Serving Overseer of First Love Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Simeon Afolabi has called on Christians around the world on the need to have understanding of the mind of God in the wake of the current Coronavirus pandemic. In an online broadcast on Sunday, Afolabi said there are various schools of thought trying to explain the current global happening. He also said …

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Nigerians living in the US may experience tougher days ahead as most shops are running out of supplies of favourite African food stuffs. Nigerian staple foods including garri, yams, ogbono, pepper, smoked fish and other condiments are fast getting exhausted without further supplies from home as a result of measures put in place to prevent spread of the virus. As …

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While the budget for agriculture in Lagos State continues on a downward journey, the Humanity Family Foundation For Peace and Development (HUFFPED) has applauded efforts of women farmers in Badagry Local Government Area of the state who against adequate support have remained on the farm to support their families. In a recent rally in Badagry, Lagos State, HUFFPED interacted with …

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In its bid to enhance the education of students in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, a nongovernmental organisation, Deo Gratias has distributed educational materials comprising mathematical sets and notebooks among students in selected secondary schools urging students to be good ambassadors of their schools. The distribution took place at the Government Day Secondary School and Government High School, both in …

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In March 2019, Nigeria’s Federal Government indicated that national HIV prevalence in the country was 1.4% among adults aged 15–49 years. Before the 2019 data, previous estimates had indicated a national HIV prevalence of 2.8% which means the scourge is on a downward trend. Meanwhile according to UNAIDS and the National Agency for the Control of AIDS there is an …

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Biodun Bamgboye is the founder and lead facilitator at the Satus Dignus Child Rescue Initiative (SDCRI); a nongovernmental organisation operating a home in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital. The home since 2017 has seen the reformation and reintegration of erstwhile street children some of who are back to their original families and some who have grown to be responsible adults. …

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Dr. Chief (Mrs.) Atim Eneida George served as the Public Affairs Officer at the United States Embassy in Nigeria. Today she has seen Nigeria as her second home having visited several states. Recently she visited Makoko, a Lagos local community in commemoration of the Black History Month and Women History Month during which visit she sensitised people especially women from …

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One of the sad realities of Nigeria’s economy today is that it still remains a mono-economy depending on crude oil as its mainstay. That has been the albatross hanging on our neck as a nation from the time oil was discovered in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State in 1956. This reality has however made governments over the years to introduce programmes and policy instruments that would help enhance non-oil …

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History today in Kano repeated itself when Nigerians received the news of the ouster of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi with on Monday by the state government. It would be recalled that Sanusi’s grandfather, Emir Sir Muhammadu Sanusi I, KBE was deposed as Emir of Kano in 1963. The senior Sanusi reigned between 1954 and 1963. The …

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Former Public Affairs Officer of the United States Embassy in Nigeria, Dr. (Mrs.) Atim Eneida George has sensitised dwellers of Makoko community in Lagos State on their rights to vote and participate in the electoral process, emphasising the importance of education for the youths especially the girl child. George who also holds a chieftaincy title in Nigeria made her first …

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