Tag: progress
Okoh urges Nigerians to promote peace, unity
Asaba - Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, Primate, Church of Nigeria (the Anglican Communion) on Saturday urged Nigerians to promote peace and unity in...
Its Nigeria’s chance to be great again — Osinbajo
Abuja - Nigeria has a unique opportunity now to become a great country with the kind of leader that is currently at the...
Niger records 66 TB deaths in 2015, treats 883 cases
Minna - The Niger State Government on Thursday said it recorded 66 deaths from Tuberculosis (TB) out of 1,611 detected cases of the...
NIPC plans more incentives for investors in healthcare sector
Abuja - Mrs Ladi Hawa, the Acting Executive Secretary, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), said the organisation planned to identify more incentives to encourage...
SDGs commits member states to give girls opportunities — UN
United Nations - The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs) commits UN member states to give girls all the opportunities they deserve on their...
Jonathan congratulates Shagari at 91
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the nation’s first Executive President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari as he turns 91 on Thursday.
Jonathan,...
Iranian Interior Ministry says over 580 women to stand parliamentary elections
Tehran - Iranian Interior Ministry on Tuesday in Teheran said that more than 580 of the candidates running in parliamentary elections in Iran this...
Buhari tasks universities on research breakthrough to accelerate national growth, development
Zaria (Kaduna State) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday tasked Nigerian universities on research breakthrough to accelerate national growth and development.
Buhari gave the...
`Data collation will enhance national development’ – Onwenu
Abuja - The Director-General, National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Ms Onyeka Onwenu, says collation of evidence based data will enhance even national...
ICNL donates 30 digital blood pressure monitors to host community in...
Kaduna - The Inland Containers Nigeria Ltd. (ICNL) on Saturday donated 30 digital blood pressure monitors to Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna...
NBA chair advises FG to build institutions without interference
Eket (Akwa Ibom) - The Chairman of the Eket branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Akpadiaha Ebitu, on Tuesday advised the Federal...
Armsgate: NASS to Ensure Strict Monitoring of Funds Earmarked for...
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - The National Assembly has in the light of recent scandals concerning arms purchase in the country, vowed to ensure that...
Ilorin Emirate Union raises N20m Education Endowment Fund
Ilorin - The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progress Union (IEDPU), has raised N20 million for its Education Endowment Fund, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
Buhari eulogises Kerekou
Abuja - President Muhammadu Buhari said the late President Mathieu Kerekou of Benin Republic will be long remembered and honoured as a...
Adopt practices that will prevent damage to the environment — EU
Abuja - The European Union has called on Nigerians to adopt practices that would minimise and prevent damage to the environment.
Mr Robert Young, EU...
Osinbajo rallies support for Audu
Okene (Kogi) - Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged electorate in Kogi to vote en masse for Alhaji Abubakar Audu in the governorship election...
Society donates first aid materials to Anambra FRSC Command
Awka - The Anambra State Chapter of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) on Sunday donated 20 boxes of first aid materials to the...
Maternal deaths in Nigeria declining – NISER Survey
By Lexi Elo
If latest reports are anything to go by, then Nigeria’s health care system is making strides towards achievement of Millennium Development Goal...
Access to information citizens’ right, says Osinbajo
Abuja -The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said that access to information and data is the right of...
Global Malaria strategises for 2016-2030 at Financing for Development Conference
By Lexi Elo
The Third International Conference on Financing for Development kicked off today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bringing together top-level officials and representatives to...