Day: October 15, 2024

Nigeria to combat malnutrition, improve global rankings

The Federal Government and stakeholders have strengthened coordination to address Nigeria’s status as the country with the highest number of malnourished children in Africa and the second highest globally.

This commitment was made at a three-day coll…

DEPOWA sensitises, distributes sanitary pads to girls

The Defence and Police Officer’s Wives Association (DEPOWA) on Monday sensitised girls of adolescent age to menstrual health hygiene and distributed sanitary pads at the Junior Secondary School Dei-Dei in Abuja.

The President of DEPOWA, Mrs Oghogho M…

ECOWAS court gets new leadership as Asante bows out

The ECOWAS Court of Justice (CCJ) has elected Cape Verde’s Justice Ricardo Gonçalves as its new President.

It also elected Sierra Leone’s Justice Sengu Koroma as new Vice President, both for non-renewable four-year tenure.

They were elected by the c…

FG rewards Nigerian vehicle designer with electric car

The Federal Government has rewarded Mr Enoch Tobiloba with an electric car, after emerging the winner of a challenge to design a hybrid car that uses both Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and electricity.

Mr Joseph Osanipin, Director-General, National Au…

NDIC and the task of protecting Nigerians’ banking interests

It was Eric Hoffer, an American moral and social philosopher who observed that disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy, the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

The Hoffer quote captures the disposition of many bank cust…