Category: NEWS

2021: How Scarcity of Portable Water Wrecked Africa, Nigeria Worst Hit
September 16, 2021 No Responses

2021: How Scarcity of Portable Water Wrecked Africa, Nigeria Worst Hit

Nigeria is one of the African countries that still lack access to portable water as the West African country with a rough estimation of 200 people could only make provision for 12.5 million citizens as at the third quarter of...
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44,000 Africans Missing, 45% Are Children, 50% Are Nigerians, Says ICRC
August 31, 2021 No Responses

44,000 Africans Missing, 45% Are Children, 50% Are Nigerians, Says ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says 44,000 Africans are Missing and Nigeria accounts for 24,000 out of the missing cases on the continent representing over half of those registered as missing in Africa. Mr Aliyu Dawobe, ICRC’s...
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SENSITIVE: Tears, Trauma, Wreath-laying @ United Nations House
August 26, 2021 No Responses

SENSITIVE: Tears, Trauma, Wreath-laying @ United Nations House

Amid tears, wreath-laying, and tales of trauma, survivors, families, and colleagues of the 23 victims of the 2011 UN House bombing, on Thursday held a ceremony to celebrate their ‘fallen heroes’. NEWSWATCHNIGERIA gathered that at an event held at the...
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JUST IN: Nigeria Extends SIM/NIN Registration To October 31, Tells Diplomatic Missions to…
July 25, 2021 No Responses

JUST IN: Nigeria Extends SIM/NIN Registration To October 31, Tells Diplomatic Missions to…

Again, the Federal Government of Nigeria has extended the National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification and integration exercises to October 31, 2021.   In a statement signed by the Nigerian Communications Commission &#82...
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Loans to Nigeria Mutually Beneficial, says China – What Do You Think?
July 23, 2021 No Responses

Loans to Nigeria Mutually Beneficial, says China – What Do You Think?

Mr Cui Jianchun, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, says his country’s loans to Nigeria are of mutual benefit. Jianchun explained that this was because Nigeria and China had a history of good friendship and bilateral relations....
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How United Nations Wants the World to Remember NELSON MANDELA
July 21, 2021 No Responses

How United Nations Wants the World to Remember NELSON MANDELA

UN Deputy Secretary-General, Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed, has hailed Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black President, describing him as exemplifying “courage, compassion and an unwavering commitment to social justice and equality”. Mohammed told the ...
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TELECOMS: Nigeria Fixes Timeline for Auctioning, Assigning & Commercialisation of 5G Spectrum
July 19, 2021 No Responses

TELECOMS: Nigeria Fixes Timeline for Auctioning, Assigning & Commercialisation of 5G Spectrum

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has proposed to auction its planned Fifth Generation Technology (5G) spectrum by the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2021. The Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC) of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, recently hinted this at the maiden...
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JUST IN: NCC Says Airtel Nigeria Has No Approval YET
July 18, 2021 No Responses

JUST IN: NCC Says Airtel Nigeria Has No Approval YET

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it is yet to renew Airtel Mobile Operating License. Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, made this known in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. According to him, the attention of the...
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Reopen Schools Now, Assess Fund for Pandemic-related Learning Loss, says UN
July 14, 2021 No Responses

Reopen Schools Now, Assess Fund for Pandemic-related Learning Loss, says UN

Around one third of countries are yet to implement remedial programmes for students to catch up on their lost learning, in the wake of school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to UN agencies. Two UN agencies and partners...
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2021: List of Drugs Mostly Abused in Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Australia – UN
June 28, 2021 one Response

2021: List of Drugs Mostly Abused in Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Australia – UN

A recent study published by the United Nations has shown List of Drugs Mostly Abused in Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Australia among other major continents of the world Hence, Public health experts and anti-substance abuse campaigners have raised concern ove...
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