The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNUCEF) has said that about 419 million people still defecate in the open, while 3.5 billion residents continue to live without safe toilets globally. According to the Fund, about 2.2 billion persons are also living without safe potable water that cause child-killer diseases, including polio, cholera and diphtheria. UNICEF’s WASH…
• Senator Kyari Calls For Amendment To Agric Agencies’ Acts For Policy Alignment The Honourable Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, CON, and his colleague, the Honorable Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, CON, honored an invite to participate in an interactive session held at the National…
A Lieutenant Colonel, Abubakar-Surajo Imam, has emerged as the first Officer to be conferred with a professor from among the serving personnel of the Nigerian Army. Imam, who was conferred with the title of a Professor by the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), is now a Professor of Mechatronics Engineering. The Registrar of the Academy, Brigadier…
Two suspected sexual offenders in the Lafenwa area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, have allegedly defiled a 16-year-old girl and filmed the act as they took turns on her. The state Police Command told City Round that the incident, which occurred in Ogunyemi Street, on Tuesday, led to the arrest of one of the suspects identified…
Liberian leader and football legend George Weah conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight presidential run-off, saying it was “time to put national interest above personal interest”. The latest and nearly complete results showed Boakai leading with nearly 51 percent of the votes in Liberia, Africa’s oldest republic founded by freed American…
A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, in Kwara State, Miss Toyin Bamidele, has been hacked to death by unknown person(s). SAHEL STANDARD gathered that the lifeless body of the HND 1 student of the Department of Food Technology was found in her rented apartment in Offa town on Thursday. Though details of the circumstances…
The Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke Airport Committee of the Osun State Government has debunked statement credited to the Ido Osun Youth Forum about an alleged plan to rename the location of the airport from Ido Osun to Ede North, stressing that its mandate and discussion never cover issues painted in the forum’s article. Secretary to the…
Says it acted in accordance with the provisions of Section 292 (1) (A) (II) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria The Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun has justified the step aside resolution of the House against the state’s Chief Judge, affirming that House acted in…
The Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun has assured prospective investors hoping to do business in Osun State of a robust partnership with the State government. The Speaker gave the assurance on Friday at the official opening of Circle V. I. P Lounge, Estate area in Osogbo, in his brief remarks…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Abba Yusuf as governor of Kano State, upholding the decision of the lower election petition tribunal that earlier nullified the governor’s election. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal led by Moore Adumein, in a unanimous judgement on Friday, declared Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives…
