GlobalHandwashingDay: ‘Only 1 in 5 people wash their hands after going to the toilet’ – WaterAid Nigeria
Washing hands with soap and water reduces cases of diarrhoea by almost 50% – yet on average, around the world only 19% of people wash hands with soap after defecation.…
ActionAid trains Nigerian journalists on fight against social injustice, poverty
Twenty-nine Nigerian journalists have been trained by ActionAid Nigeria on how to help in the fight against corruption, social injustice, and poverty in the country. The journalists, drawn from different…
Total affirms commitment to sustainable economic agenda
To actively support nation-building efforts in line with the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Total E&P Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to providing employment opportunities through capacity building,…
Minimum Wage: FG Proposes N24, 000; States N20, 000 As NLC Wants N30, 000, Says Ngige
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said after consultations it proposed N24, 000 as the new minimum wage for civil servants. The Minister of Labour and employment, Chris Ngige, stated…
JAP advocates better inclusion for persons with disabilities in Nigeria
Journalists Against Poverty (JAP) Initiative, a development driven group of Journalists, passionate about ending poverty and corruption in Nigeria have come out in a peaceful protest to express their disappoinment…
Meet Nnamdi Nwobike, the Newly Appointed Public Affairs Director of the NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commision (NCC) has appointed Nnamdi Nwobike as its new Director Public Affairs following the retirement of Tony Ojobo on age grounds. Ojobo made a tweet about this…
Cameroon votes in presidential polls as conflict rages
Cameroonians voted in presidential polls on Sunday with octogenarian leader Paul Biya seeking a seventh term against a backdrop of deadly violence in the country’s English-speaking regions. The vote follows…
NCC to enforce consumers’ rights
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that it would commence enforcement of “all the rights” of the telecommunications’ consumers in the country in order to eradicate sharp practices against…
UN HUMANITARIAN, DEVELOPMENT CHIEFS JOIN FORCES TO SUPPORT CRISIS-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN NORTH-EAST NIGERIA
United Nations Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock on Friday called on national and international partners to reinforce joint efforts to address the dire humanitarian…
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Denis Mukwege, ISIS survivor Nadia Murad for fighting sexual violence
Nadia Murad, a rape survivor, who raised awareness about the abuses on 3,000 Yazidi women by the ISIS army, has won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. She was awarded for…