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Group clamours Cross River management commission to curb land grab

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on the Cross River State House of Assembly to establish a Model Land Use and...

Doctors laud Buhari for creating Humanitarian Ministry

The African Doctors for Africa (AfDA) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the creation of the Humanitarian and Disaster Ministry, saying it is a recognition of...

Humanitarian Day: UN calls for more protection for aid workers

The United Nations has called for protection of aid workers engaged in humanitarian services in the North East, just as 37 aid personnel were killed in...

Youth Day: DEVCOMS calls for state of emergency on nation’s education

The Lagos-based Development Communications (DEVCOMS) Network has called on the Federal Government, as well as parents and guardians, to take education as a paramount goal and...

Global hunger continues to rise, says UN report

More than 820 million people worldwide were under nourished in 2018, the third consecutive year of slight increase after decades of decline. This is said according to...

AfDB president to launch foundation against hunger, poverty

President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, is to launch the World Hunger Fighter’s Prize and Fellowship foundation with a view to ending global hunger. A...

Population Day: Nigeria has about 198m people, says Commission

Director General of the National Population Commission (NPoPC), Dr Ghaji Bello, has said the Commission will use electronic enumeration method to determine the actual population of...

Population Day: People-oriented programmes can curb population explosion – DevComs

An NGO, Development Communications Network (DevComs), says effective people-oriented programmes can curb population explosion in Nigeria. Mr Akin Jimoh, Director, DevComs Programme, made the assertion on Wednesday, July...

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Worry as Dangote Refinery, oil marketers in face-off over pricing, market control

A fresh wave of confrontation appears to be brewing in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector, as the Dangote Refinery, a...
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Olubolade: Ekiti has lost a great son – Gov Oyebanji

The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed condolences on the death of a former Military Administrator of Bayelsa...

Lagos delivers nearly 10,000 homes, targets 14,000

The Lagos State Government says it has delivered 9,970 homes in the past six years as part of ongoing...

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