The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to governments at all levels and relevant stakeholders to increase nutrition budgeting to reverse the malnutrition trend among Nigerian children.UNICEF nutrition officer Nkeiru Enwelum made the appeal on Wednesday in Port Harcourt during a two-day media dialogue on ‘Nutrition Financing in Nigeria’.Ms
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Nigerians of his renewed and energized focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful, and prosperous nation, following the judgment by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja.He also commended Justice Haruna Tsammani’s “diligence and undaunted thoroughness” in interpreting the law as opposition
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Senator Abubakar Ohere, representing Kogi Central in the upper legislative chamber, has reacted to the tribunal judgement that nullified his election, saying he received the judgement with great shock.Worrisome to him is the aspect bordering on the Tribunal’s decision that as respondent, he ought to have filed a cross-petition to
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Electricity regulator, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has approved an upward increase in the cost of acquiring prepaid electric meter in the country.A single-phase prepaid meter will now cost N81,975.16, up from the previous N58,661.69, while the cost of a three-phase prepaid meter has been raised to N143,836.10, from
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday ended its two-day warning strike over unmet agreements by the federal government on the consequences of fuel subsidy removal, with a directive to all workers to resume work today.NLC national president, Comrade Joe Ajaero, who announced the end of the strike in a press
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The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed as incompetent, the case the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, filed to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election.The court held that issues the APM raised in its petition contained pre-election matters that could only be determined by the Federal High Court.Chairman
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Vice President Kashim Shettima, state governors and chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Labour Party (LP), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are on the ground at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) ahead of the court’s verdict.The APC governors present are those of Kogi, Yahaya Bello; Nassarawa,
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Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has withdrawn the lawsuit he filed at the Federal High Court aimed at thwarting alleged efforts by Governor Godwin Obaseki to unseat him from office.Shaibu, in a circular dated September 5, 2023, referred to the lawsuit with Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1027/2023, which listed the Inspector
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President Bola Tinubu has arrived Delhi, the capital of India, where he will attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit and engage in other official meetings.Tinubu arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, at about 6:40 pm (2:10 pm Nigerian time), accompanied by some senior government officials.Besides participating in the Summit
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Former Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi has admitted that the protest which trailed the 2012 fuel subsidy removal during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was largely for political interests.Fayemi said this while speaking at a national dialogue organised to celebrate the 60th birthday celebration of the founding National Secretary
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