NACA to re-base HIV/AIDS prevalence rate - DG

The National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA) says it is will collaborate with stakeholders to re-base the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

Boko Haram: Adamawa women lauded for involvement in peace process

Ms Grace Atim, a Senior Research Fellow with Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), have lauded the commitment of women in Adamawa to peace process following the return of normalcy after insurgency in the state.

Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa, passes on

The Oba of Benin Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolopkolo Erediauwa, h‎as passed on.

UN decides to strengthen peace-building efforts to sustain peace

The UN Security Council and the General Assembly concurrently adopted resolutions on peace-building architecture, providing renewed momentum for the focus on sustaining peace within the UN system.

Women, Children Health Initiative To Check Mortality Rate – Aisha Buhari

The wife of Nigeria’s President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, says the Children and Women Health Initiative is aimed at promoting preventive medicine practices.

ABU Alumni Association to build overhead bridge by main campus North Gate

The Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Alumni Association says it will build an overhead bridge by the North Gate of the institution’s main campus in Samaru.

Ex-Kogi Lawmaker Gets 154 Years Imprisonment Over N1.4B Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday secured the conviction of a former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly and former Caretaker Chairman, Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of the state, Gabriel Daudu, for a N1.4 billion fraud.

Father burns children’s hands over alleged stealing of money

The Police in Niger have declared wanted one Aminu Abdulkadir of Kpakungu area of Minna for allegedly burning the hands of his two children accusing them of stealing his money.

Women seafarers decry sexual harassment, stress, on board ships

No fewer than 18 per cent of women seafarers globally decried sexual harassment, stress, anxiety and headaches on board ships.

Principal ,Bauchi Vocational Centre admonishes females to empower selves by accepting "males-dominated" professions

Mr Organiser Gbokiss, Principal of the Skills Upgrading and Vocational Centre of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity in Bauchi, has called for vigorous campaign to encourage women accept males-dominated professions.

Protect our forests, they determine continuity of human existence, says Aregbesola

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun said on Tuesday that natural forests should be jealously protected for they determine the continuity of the human existence.

Draft 2016 Political Declaration on ending AIDS released

Ahead of the 2016 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, organisations have released the zero draft of the 2016 Political Declaration on the Fast-Track to end AIDS.

Naira sells at N322 to dollar at parallel market

The Naira on Monday, traded at N322 to a dollar at the parallel market in Lagos.

'I was born without a womb, cervix and vagina'

Joanna Giannouli, 27, has a condition which means she has no womb, cervix and upper vagina. Here, she explains the challenges of a syndrome that affects around one in 5,000 women.

VVF: Borno hospital records 28 severe cases

The Borno Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri said on Sunday that it had so far recorded 28 severe cases of Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) this year.

WHO declares Adamawa Polio-free state - Official

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Adamawa as a polio-free state.

The WHO Coordinator in the state, Dr Nuhu Ningi, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Yola.

Curve International targets 2,000 jobs for Nigerian women

Maria Brewer, Deputy Chief of Mission, United State embassy in Nigeria, on Friday in Abuja said that Curve International is targeting 2,000 jobs for Nigerian women in the next five years.

Maria, who made the disclosure while declaring open a fitness centre at the zone E Apo Legislative quarters, said it is a franchise of a U.S. based business mogul, Gary Heavin.

Kogi Assembly passes N99.9bn Appropriation Bill 2016

Kogi House of Assembly on Tuesday passed N99.9 billion as the State’s Appropriation Bill for 2016 and called on the executive to ensure its proper implementation.

The budget is N25.00 billion higher than the N74.99 billion proposals presented to it by the executive arm of government.

Reps summon AGF, IGP over Kogi Assembly

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, summoned the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, to appear before its Committee on Judiciary over his alleged role in the Kogi House of Assembly crisis.

NOA, UNICEF Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have urged parents, especially mothers as well as community leaders to support the campaign against female genital mutilation.

Kogi House of Assembly suspends 10 members over lingering crisis

Kogi House of Assembly has suspended 10 members of the house for their alleged involvement in the leadership crisis rocking the state legislature since November 2015.

The suspension order issued on the floor of the house at plenary on Tuesday, followed the adoption of a report of the ad hoc committee commissioned on March 10.

Saraki-led Senate lacks integrity -TMG

The Transition Monitoring Group has described the Senate as morally challenged and  bereft of integrity for maintaining what it called a criminal silence in the face of the prosecution of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki for corruption.

Smart Adeyemi defects to APC

The Senator who represented the Kogi West Senatorial District in the 6th and 7th Senate, Smart Adeyemi, on Friday formally defected to the All Progressives Congress.

Zimbabwe police aborts ‘#BringBackOurWomen from Kuwait’ march

Police in Harare on Wednesday stopped a planned march to demonstrate for the immediate repatriation of Zimbabwean women stranded in the Kuwait where they were allegedly being used as sex slaves.

Dozens of anti-riot police besieged Megawatt House in Samora Machel Avenue where the march was expected to start and immediately moved to disperse the handful of women who had gathered at for the peaceful demonstration.

UN peacekeeping Chief condemns sexual exploitation in CAR

A top UN peacekeeping official says the protection of and assistance to victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains the Organisation's top priority.

Ebola: Boy tests positive in latest Liberia flare-up

A five-year-old boy has tested positive to Ebola in Liberia days after his mother died of the virus in the second flare-up of the disease in West Africa, an official said.

Nigeria steps up preparations for ending AIDS by 2030

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has stepped up efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, the UNAIDS, has said.

This is contained in a statement issued by the UN National Information Officer, Mr Oluseyi Soremekun, on Monday in Abuja.

Swedish woman diagnosed with Lassa fever

A Swedish hospital on Friday said it was treating a female patient with Lassa fever, citing that she had contracted the disease while traveling in West Africa.

The Sahlgrenska University Hospital, where she was being treated, said that her condition was improving.

Mrs Obiano donates houses to 5 widows in Anambra

The Wife of Anambra Governor, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, on Saturday donated two-bedroom apartment each to five widows in the state.

The donation was in fulfillment of the governor’s wife pledge made to some widows in the state in October 2015.

UN to relocate humanitarian coordination centre to Maiduguri

The United Nations says it will relocate its humanitarian coordination centre to Maiduguri to enable it response effectively to the humanitarian crisis created by Boko Haram insurgency in the North-Eastern Nigeria.

UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Ms Fatma Samoura, stated this at the end of her humanitarian situation assessment visit to Borno on Saturday.

Army re-opens Maiduguri mammy market, empowers women, youths

The Nigerian Army on Saturday announced the re-opening of the Maimalari Cantonment Mammy Market, Maiduguri, after three years it closed down due to insurgency.

Brig.-Gen. Victor Ezugwu, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, made the announcement at the launch of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Investment Initiatives for Barracks Community in Maiduguri.

Kidnapped Cleric found dead in Kaduna bush

President of the United Church of Christ in Nigeria, Rev. Emmanuel Dziggau and two other clergy men who were abducted along Kaduna-Abuja Express way by armed gun men have regained their freedom after ten days in captivity.

Nigeria records first Frozen Egg / Embryo baby

Nigeria has recorded the birth of its first baby conceived through the embryo freezing protocol.

The feat was recorded by The Bridge Clinic, Lagos, on February 16, with the delivery of a male child, named Tiwatope.