. Maihaja said that eight other statesContinue Reading
By Talatu Maiwada Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, the worker of the International Committtee of the Red Cross , murdered by Boko Haram terrorists, was a nurse as well as the mother of two adorable kids. The Red Cross bemoaning her killing by the blood thirsty Boko Haram on Monday wonderedContinue Reading
Germany on Monday rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered train, signalling the start of a push to challenge the might of polluting diesel trains with costlier but more eco-friendly technology. Two bright blue Coradia iLint trains, built by French TGV-maker Alstom, began running a 100-kilometre (62-mile) route between the townsContinue Reading
By Muhammad Bashir The Jigawa Consumer Protection Committee (CPC) said it confiscated eight sacks of adulterated sesame seeds worth N240,000 in Gugunju International Grains Market, in Taura Local Government Area of the state. CPC Chairman, Alhaji Faruk Abdallah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the commodity was confiscatedContinue Reading
