June 26, 2019

Kebbi Emir calls for more aids from EU, UNICEF in community

Handwashing without soap a waste – UNICEF

June 26, 2019 9:44 am
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)  on Wednesday  advised Nigerians to use soap or ash and running water to was hands after defecation to prevent infection and illness.
Mr  Bioye Ogunjobi, a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist with UNICEF,  gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Ogunjobi said that using water alone is not proper hand washing technique as it could not totally clean the hand.
According to him, faeces is oily and cannot easily come off after using tissue paper or water to clean-up after defecation.
“Proper hand washing means
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Terrorists kill 7 policemen in Egypt

Terrorists kill 7 policemen in Egypt

June 26, 2019 9:09 am

No fewer than 7 Egyptian policemen, including one officer, have been killed in terrorist attacks on different check points in the North Sinai city of Arish.

The country’s Interior Ministry said this in a statement on Wednesday.

“Four terrorists have been killed, including a suicide bomber who set off his explosives at one of the checkpoints attacked,” the statement said.

It added that security forces had frustrated terrorist attacks that took place in southern and western Arish on Tuesday night.

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