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December 20, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria: Jumia to Share 7000 United Nations Certified Helmets for Riders

Jumia has concluded plans to share more than 7,000 United Nations certified motorcycle helmets to delivery associates (riders) in and outside Nigeria. The popular E-commerce platform said the plan is in the bid to promote United Nations Safety Standards in...

November 1, 2021 No Responses

Why U.S.-based Nigerians Should hold homeland Dearly

Nigerians from across the U.S. on Saturday converged on the City of Linden, in the State of New Jersey, to hold conversations on the way forward for their homeland. The UN Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...

October 13, 2021 No Responses

Attention ECOWAS, AU, UN – Migration is Now BIG Issue For African Countries…

Migration: Stakeholders in the West African sub-region on Tuesday, met to review the priorities on ensuring safe, orderly, and regular migration as enshrined in the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). Representatives from the International Organisation (IOM), ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

June 17, 2021 No Responses

Child Birth: Use of Caesarean Section in Africa is Alarming, Worrisome in Nigeria, says W.H.O

W.H.O therefore, recommended some non-clinical actions that can reduce medically unnecessary use of caesarean sections, within the overall context of high quality and respectful care. World Health Organisation (WHO) says caesarean section use continues to rise...

May 26, 2021 No Responses

KIHEM Set To Celebrate Children’s Day in Style

Kingdom of Heaven on Earth Mission (KIHEM) – aka, Holy Throne of Most High on Earth Mission has concluded plans to celebrate this year’s Children’s Day in style with millions of children across the globe. The Children’s Day celebration,...