A World Bank Specialist on Welfare Economics, Prof. Foluso Okunmadewa says Nigeria loses 1.5 billion dollars in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Okunmadewa
A severe flood would submerged many communities in Nigeria, in the few weeks, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. The Director-General (DG) of the agency, Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Sidi,
If ongoing discussions between the World Bank and Lagos State Government to through, there is every likelihood that public water supply in the state will be privatised. The exercise will entail the handing
A 32-year old mother of three children, Margret Edet, whose third child, Eno Abasi Edet is currently on admission at the general hospital, Calabar, the Cross Rivers state capital is faced with the challenges
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday, expressed worry that despite the huge natural resources that Nigeria is blessed with, it still loses no fewer than 500,000 infants to malnutrition
The coastal communities of Ilaje Local Government in Ondo State, have protested against the composition of the committee set up to compensate affected communities and other persons following the Bonga
A total of 1,959 flood victims in Eket and Uyo have received N50,000 each from the Akwa Ibom State Government as part of efforts to provide relief for them. Sylvia Ekpo, the Permanent-Secretary, Deputy
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, in Abuja, approved several actions to fast-track the long-delayed implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Report on the environmental
The Federal Executive Council, chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the draft of National Policy on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for the nation. Minister of Power, Prof Chinedu
The Ministry of Power is considering a paradigm shift in the power sector in the country having presented a proposal to the President on development of renewable energy sources in 2015 that presidential
