Menstrual Hygiene Day is an annual awareness day to highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene management at global level. It was initiated by a German-based NGO, WASH United in 2014. Correspondent, Queen Anigbogu has more on this reports that menstruation is a normal blood flow that comes out of the bodies of women periodically…
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United Kingdom – UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has today launched the competition to find the UK’s next City of Culture. The competition, delivered by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in collaboration with the devolved administrations, will use culture as a catalyst for levelling up areas outside London and put culture…
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Nigeria – THE Federal Government, in collaboration with Lagos State Government, yesterday, said it would commence emergency repairs of the National Stadium bound of Eko Bridge from Costain to Alaka, with partial closure from Friday, June 4 to Friday, August 13, 2021. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Fredric Oladeinde, who announced this in a statement, stated…
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Nigeria – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor today played host to the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya in his office, at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja. The CDS congratulated Maj Gen Yahaya on his appointment as the 22nd COAS, describing it as a well deserved…
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Nigeria – The federal government of Nigeria has been quick to recognise the fact that the country is facing the significant challenge of a massive infrastructural deficit which is hampering economic growth, and is thus looking beyond budgetary allocations and exploring alternative means of providing the requisite funding for the development and maintenance of infrastructure.…
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Nigeria – The wife of the Governor of Kebbi, Dr Zainab Bagudu, has called on parents to initiate programmes that would motivate their girl-child to embrace science education. Bagudu, who is the founder of Medicaid Cancer Foundation, made the call in Abuja, at the launch of a novel: “Fruit of Pain”. The News Agency of…
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Nigeria – Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday said that the Kano- Kaduna rail project would commence in July. Amaechi made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje in Kano. “Kano-Kaduna railway project will commence between now and July and the project will head to Lagos through Ibadan,”he…
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Nigeria – The supreme court has dismissed the APC forgery suit against the Edo state Governor Godwin Obaseki The court dismissed the suit filed against the Peoples Democratic party, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC and Godwin Obaseki for lack of merit. The appellate court held that Obaseki did not forge his certificates with which he…
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Nigeria – The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya, today, 28 May 2021, assumed command at the Army Headquarters (AHQ), Abuja as the 22nd Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian Army (NA). He was appointed COAS by President Muhammadu Buhari on 27 May 2021 following the unfortunate demise of…
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Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya – The Super Eagles, Bafana Bafana, and the Harambee Stars are unmoved in the latest rankings released by the world football governing body Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya are unmoved according to May’s rankings released by the Federation of International Football Association on Thursday. It has been a quiet period in the…
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