Nigeria news today headlines : Tuesday 11th August 2020
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Group Promises To Support Yobe, Others In Education, Health, Nutrition
DAMATURU – Determined to improve health outcomes for the poorest most vulnerable, Lafiya-UK Support for Health in Nigeria Programme has said that it was set to deliver services across the five DFID Northern Nigeria Locus States of Yobe, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna and Kano. The Yobe State Team Leader, Lafiya-UK Support for Health in Nigeria, Zanna …
Global COVID-19 Vaccines Programme Will Need $100bn – WHO
LAGOS – The global Covid-19 vaccines programme alone would need over $100 billion, the World Health Organization Director-General has said even as the registered cases crossed 20 million and deaths topped 750,000 world-wide. “This sounds like lot of money and it is. But it’s small in comparison to the $10 trillion that have already been …
Insurgency: A Blend Of Active, Soft Forces Necessary To Win War – Oyetola
Governor, State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola has said that a blend of active and soft forces is required to win the war against insurgency and perpetually restore peace to Nigeria. He advocated collective efforts in the fight against the raging insecurity in the country, noting that collaborative effort and patriotism remain the tool that both …
Economy: Senate Committee Urges Buhari To Focus On Science, Tech
ONITSHA – Senate Committee on Science and Technology has called on the executive arm of government to support science and technology in the country as the major driver of the nation’s economy. Chairperson of the committee, Senator Uche Ekwunife, made the call during the committee’s familiarization visit to South East zonal headquarters of National Board …
NLC Threatens Industrial Action In Bauchi Over Workers’ Entitlements
BAUCHI – The Nigeria Labour Congress, Bauchi State chapter, has given the Bauchi State Government seven days ultimatum to resolve the problems on pending workers issues and other entitlements in the state even as it threatened that the union might take a line of action that would not guarantee industrial harmony in the state. The …
Forgery Allegation Handiwork Of Mischief Makers – Enugu Commissioner
ABUJA – Commissioner for Lands in Enugu State, Dr. Victor Chukwuemeka Nnam, has denied forgery allegation against him, describing it as the handiwork of some desperate mischief makers, bent on dispossessing people of their ancestral lands, using blackmail and legal threats. It was alleged that the Commissioner perpetuated the forgery when he consulted for a …
Gbajabiamila Mourns Kashamu
LAGOS – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed shock over the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu. The Speaker, in a condolence message to the Ogun State government and the family of the deceased, said Kashamu’s contributions to the development of his community and the country would be greatly missed. He said: …
Onu Tasks Research Institutions On Patents
ABUJA – Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, has tasked agencies under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to strive to get their research outputs patented so as to promote rapid socio-economic development of the country. Onu gave the charge on Monday in Abuja at the quarterly meeting of …
FG Spends N409.9bn To Settle Ex-PHCN Workers –BPE
ABUJA – The Federal Government has so far spent N409, 915,331,675.45 on the payment of severance benefits to ex-workers and death benefits of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has said. In a statement signed by the Bureau’s Head of Public Communications, Mrs. Amina Othman Tukur, she …
Exclusive Breastfeeding Will Redress Stunted Growth, Illnesses In Children –Enugu Govt
ENUGU – Dr George Ugwu, Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA) has stressed the need for exclusive breastfeeding as a solution to reduce illnesses and stunted growth among children. Ugwu stated this while speaking with journalists in Enugu on Monday at the on ongoing month-long statewide exclusive breastfeeding sensitization organized …
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