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Katsina State Nutrition Officer, Abdulhadi Abdulkadir, thursday said no fewer than 200,000 children were suffering from acute malnutrition in the state. Abdulkadir, who was speaking in Katsina during a stakeholders’ meeting on nutrition organised through the foundation of First Lady, Aisha Buhari, called Future Assured, added that over one million children under five years in the state are stunted. He said: “Over one million children under five in Katsina State are not growing well, that is they are stunted. Stunting is one of the chronic forms of malnutrition that cannot be corrected. “Over 200,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition.…

In the aftermath of the Coronavirus currently ravaging nations of the world, management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), has advised travellers to be safety conscious, particularly in the area of personal and respiratory hygiene. In a statement issued in Lagos, the firm maintained that its officials have been strategically positioned to carry out necessary checks and other safety tips to assist other public health officials to track and report suspicious incidents. This, it stated, was being carried out in line with laid down instructions by regulatory agencies. The statement, according…

Minister of Finance and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, has disclosed that the federal government has flushed out 70,000 ghost workers from its payroll. Ahmed stated this in Kano yesterday during a retreat organised by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation for federal directors. She explained that since the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel System (IPPS) system not less than 70,000 ghost workers were detected and uncovered. The minister, who commended President Muhammadu Buhari for fully supporting the nation treasury and prudent financial management, added that the financial institution has never had a sound…

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has approved a request from Governor Douye Diri for a N2.9bn loan “to buy operational vehicles for the governor, deputy governor and other top government functionaries.” The assembly approved the loan for Diri during plenary on Tuesday following a motion moved by the Leader of the House, Monday Bubou-Obolo. Bubou-Obolo, who is the immediate past speaker of the assembly, said the proposed facility had repayment tenure of 36 months. He said, “The contractor that will provide these vehicles needs to have facility to provide them. This will be repaid within a period of 36…

British regional airline Flybe crashed into bankruptcy Thursday after the deadly coronavirus proved to be the final nail in its coffin. The biggest operator of UK domestic flights said it has sunk into administration — a last-ditch process aimed at salvaging at least some of the company. And with the carrier long blighted by fierce competition, volatile fuels costs and a weak pound linked to the uncertainty over Brexit, Flybe’s announcement to ground all flights now places some 2,000 jobs at risk. An airline source told Britain’s domestic Press Association news agency that sliding demand owing to COVID-19 had “made…

Kano State House of Assembly wednesday read two petitions sent to the lawmakers by a civil society organisation and a Kano resident, calling for the investigation of Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi ll. The Chairman of Assembly Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, and member, representing Sumaila Constituency, Hamza Massu, read one of the petitions which was signed by the Chairman of Society for the Promotion of Education and Culture, Mohammed Bello, while the other was signed by Muhammad Mukhtar. The petitions called for the investigation of the Emir over his non-challantt attitudes which they alleged were against the…

Iwu’s ‘isolated compound’ for the virus cure undergoing test in US, says FG Senegal wednesday confirmed two new cases of coronavirus bringing the country’s tally to four. A statement by the country’s Ministry of Health said the two cases had been confirmed by the Institut Pasteur de Dakar. This development is coming as an ‘isolated compound’ considered to be capable of curing COVID-19, which was reportedly discovered by a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu, is currently being subjected to scientific test in the United States. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu,…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said his efforts to build bridges across party lines and geopolitical zones have nothing to do with any presidential ambition in 2023. Fayemi, in a statement yesterday in Ado Ekiti by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications, Mr. Segun Dipe, cautioned against alleged misrepresentation of his efforts. He added that he was not working clandestinely towards building structures to prosecute his rumoured presidential ambition in 2023. The statement described such insinuation as a fallacy and a misrepresentation of Fayemi’s personality and conduct. It said the proponents of such rumour must have been…

Appeal Court receives appeal Obaseki celebrates An Abuja High Court ruling wednesday, ordering the party’s National Chairman, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, to obey his suspension by his ward in Edo State, opened the fault lines of the ruling party, pitching its governors against their National Leader, Senator Bola Tinubu. Tinubu is known to have installed Oshiomhole and has been his back bone, shielding him from the party’s ambitious state chief executives who see the national chairman as a stumbling block to their 2023 presidential aspirations. With the court ruling, believed to have been procured by proxy by the governors, analysts close…

The Senate wednesday moved to curb electoral offences and create a special court with the passage of the second reading of the bill to establish an electoral offenders’ commission. The bill proposes severely jail terms for election offences and violence. The bill sponsored by Senator Abubakar Kyari from Borno State is seeking to establish National Electoral Offences Commission and Other Related Matters. Most of senators supported the bill, arguing that the 2023 general elections would be a total war, if there’s no offences commission and special courts to sanitise the already violent electoral system. The new bill is also proposing…