The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that less than 10 per cent of young people in Kaduna State knew their HIV status. The HIV and AIDS Specialist, UNICEF, Kaduna, Dr Idris Baba, made this known in Kaduna at the 2017 World AIDS Day, organised by the Kaduna State Agency for the Control
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration, Senator Stella Oduah, has described the resurgence of slavery in parts of Africa as “time bomb’’ that must be nipped in the bud. Oduah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that the development was a dangerous trend that should be treated with
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate reorganisation of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the force across the country. This is in response to the nationwide online campaign, #ENDSARS, calling for the scrapping of the squad. The IGP in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer,
The National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the slave trade involving Nigerians through the border and desert of Libya. The group also urges the Federal Republic of Nigeria to put in place measures that can stop the channel by which these human traffickers flourish in other to
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has said Nigerians will know about his intentions for 2019 in two months. He said this in an interview with Osasu Igbinedion on the Osasu Show on the sidelines of the unveiling of Bolaji Abdullahi’s book, ‘On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria’. Abdullahi, who is
The UK government has warned its citizens to stay away from crowded places in Nigeria during the Christmas and New Year festivities. It said there are plans by unnamed insurgent groups to bomb the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a travel advisory to its citizens, the UK government listed worship places, malls and markets amongst
A 75 year-old Indian may be holding the world record for contesting and losing the highest number of elections in a lifetime. Vrajlal Valodara had stood for election 36 times and lost all. But he is unrelenting as he is standing for another again. According to the Times of India, Valodara campaigns on the roads
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has announced his formal return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He did the switch in the format of the information age: by announcing it Live on Facebook on Sunday following what he called his consultations with party leaders and stakeholders from across the country. Atiku was a member of