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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja afterattending the coronation of King Charles the third in theUnited Kingdom.The President had departed the nation’s capital on the 3rd ofMay for the ceremony which took place on the 6th of May2023.He was scheduled to return to the country after the coronationceremony in London, but his spokesman Femi Adesinaannounced an extension of his stay in the UK by a week...

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Burkina Faso coach Brahima Traore has praised his players for their heroic performance against favourites, Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets.The Young Stallions stunned Nduka Ugbade’s boys 2-1 to seal a place in the semi-finals on Thursday night.The Burkinabes also joined Senegal, Morocco and Mali as the four teams that will represent Africa at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.Traore stated that his players gave their all to achieve their m...

The World Health Organization has added Pediatric Zinc Sulphate tablet (20 miligram dispersible tablet) manufactured by Swiss Pharma (SWIPHA) Nigeria Limited to its list of prequalified medicines.The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, revealed this in Lagos.She said the drug had passed through the WHO’s prequalification test upon confirmation, becoming the first in Sub-Saha...

The International Food Policy Research Institute, in partnership with the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research, has urged the Federal Government to be proactive in responding to food crisis in the country.Senior Research Fellow, Katrina Kosec, made the call in Abuja at the Presentation of the institute’s 2023 Global Food Policy Report, and the Launch of CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict and Migration.Kosec said ins...