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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Enugu State ‎polio-free.Tthis was made known by the country representative, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, he commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for nurturing and sustaining the health programmes in the state‎. Alemu made the assertion at the Enugu State zonal immunization campaign tour organized recently by the wife of the governor, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi, in collaboration with the organization in Nsukka, Udi and Nkwo Nike respectively.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday charged the federal government to end the slavery, torture and killing of Nigerians by liaising with the Libyan government to find a solution to the menace of migration and modern day slavery. The call is sequel to the adoption of the motion sponsored by Rep. Saheed Fijabi urging the Buhari administration to Investigate the inhuman and barbaric act of slave trading involving the auctioning of black Africans in Libya. Rep.

…Urges Nigerians to pray for peace The Federal Government of Nigeria, said it has declared Friday this week as public holiday in commemoration of the Muslim Eid-El-Maulud celebration. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government, according to a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji.

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s World AIDS Day tomorrow, Martins Ifijeh chronicles the lives of Nigerians who are living with the HIV/AIDS virus When 32 years old Tobi (not real name) was in her teenage years, all she wanted for her future was a comfortable life so she could lift her parents out of poverty. She had thought she would end up having a good job, marry the man of her dream, have three beautiful children, and become like the society women she sees on television.

Chairman, Nasarawa State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBA), a socio-cultural group of Fulani herdsmen, Alhaji Mohammed Hussaini, has explained that no state should be blamed for adopting the cattle ranching system of rearing cattle. Hussaini said that the association fully supports the step already taken by some states to established ranches and grazing law in their respective states as a solution to the incessant clashes between Fulani cattle rearers and local farmers

Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Thursday, said that she was not carried along in the reinstatement of former chairman of the Presidential Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. Oyo-Ita told members of the House of Representatives adhoc committee  investigating the disappearance, return and reinstatement of Maina that all memos sent by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, were to the Federal Civil Service Commission, but that she was only copied.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has dismissed the allegation in some quarters, that Governor Nyesom Wike  has been lobbying for Prince Uche Secondus, to emerge as national chairman of the party. State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike,  debunked the allegation, on Thursday, while addressing journalists in Port Harcourt, ahead of the December 9,  national convention of PDP.

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan and Sen. Ben Murray-Bruce, have applauded Nigerian music superstar Ayo Balogun, a.k.a Wizkid, for winning the ‘Best International Act’ at the 2017 MOBO awards. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 22nd edition of the iconic Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards was held on Wednesday night at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, United Kingdom.