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Cameroon has forcibly returned 100,000 Nigerian refugees in breach of international agreements, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. Th e rights group accused soldiers of deporting refugees escaping Islamist violence, …
Cameroon ‘has forcibly returned 100,000 Nigerian refugees’ Read MoreBy Ene Osang Abuja— Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development Senator Jummai Alhassan, has emphasised the need for women to take active part in peace processes, saying this will …
Women minister stress inclusive peace process Read MoreCampaigners in Saudi Arabia have hailed King Salman’s decree allowing women to drive for the fi rst time. One female activist called it a “great victory”, while another said things …
Saudi Arabia women hail end of driving ban Read MoreBy Auwal Ahmad Gombe— Th e Maternal and Newborn Child Health Coalition (MNCHC) in Gombe State, has urged top government offi cials, politicians, Traditional and religious leaders to desist from …
Health workers posting: Coalition tasks govt, others on interference Read MoreChildren play hard, and can sustain a traumatic brain injury from participating in sports and actually colliding with someone or even having their head jerked in a violent fashion. Th …
6 symptoms of traumatic brain injury in children Read MoreThe Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF) has made grooming of young women leaders top priority. ENE OSANG writes on the “Young Women Leaders Essay Competition” it organised with support from …
Grooming young women for leadership Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday withdrew its motion seeking an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja allowing it to serve the recall petition on Kogi West …
INEC backpedals on motion for substituted service as Melaye’s runs to Appeal Court Read MoreBy Ajuma Edwina Ogiri Abuja — Pregnant women have urged the federal government to intervene in the ongoing health workers strike, saying they are the worst hit by the industrial …
JOHESU strike: Pregnant women seek FG intervention Read MoreBy Muhammad Aliyu Dutse— Parents’ apathy and lack of adequate sensitisation forced Jigawa’s performance in polio immunisation exercise to a record low among the 36 states of the federation in …
‘Apathy killing Jigawa polio immunisation exercise ’ Read MoreRecently, the campaign to ”End Violence Against Children (VAC)” was launched in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). ENE OSANG writes that the action followed the increasing rate of Violence Against …
How violence-free are children in FCT? Read MoreDirector General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr. Jelani Aliyu (left), receiving a copy of Blueprint Newspaper from the Managing Editor, Mr. Clem Oluwale, during a visit by …
DG (NADDC Mr. Jelani Aliyu receiving a copy of Blueprint Newspaper from the Managing Editor, Mr. Clem Oluwale Read MoreJoshua Alade is the convener of the newly formed Nigerian Youth SDGs Network, a coalition of youth focused and you-led organizations working around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria. …
‘Why we formed the Nigerian Youth SDGs Network’ Read MoreStories by Donald Iorchir Abuja— Residents of Kuchiko-Bwari, in Bwari Area Council, said lack of good roads and other social amenities are major issues which have confronted the community for …
Deplorable facilities worry Kuchiko-Bwari residents Read MoreFrom left: Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Usman Jibril, Minister of Trade Investment, Dr Okey Enelamah and Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Chibuike …
Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman Adamu and Minister of Transport during FEC meeting Read MoreBy MAJEED DAHIRU — If ever there were doubts about the complicity of some mainstream Islamic authorities in the proliferation of radical Islamic ideologies of hate, intolerance and violence, they …
Sukuk bond and MURIC’s vilification of CAN Read More– United Nations (UN) refugee agency not to return anyone to north-eastern Nigeria – Cameroonian military torture and abuse of Nigerian refugees driven by decision to punish them – HRW …
Boko Haram: Cameroun deports 100,000 Nigerian refugees Read MoreBy Bashir Mohammed Kano Kano state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Inspur Group of China, for upgrade of its tax authority processes, with a view to improving …
Kano partners China on improved IGR Read MoreInternational Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is the body representing Pharmacist and Pharmaceutical Scientists worldwide. It has 139 national organizations, over three million members across the globe, with Head offi ce in …
On World Pharmacists Day Read MoreTh e Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Olanrewaju Oloyede, has said many things about the Unifi ed Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), including that “JAMB …
Calling on JAMB, — By Prof Oyeniran Abioje Read MoreTh e problem of the Superhighway in respect of the ecological integrity of the rainforest ecosystem and the livelihoods of the aff ected people has been a matter of great …
Gov Ayade’s Superhighway project, –By Ogechi Nnabugwu, Read MoreBy Hamidu Danbarewa Th e radical reforms sweeping clouds of dust from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have once again expunged more debris of failed and foiled policies …
Sanitising university admissions Read MoreInvesting in the health of the citizens of every society is without doubt a very vital endeavour. It remains the wisest thing to do in view of how strange diseases …
A state where health is wealth, — By Shamsudeen Lukman Abubakar Read MoreTh e current trend of events in the health sector and its attendant consequences on patients has made it necessary that I should, before disaster strike raise alarm like a …
Before disaster strikes patients in Nigerian hospitals, —By COMRADE BERNARD ENYIA Read MoreTh e Kano State House of Assembly has called on the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to advise former governor of the state, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, to caution his supporters …
Call Kwankwaso to order, Kano Assembly tells IGP Read MoreFrom left: Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun, Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Mr. Martin …
Hon. Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun, Senate President, Speaker House of Rep. and Mr. Martin Chungong, during the African regional conference of the IPU Read More