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Nigeria: Northern Coalition, Okogie Warn Buhari Against Re-election Bid in 2019

A coalition of youth groups in Northern Nigeria have urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019. The leaders of the group known as Northern Youth Coalition, made the point while addressing journalists at the Press Centre in Kano.Speaking on behalf of the coalition, leaders of the group, Abdulmajid Saad and his secretary, Salisu Indabawa, the coalition who scored President Buhari's perfomance low, explained that seeking re-election “could be a disgraceful move.” The coalition comprises 36 youth groups.in the northern part of Nigeria.

Publish Date: Wednesday, January 10th 2018 | Read Comments

Nigeria: Mercy Girl’s High School hold inaugural old girls’ meeting, solicit support to give the college a facelift

Some of the old girls', management and students of Mercy Girls' High School in a group photograph

Management and Staff of Girls' High School Ehime now Mercy Girl's High School Umezeala-Owerri in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area, Imo State, Southeast Nigeria have decried the deplorable state of infrastructure in the institution. They are therefore in dire need of support from its Old Girls' Association, sons and daughters of Ehime with the country and in the diaspora. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the inaugural meeting of the old girls' association of the institution at the college on the recently. The Principal of the school, the Reverend Father Chidubem Paul Nwangwu who described the state of infrastructure in the school as being in a pitiable situation, noted that this has resulted to decline in the number of students in the institution.

Publish Date: Monday, January 8th 2018 | Read Comments

Watermelon seeds – A vital source for essential nutrients

watermelon

Certain fruits and vegetables fulfil your fluid requirements. Some fruits & vegetable have high water content. One of such fruits is watermelon. Your body cannot function properly without enough water, which comprises 60 percent of your body weight. Water helps transport oxygen, fat and glucose to your working muscles, regulate your body temperature, digest food and eliminate waste products. Besides water, certain fruits and vegetables also fulfil your fluid requirements in addition to providing healthy nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, fibre and protein. High Water Content Fruits.

Publish Date: Thursday, December 28th 2017 | Read Comments

Nigeria: National Symposium underway in Abuja

A National Symposium on Resolving the Risk in the Agricultural Value Chain is underway in Abuja, the Nigerian Federal Capital. The national symposium is on focusing attention to fix the bottlenecks in the nation’s agricultural value chain.

Publish Date: Monday, November 27th 2017 | Read Comments

natundO set to reduce malnutrition, infant mortality rate, and increase income for the less privileged in Nigeria

(Pix caption: Noiler Country Coordinator, Bunmi Oluwalasinu handing over natnudO noiler birds and eggs to Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, who presents them to the beneficiaries.)

As part of efforts to reduce the high rate of malnutrition, infant and maternal mortality, as well as stunting among children in rural communities in Nigeria, natnudO Foods Limited, producers of natnudO Chicken and eggs, has donated five thousand (5,000) Noiler birds and seventy- five thousand (7,5000) eggs to indigent people in the Borno State, northeast Nigeria. This includes widows and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

Publish Date: Sunday, November 19th 2017 | Read Comments