A World Bank Specialist on Welfare Economics, Prof. Foluso Okunmadewa says Nigeria loses 1.5 billion dollars in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually to vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

A severe flood would submerged many communities in Nigeria, in the few weeks, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said.

If ongoing discussions between the World Bank and Lagos State Government to through, there is every likelihood that public water supply in the state will be privatised.

A 32-year old mother of three children, Margret Edet, whose third child, Eno Abasi Edet is currently on admission at the general hospital, Calabar, the Cross Rivers state capital is faced with the

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday, expressed worry that despite the huge natural resources that Nigeria is blessed with, it still loses no fewer than 500,000 infants to malnutr

The coastal communities of Ilaje Local Government in Ondo State, have protested against the composition of the committee set up to compensate affected communities and other persons following the Bo

A total of 1,959 flood victims in Eket and Uyo have received N50,000 each from the Akwa Ibom State Government as part of efforts to provide relief for them.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, in Abuja, approved several actions to fast-track the long-delayed implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Report on the environ

The Federal Executive Council, chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the draft of National Policy on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for the nation.

The Ministry of Power is considering a paradigm shift in the power sector in the country having presented a proposal to the President on de­velopment of renewable energy sources in 2015 that presid