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16 Oct
UNICEF’s Chief of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Jane Bevan, has raised concerns over Nigeria’s hand hygiene practices, revealing that only 17% of the population washes their hands at critical times. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja at an event organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation in collaboration with the National Task…
20 Sep
The Federal Government has declared eight additional Local Government Areas (LGAs) open defecation-free (ODF), bolstering the nation’s efforts to eradicate open defecation by 2030. This announcement was made by the National Task Group on Sanitation (NTGS) during its monthly meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph…
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The leadership crisis rocking the main opposition political party, People's Democratic Party (PDP) is showing no signs of abating as top party sources hinted that the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, will resume work today at the party's national secretariat in Abuja. The Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, had on December 20, 2024, affirmed the…
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The Federal Government has approved four airlines as official air carriers for Nigerian pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj exercise. Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Abdullahi Saleh Usman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by the commission's Assistant Director, Information and Publication, Fatima Usara. Usara said the carriers were selected out…
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A 34-year-old father of seven, Monday Elela, has been arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly killing and burying his son in a shallow grave due to “habitual” stealing. Elela, a bricklayer and farmer