United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has awarded Ethiopia the United Nations Population Award 2024 in recognition of its efforts in mitigating early marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country.
Minister of Women and Social Affairs,…
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, says the African continent is determined to empower its marginalised communities through its natural resources.
Alake described Africa as endowed with natural resources, capable of driving it…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Friday inaugurated the Presidential Food System Coordinating Unit (PFSCU), with a mandate to improve food security and crash the cost of food items in the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the in…
The Ethiopian civil society organization, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), has stressed the need for reinforcing the engagement of civil society organizations in Ethiopia’s transitional justice process.
Lawyers for Human Rights Executive Director Ameh…
Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), on Thursday said no fewer than 25,000 Nigerians have benefited from the institute’s HIV clinic programme and research.
Salako disclosed this during a news …
Mrs Bridget Okpokoro, a business Coach and agricultural consultant, has urged Nigerian women especially those resident in the cities to embrace urban gardening.
Okpokoro, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, urged wo…
Regional meeting on poultry development in East Africa will be held next week in Addis Ababa to assess the status of the sector y especially chicken production and marketing in the project countries across the region, according to the Intergovernmenta…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 70 per cent of Nigerians refused to pay bribes in 2023 on at least one occasion.
This is according to the NBS Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends Report released in Abuja on Thursday.
The report sa…