UNICEF alerts over high rate of FGM among Nigerian girls
UNICEF has warned that female genital mutilation is on the rise among Nigerian girls aged 0-14. Rates have risen from ...
Month: February 2022
India’s beating heart
ANALYSIS Few stars in India are afforded the honour of a state funeral but as crowds gathered at Mumbai's Sivaji ...
Lata Mangeshkar: India bids farewell to beloved singer
Lata Mangeshkar, one of India's most beloved singers, has been cremated in Mumbai with full state honours. Mangeshkar, whose voice ...
Emir of Jama’are dies at 92
The Emir of Jama’are in Bauchi State, Alhaji Muhammadu Wabi III, is dead. Alhaji Sama’ila Jarma, the chairman, Jama’are Local ...
Actor donates educational materials, items to schools in Sokoto
A Sokoto-based musician and an American film actor, Umar Usman, alias Sojaboy, has donated educational materials, cartons of detergents and ...
UNAIDS 95-95-95 vision, key to ending HIV in Nigeria – Ozoemena
Mr Jekwu Ozoemena, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) HIV Trust Fund (HTF), says only strict adherence to UN Joint Action ...
Kogi declares ‘state of emergency’ on education
The Kogi Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Wemi Jones, on Friday said the state government has declared ”a ...
The house Ajao built
This was the house of late Chief Joseph Adediran Ajao, the late Bashorun of Aawe at his family compound in ...
Nelly Uchendu (1950-2005)
Nelly Uchendu MON was a . Her 1976 song, " ", shot her to prominence with six albums to her ...
FEC approves N115.4bn for dualising Kano-Kazaure-Kongwalam road
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved over N115.4 billion for the dualisation of the Kano-Kazaure-Kongwalam road linking Kano, Jigawa ...