Nigeria: Growing Population Can Be An Asset If … Confab
By Joseph Edegbo: Participants at an annual conference on a theme ” Africa’s Rising Population: Media as a Tool for Harnessing Demographic Divident have said that population growth can be an asset if properly managed. The assertion is contained in a communique issued at the end of the 2018 Africa Media Development Foundation, Media […]
By Joseph Edegbo Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) has announced a number of confirmed speakers and highlights for its Annual MediaAfrica Conference scheduled to hold on 11th December 2018 in Kaduna, Nigeria. The Speakers include Prof. Umaru Pate, Dean Faculty of Communication, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria , Mrs. Fatimah Shaibu, Senior Lecturer, Mass Communication […]
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By Ahmad Umar, United Nations Children Fund UNICEF Bauchi Field Office, Northeast of the country, says it has spent 90 Million US Dollars in six supported States in the areas of Water Sanitation, Health and Education in the 2018. The States, are Adamawa, Bauchi, Jigawa, Gombe, Taraba and Plateau UNICEF Field officer, Bhunu Pathak who […]
Continue reading …Nigeria: Jonathan’s Phone Call to Buhari Confers Legitimacy to Nigeria’s Political Process – Dogara
20/11/2018 No Comment
By Joseph Edegbo. Kaduna, Nigeria- Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has said that the decision of former president Goodluck Jonathan to concede defeat after the 2015 presidential election was responsible for bringing Nigeria’s democracy to maturity. Dogara who said this in a remarks at the launching of the book “My Transition Hours” […]
Continue reading …Nigeria: Kaduna Sets Up Committee For Launch Of Infant And Young Child Feeding Campaign
18/11/2018 No Comment
By Iliya Kure Kaduna State Government has inaugurated a technical committee to oversee the flag-off of its Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) campaign. The campaign is expected to be flagged-off on Friday. Inaugurating the committee, Deputy Director Primary Healthcare in the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Mal. Hamza Ikara, called on members of […]
Continue reading …Nigeria: Cartel With Vested Interest Sabotaging River Niger Dredging, Reps Speaker Dogara Says
26/10/2018 No Comment
By Joseph Edegbo Efforts by successive administrations to implement the national transport master plan that will see to the dredging of Nigeria’s inland water ways could not be achieved because some powerful interests are opposed to it, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said. Speaking when he received the […]
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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has called for the adoption of 3Rs, Reduce, Recycling and Re-use of wastes for proper management and healthy society. Dr Odunbaku Omoh, Human Settlements Officer and Programme Manager, African Urban Agenda made the call on Monday in Abuja at the event to commemorate 2018 Urban October organised […]
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Participants at a 2-Day Coalition and Capacity Building workshop for Improved Financial and Implementation of Primary Health Care Under One Roof in Kaduna State , have identified a number of shortcomings in the system. In a communique issued at the end of the workshop in Kaduna, Northwest of the country, the participants listed the shortcomings […]
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