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The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has raised concerns that approximately 22,000 children in Bauchi State have missed routine immunization. According to the UN agency, the shortfall has contributed to the ongoing outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV), with Bauchi recording four cases of cVDPV2 in 2024, out of 73 cases nationwide. UNICEF’s Chief of…

.. The foremost leader of the Niger Delta region and founder of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has rejected the scrapping of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. Recall President Bola Tinubu ordered the scrapping of the ministry on Wednesday alongside the Ministry of Sports Development after the Federal Executive…

Armed bandits have again attacked and killed a man, and abducted his daughter and two teenagers in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered from sources that the gunmen attacked and killed the man identified as John Ajaka in his farm and whisked away his daughter, Owakoyi John and two other teenagers.…

.. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), have empowered 311 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through the Feed the Future initiative. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari said the partnership would improve agricultural productivity for smallholder farmers.…

As the Nigerian political atmosphere starts drifting towards the 2027 presidential election, former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has been cautioned against any proposed alliance with his counterpart from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, and the opposition. Stakeholders in the political sphere said Atiku can’t form any coalition that would oust…

.. The governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to shelve the idea of capturing the southwest region of the country. The governor said voters are ready to chase away APC with the hardship and hunger the party has caused. The APC national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, last Sunday…

Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, has reaffirmed that Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a top priority for President Bola Tinubu-led administration Speaking during the Federal Ministry of Health and Welfare’s 2024 Ministerial Leadership Retreat on Performance Management System in Bauchi, Pate reiterated the administration’s commitment to ensuring that every Nigerian,…

.. The Minister of the newly established Ministry of Regional Development, Engr Abubakar Momoh, has clarified that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) remains intact and has not been scrapped. Momoh explained that the Ministry of Niger Delta Development has merely been renamed and given expanded responsibilities under the newly created Ministry of Regional…

The Rivers State Police Command has begun investigations into the disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member, Yahaya Faruk, deployed to Community Secondary School, Ikuru Town, Opobo/Nkoro local government area of the state. Faruk has been missing since October 14, 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, the command disclosed that the school’s principal,…

.. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has lamented the huge number of out-of-school children in the country, saying they are likely future bandits. One in three children are out of school (OOS) with 10.2 million at primary school level and 8.1 million children at junior secondary level, according to the latest report by the United…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has postponed its ward, LGA, and state congresses. DAILY POST reports that the congresses were scheduled to hold on October 26, 2024, November 2, 2024, and November 9, 2024, respectively. However, a statement issued by APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, confirmed the development on Tuesday. According…

.. The leader of the world’s Anglican communion, Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, on Tuesday, revealed that one of his ancestors owned slaves at a plantation in Jamaica. The 68-year-old, in a personal statement on his website, said his great grandfather, Sir James Fergusson, who died in 1883, owned slaves at the Rozelle plantation…

The Edo State Government on Wednesday said the outgoing governor, Godwin Obaseki, will present a detailed handover note to the incoming government of Senator Monday Okpebholo despite the boycotting of the joint transition committees’ meeting by the team of the All Progressives Congress, APC. DAILY POST reports that the Edo State Commissioner for Communication and…

.. A motorcyclist lost his life on Wednesday in a fatal accident in the Apapa area of Lagos State. The incident occurred when the motorcyclist, whose identity is yet to be confirmed, collided with a Dangote truck at Area B, Point Road, heading towards Airways. The motorcyclist, who was carrying a female passenger, died…

The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Blessing Amaka David-Agwa, a fake fertility nurse before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State. She was arraigned on 45-count charges bordering on fraudulent impersonation, forgery and obtaining by false pretence to…

.. A Kano State High Court on Wednesday fixed Nov. 20 for hearing in pending applications in the ongoing case of alleged bribery and misappropriation against the national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and seven others. The state government instituted an eight-count charge bordering on bribery allegations, misappropriation, and…

A Federal High Court sitting in Zamfara State has declined a request for an ex parte order by a faction backed by the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Governor Bala Mohammed, to hold the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. The group approached the court for an order to hold the…

.. Operatives of the 82 Division Nigerian Army and the Joint Task Force South-East, code-named ‘Operation UDO KA’, have smashed camps of alleged Indigenous People of Biafra and its Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) armed wing within South-East. The troops neutralised four IPOB/ESN armed men, rescued 14 people and checked crude oil bunkering within the…

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday, approved several high-profile road projects, including N740 billion for the Berger stretch of the Abuja-Kano route. Minister of Works Dave Umahi disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the cabinet meeting, presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.…

Tinubu Swears In New CCB Chairman .. President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Abdullahi Bello as the new Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). In June, the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions screened and confirmed the nomination of Bello as the CCB’s substantive chairman for a five-year…