Chinyere Okafor
30 Mar
Stakeholders have called for increased efforts to boost public trust on polio vaccination and routine immunisation in Lagos State. They spoke at an advocacy dialogue with state and local councils to increase trust and uptake of polio vaccines
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The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has called for a holistic review of the 1959 Firearms Act for efficient control of illicit arms in Nigeria. The Director-General of NCCSALW, retired DIG Johnson Kokumo, made the call at the Workshop on the Review of the Firearms Act of 1959…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Rivers State Command, has launched a vigorous campaign against over-speeding and reckless driving in the state as the Yuletide season approaches. The campaign, tagged "Operation Zero Accident," aimed to reduce road traffic crashes to the barest minimum during the festive season. According to the state corps commander, Inyang Umoh,…
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Pope Francis escaped two attempts on his life during his historic trip to Iraq in March 2021, according to excerpts from his forthcoming autobiography published Tuesday by Italian media. The pontiff's Vatican security detail received an urgent warning from the British secret services, Francis wrote. "A woman packed with explosives, a young suicide bomber, was…
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Over 12,000 people across Oyo State are to benefit from the 2024 Psychosocial Support Programme organised by the Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA). The programme, which was designed by the World Bank and Oyo State government under the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), was another way to give…
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One year after the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture signed a contract with a private firm to deliver 2000 tractors, implements, and 100 combined harvesters annually, the supplies have not been delivered. This was a move by the Tinubu-Administration for its Renewed Hope Agenda geared towards reducing food inflation, increasing food production and reducing…
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DR Congo on Tuesday filed a criminal case against European subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of illegally using "blood minerals" in its supply chain. The Democratic Republic of the Congo alleges that Apple has bought contraband supplies from the country's conflict-racked east and Rwanda, zones in which the materials are alleged to be…
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Senate The Nigerian Senate has called on the Federal Government to fund the establishment of modern ranches nationwide, aimed at improving safety and economic productivity for both herders and local residents. The lawmakers also resolved to enact a law that will define the limits of economic activities under the ECOWAS treaty. The resolutions came during…
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Russia's nuclear giant Rosatom is selling stakes in its uranium mining operations in Kazakhstan to Chinese companies, the main Kazakh uranium company said Tuesday, underscoring Beijing's growing clout in central Asia. "Kazatomprom announces the exit of its Russian partner from some joint ventures," said a statement from the world's largest uranium mining company, which mines…
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An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy on Tuesday said it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw users' accounts hacked. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) criticised Meta for a security flaw in its video upload function which hackers were able to exploit to…
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A coalition of civil society groups, community leaders, and other citizens have called on President Bola Tinubu, to uphold the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission’s (NUPRC) decision and reject the request of Shell to divest its remaining shares in the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to the Renaissance consortium. The groups who staged a peaceful…