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Boosting Nigerian Army’s amphibious defence capabilities

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By Dianabasi Effiong

The capability of the Nigerian Army to engage in amphibious warfare was significantly enhanced when the Minister of State for Defence, Chief Olusola Obada, recently inaugurated eight K-38 Twin Hull gunboats and eight refurbished warships of the Fast Assault Craft (FAC) category in Calabar.

 

Sagging: What’s its origin? What do Nigerians think?

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By Richard Ihediwa and A’isha Biola Raji

Sagging! A fashion considered by many to be silly and crazy has continued to tighten its grip on the society. Of course, it is not native Nigerian. It came from the outside but now it is a fashion that is cutting across the country, holding fast on its victims irrespective of gender, tribe or age.

 

Bracing to challenges of malnutrition among Nigerian children

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By Shittu Ahmed Obassa

By virtue of the role nutrition plays in the survival, growth, development and sustenance of children below the age of five, the experts say nutrition has become a developmental issue both for the individuals and the nation at large.

 

Lifting Nigerians out of poverty via IFAD-assisted programmes

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By Archibong Asuquo

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was founded in 1974 by the UN to tackle rural poverty in developing nations of the world. It was also largely a swift response by the global body to drought and famine that ravaged many nations at that time, especially on the African continent.

 

Water as catalyst for good health, agric production

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By Magdalene Ukuedojor and Kate Obande

Mrs Cornelia Paul, a housewife and food vendor, lives at Karu in the FCT, Abuja. She is pained that her family and neighbours have no access to potable water!

 
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