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Food Insecurity: Nigeria Accounts For Two-thirds Of World’s Hungriest People Says UN
Nigeria has been listed as one of the eight countries that accounted for two thirds of the millions of people that suffered severe hunger in 53 countries…
Newborn Nigerian baby dies during home circumcision in Italy
A newly-born baby from a family of Nigerian migrants in Italy has died following a botched home circumcision, the second such incident in little over a week,…
Life expectancy in Nigeria now 52 years –NPC
The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that the current overall life expectancy of Nigeria stands at years. The acting chairman of NPC, Alhaji Hassan Bashir,…
Community Decries Killing Of Nigerian In South Africa
The President of the Nigerian Community in South Africa, Mr Benjamin Okoli, has decried the killing of a Nigerian, Mr Ire Chinello by an unidentified assailant on…
Fire Razes Buildings, Vehicles In Lagos
A midday inferno, on Thursday, razed a building on No. 15 Adebiyi Street, Magodo Phase 1, Lagos State, destroying properties worth millions of naira. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started…
Nigerian Army Restructures, Makes Fresh Postings
The Nigerian Army has released the postings and appointments of some of its senior officers. The acting director of army public relations, Col Sagir Musa said in a…
Lagos Collapsed Building: Buhari, Ambode Mourn As 12 Dead, 42 Rescued
No fewer than 12 persons have been reported dead and 42, mostly children, rescued from the rubble of a three-storey building which collapsed on Wednesday in Ita…
NPC Set To Release Deaths, Births Database
The National Population Commission (NPC) has assured release of a comprehensive database for Nigeria's births and deaths registration from 2004-2019 come December, 2019. This was disclosed by…
Nigerian Professor, Pius Adesanmi, Among 157 Victims Of Ethiopian Plane Crash
Popular political columnist, Prof. Pius Adesanmi, was among the 157 persons that died in the Ethiopian Airline crash. The Boeing 737-800 crashed in Bishoftu, shortly after takeoff…
Economic Cost of Violence against Nigerian Children Records $6.1bn
The economic impact of violence against children in Nigeria is estimated at $ billion, equivalent to about per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP),…
