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The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has pledged to partner the Benue State government in the areas of maternal and infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and gender issues.
The Minister of Health, Prof.Babatunde Osotimehin, has disclosed the Federal Government's plan to strengthen four quality care centres.
The House of Representatives yesterday said it is fully prepared to jointly host President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and receive the 2010 Appropriation Bill with their Senate counterpart in the House chambers in line with tradition and directive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Hundreds of pilgrims for this year's Hajj in Saudi Arabia were at the weekend stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as their agents could not be found.
As the impasse between the Senate and of the House of Representatives continue, the Elders Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Senator Ike Nwachukwu, yesterday reviewed the letter of the Senate President David Mark, which blamed the entire leadership of the PDP for staying aloof while the members of the House of Representatives violate the provisions of the constitution and ...
Dr John Osuyali, Project Coordinator, Delta State Action Committee on AIDS (DELSACA), has said that N36 million would be disbursed to 12 NGOs in Delta as grant for fight against HIV.
Elders statesmen and politicians, drawn from the six geo-political zones of the country yesterday announced the near completion of the report on the review of the 1999 Constitution, saying that the meeting of the group, the National Think-Thank in Gombe State would finalise report on the constitution.
Minister of State for Education,Hajiya Aishatu Jibrin Dukku, at the weekend took a swipe at the educational backwardness in the north, estimating the number of child beggars in the region (almajirai) at more than 10 million.
The embattled Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Chief Rufus Abadi, yesterday wrote to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ogbona Onovo, over rising threats on his life by persons simply identified as "Bravemen" over his alleged role in the protracted crisis within the party in the state.
Presidential ambition of Kano State governor, Malam Dr. Ibrahim Shekarau, under the platform of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) has come to stay, the National Co-ordinator of Draft Shekarau Movement, Alhaji Engr. Mashood Ojutikun, has said.
Residents of Aso in Mararaba yesterday expressed their displeasure over power outage that has afflicted their community for over eight months.
The member representing Orlu/Orsu/Oru East Federal Constituency of Imo State in the Federal House of Representative, Hon. Mayor Eze, over the weekend briefed members of his constituency for the second time at Okporo Technical College Orlu LGA, Imo State, on his performance and achievements.
Former President, General Ibrahim Babangida, in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, Saturday, strongly condemned the concept of Federal Character as enshrined in the Nigeria constitution, arguing that the idea is no longer in consonance with modern trends and " sophistication in our educational pursuit"
Former Minister for Information and prominent leader in the Nieger Delta, Chief Edwin Clark and A civil organisation have frowned at the choice of the ex-Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, as a guest to deliver a lecture at the University of Benin today.
Former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Modibbo Alfa Belgore, has called for the appointment of state justices to preside over election petition tribunals in their respective states, saying it would be cost-effective and would speed up the dispensation of cases.
The Nigeria Polo Federation Election which ought to have held last Friday at the Kaduna Polo club has been postponed till 2010 according to a source who hinted Leadership Sports.In the same vein, the annual general meeting of the Federation also supposed to hold last Saturday have been canceled.
The Unity Forum has called on the National Assembly to make laws that would prescribe the severest penalties for kidnappers and their accomplices.
The General Manager of the Delta State Tourism Board,Mrs Nkem Ajufo, has predicted a bright future for the hospitality industry in the state.
President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has said that child rights issues within the region are still faced with daunting challenges.
As part of efforts to urgently arrest the depletion of the natural resources of the Lake Chad region, MTN Nigeria is throwing its weight behind the hosting of the World Conference being organised to save the Lake.
The Police in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested one Jafaru Ahmadu Derma for posing as a judge of the Appeal Court, even as Austin Nwaokoro and Ikechukwu Omaya were also arrested for posing as officials of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
The Federal Government has blamed itself for the abysmal performance of students of the Federal Government Colleges otherwise known as unity schools in National Examination Council (NECO) result released in September.
On the eve of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this December, momentum for action it does appear, still falls far short of that needed to avert catastrophe.
The federal government has expressed interest towards solidifying its ties with the government of the Republic of Serbia to work closely with Nigeria on areas of electoral reform and the war against corruption.
Chief Ojo Maduekwe, the chairman, ECOWAS Council of Ministers, on Friday, said the transportation of gas from Niger Delta to Benin, Togo and Ghana would begin in 2010.
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