17 February 2021 Armed men have kidnapped at least 27 children from a secondary school in central Nigeria’s Niger state, according to officials. Abdullberqy Ebbo, director general for strategic operation of Niger state in a tweet said “one student was shot by ...
23 January 2019| 16 Jumadul Ulaa 1440| Anadolu Agency Nigeria declared an “emergency situation” Tuesday due to an outbreak of Lassa fever, according to health authorities. The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Chikwe Ihekweazu ...
14 November 2018| 06 Rabi ul Awwal 1440| Anadolu Agency Hijab is now officially part of school uniform for Muslim girls wanting to wear it, a government circular in Nigeria’s southwest Lagos State said on Tuesday, likely resting years of ...
28 September 2018|18 Muharram 1440|BBC News “Going without food for any person, for any child – it’s destabilising, it shakes you to your core. I remember being a child and going without food and being able to have just one good ...
112 July 2018|28 Shawaal 1439|Anadolu Agency A female Nigerian law student banned from last year’s call to bar ceremony for wearing a headscarf was finally called to the bar on Tuesday, sparking praise and elation among the nation’s Muslims. In 2017 Firdaus ...
Cii Radio|Ayesha Ismail|09 May 2018| 22 Shabaan 1439 Nigeria’s authorities have shut down three leading drugs companies after a BBC investigation into addiction to cough syrup containing codeine. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) said it shut ...
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail|24 April 2018| 07 Shabaan 1439 In Nigeria 88,000 children are at risk of death due to acute malnutrition in the region, a UNICEF official said. According to UNICEF Chief Field Officer Geoffrey Ijumba, during the closing speech at ...
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 10 October 2017| 19 Muharram 1439 Nigeria’s center for disease control said Monday that 31 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported in at least seven states, triggering immediate activation of a national emergency response. The center had ...
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 12 April 2017| 14 Rajab 1438 Appeal made for $4bn as mix of drought and conflict threatens 20 million The risk of mass starvation in four countries – Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen – is rapidly rising ...
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 26 January 2017| 27 Rabi ul Aakir 1438 Unless action is taken, 240 children will die everyday, the United Nations children’s agency says Tens of thousands of children are at risk of starving to death in Nigeria unless ...
