By Aluta News June 3, 2021 The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHDA) says Gastroenteritis Infection has spread from nine to 13 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state with 28 deaths. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Chairman of BSPHDA, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on ThursdayContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 3, 2021 The police command in Kano State, has arrested 63 suspected thugs and drug dealers in a clearance operation across the eight Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kano metropolis. The state spokesperson for the police, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, said this in a statement on ThursdayContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 3, 2021 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has supported Nigeria with 9.98 million dollars to improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects. This is contained in a statement issued by USAID Mission Director, Dr Anne Patterson in Kaduna. Patterson said the support wasContinue Reading
By A luta News June 3, 2021 Some stakeholders from Bauchi and Borno States have expressed support for Local Government financial autonomy in the country. The representatives of the two states expressed the support at the ongoing public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution by the House ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 3, 2021 The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), an agency of the United Nations says plant diseases rob the global economy of more than 220 billion dollars annually. A study supported by FAO and published on Wednesday, indicated that 40 per cent of global crop productionContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 3, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 25 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 166,560. The NCDC indicated this late Wednesday via its official Twitter handle. It added that the new infections were recordedContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 2, 2021 The Management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has approved the dismissal of two of its lecturers, over what it described as ‘poor moral conduct’. The lecturers were Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu of the Department of European Languages and Integration Studies, Faculty of Arts, who was caught byContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 2, 2021 The Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC) has urged the Federal Government to inaugurate the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to prevent resumption of hostilities in the region. This is contained in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Mr JatorContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 2, 2021 The International labour Organisation (ILO) says the economic crisis triggered by the COVID pandemic was expected to lead to the global unemployment of more than 200 million people by 2022. ILO noted in its’ World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021′, (WESO Trends), onContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 2, 2021 UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the recent abduction of students from an Islamic School in Tegina town, Niger State. Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, at a press briefing at the UN headquarters in New York, said Guterres was disturbed by the act.Continue Reading
