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Before the disaster occurred, the World Food Program (WFP)WFP) has helped around 500,000 people through school meals and community support. Now, the agency is shifting its work toward emergency relief. Holding the hands of his three young children, a stricken father told the UN humanitarian team that he no longer had shelter, water or food. The children’s mother was hospitalized …

Zainab Suleiman Okino The barbaric fatal lynching of a young teacher, Islamic preacher and mother of four children, Ummulkhair Usman Aliyuin Kaduna, penultimate week, on allegations of child abduction should jolt the North into action, awaken it from its slumber and set the Internet on fire. None of this happened. This has only given impetus to the North’s culture of …

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European development finance institutions have strengthened their commitment to the Nigerian economy by launching a new €20 million financing facility while signaling that additional investment worth hundreds of millions of euros is expected in key sectors, including infrastructure, agriculture, health, renewable energy and small business. The new commitment was announced at the 10th Nigeria-European Union Business Forum and revealed in …

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have recorded another major breakthrough in its sustained offensive against violent crime with the dismantling of a notorious kidnapping syndicate responsible for a series of abductions and killings along the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)–Nasarawa border communities.A press statement by Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Anietie Iniedu, Tuesday in Abuja, disclosed that; "In …

The National Emergency Management Agency has welcomed 123 Nigerian returnees repatriated from Algeria under the Assisted Voluntary Return Program coordinated by the International Organization for Migration in collaboration with the federal government. The returnees arrived on Monday at the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, aboard a Nesma Airlines flight, NEMA said in a statement issued …

ABS FC Director of Football, Chief Alloy Chukwuemeka, urged football coaches to leverage the media to enhance their careers, describing journalists as key partners in promoting the activities and achievements of coaches. Chukwuemeka, who was also one of the facilitators of the Coaches Advancement Seminar organized by the Kwara State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), said …

The Federal Government has announced plans to abolish the policy of separating middle and high schools after learning that more than 20 million children drop out of school before continuing on to higher secondary education. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, unveiled the reform plans on Tuesday in Abuja during the inauguration of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Ministerial …

The Lagos State Government has approved the immediate dredging and maintenance of 28 additional main drainage channels as part of efforts to mitigate flooding following recent heavy rains that inundated several areas of the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the approval after heavy rains caused flash flooding in many communities, according to the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo …