By Aluta News June 10, 2021 The UN on Thursday said for the first time in two decades the number of children put to work had risen to 160 million worldwide, representing an increase of 8.4 million over four years. In a report on “Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trendsContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 10, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to tell British Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to let the row over Northern Ireland’s Brexit arrangements put the Good Friday Agreement at risk when the pair meet on Thursday. In the U.S. president’s first overseas visit, aidesContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 10, 2021 The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN), the U.S. Agency for International Development, (USAID) and the Tuberculosis Local Organization Network, (TB LON 3), have said that Nigeria was expected to identify 432,000 tuberculosis cases annually. The IHVN, Director, Technical Programs, TB LON 3 project,Continue Reading
By Aluta News June 10, 2021 NAN)Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 64 new cases of COVID-19 . The new figure, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said, raised the total number of infections in the country to 166, 982. The News Agency Of Nigeria(NAN), reports that Nigeria recorded 102 on Tuesday. The agencyContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 9, 2021 The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Wednesday suspended its two-month-old nationwide strike. ASUP’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Abdullahi Yalwa, made the disclosure in a press statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the suspended would take effect from Thursday (June 10).Continue Reading
By Aluta News June 9, 2021 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has published the official notice for the Nov. 6, Anambra governorship election in all its offices across the state. The commission disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja by Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi the ChiefContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 9, 2021 The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) says with the implementation of One-State-One-Product (OSOP) initiative by the Federal Government, it will exceed 30 billion dollars revenue generation through non-oil exports by 2025. Mrs Pauline Ndulaka, Deputy Director of NEPC said this during a one-day workshopContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 9, 2021 The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the microblogging platform, Twitter, has approached the Federal Government for dialogue with a view to resolving the problem that led to the suspension of its activities in Nigeria. Mohammed made this known to StateContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 9, 2021 The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed 29 bills and 44 resolutions that have impacted on the lives of the people of the state positively in the last two years. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, made this known at theContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 9, 2021 The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has earmarked no fewer than 21,000 prospective retirees to be registered soon on its newly developed online enrollment application across the Federation. Mr Anyim Nyerere, Commissioner, Technical, PenCom, said this at a Workshop organised by the commission for PensionContinue Reading
