By Chinwendu Agoha (Governance Reporter)

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, declared Friday April 7th April (Good Friday) and Easter Monday, 10th April, 2023, as public holidays.

A San Francisco court has ordered Tesla to pay almost $3.2 million to a former contract worker who said he experienced racist abuse while working at a company factory in Fremont, California.

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

A senior lecturer with the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), Professor Ibrahim Abdullahi, has noted that no law can thrive if protection of public morality is not the basis of its existence.

• * Says Nigeria Loses About ₦455 Billion GDP Annually To Poor Sanitation
• As NOA Laments Death Of Children, Sensitizes Residents On Effect In Nasarawa

By David Okpashi (Nasarawa State Correspondent, in Lafia)

Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, on Wednesday, faulted the negative implications of open defecation prevalent in many states of the federation.

Adamu who spoke at a one day sensitization of residents of Nasarawa state in Lafia, disclosed that Nigeria loses about ₦455 Billion GDP annually due to poor access to sanitation.

Represented by the National Coordinator, Clean Nigeria Campaign, Chizoma Opara, Adamu said Nigeria is the second country after India with child deaths due to diarrhea and other diseases.

"Nigeria loses about ₦455 Billion of her GDP annually to poor access to sanitation. Nigeria is the second country after India with the most child deaths due to diarrhea.

"There are about 102,000 under 5 child deaths which occurs each year. So, the issue of open defecation should be taken seriously so that we can tackle these challenges," the minister stated.

He appealed to all residents of Nasarawa State to embrace the use of toilets instead of passing feaces in bushes and other open places to avert the spread of diseases in the state .

Earlier, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) had said the sensitization programme of the agency was designed to take the fight against open defecation to Nasarawa State, warning the residents to desist from the acts.

According to NOA, residents were also sensitized on the adverse effect of open defecation across the 13 Local Government Areas of the State to avoid polluting the environment and spread of diseases.

Speaking at a One-day sensitization programme on "Open Defecation-Free Nigeria" in Lafia, Director General of NOA, Garba Abari, decried the impact of the unwholesome practice that had caused various diseases including diarrhea, cholera, typhoid, among residents of the state.

The NOA Director General who blamed high rate of death of Children under five, poverty, high cost of treatment of the diseases said the National Orientation Agency was in Nasarawa to continue with it's fight against open defecation prevalence in the state.

"I am in Nasarawa State today for our continuous nationwide sensitization campaign aimed at reducing Open Defecation Free Nigeria by year 2025.

The issue of Open Defecation all over the world has assumed disturbing proportion because of its implications on public health. Open defecation is a condition where human faeces are disposed off in fields, forests, open streams, beaches, gutters and other open spaces.

"This Nationwide sensitization campaign is aimed at redirecting behavioral attitude as well as improving, ensuring access to good water, sanitation and hygiene practices as a way to achieving the goal of making Nigeria Open Defecation free by 2025."

Speaking also at the sensitization programme, Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, expressed gratitude to NOA and the Federal Ministry of Water Resources for their efforts towards ensuring that open defection is eradicated in the country.

Sule, represented by the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Water Resources, Nuhu Oshafu, urged the participants to fully participate and actively contribute to the discussions in order to have the required knowledge to proffer a lasting solution to the unwholesome practice in the state. NNL.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

In order to make life easier for his people, the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has approved free train ride for osun indigenes in Lagos and other South West States willing to celebrate Easter festival with their families in Osun state.

By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)

The National Population Commission (NPC) in Bauch said that arrangements have been concluded to recruit 28,579 ad-hoc staff in this year's 2023 population and housing census in the State.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

SUN Newspaper Publisher and Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has lost his wife, Mrs Ifeoma Ada Kalu.

By Chinwendu Agoha (Governance Reporter)

History will remember President Muhammadu Buhari as one leader who dared to invest successfully in Frontier Basins exploration especially with the ongoing drilling of oil in Nasarawa State and Kolmani area bordering Bauchi and Gombe States.

By Chinwendu Agoha (Governance Reporter)

The reduction in waiting time for vessels at Nigerian ports to less than three days from the previous 45 days is another milestone of the Buhari administration.

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

No fewer than 24 passengers travelling from Zaria in Kaduna state to Lagos have lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident involving a truck carrying 87 people at Etsuworo village, Kutigi Local Government Area of Niger state.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has identified charity organizations as a critical partner in the delivery of social services to the people. He disclosed his administration's readiness to provide the policy framework to enable philanthropic groups to thrive.

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central,in Minna)

Madalla market situated along the Abuja-Zuba-Kaduna high way, near Zuma rock, Suleja Local Government Area, will soon be relocated to a safer location to end gridlocks as well as the hazards on the people patronizing the weekly market.