The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has identified paucity of funds as one of the major obstacles to implementing the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS). NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said this while presenting a paper at a two-day retreat on COVID-19 and health security in...
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President Buhari on Tuesday submitted the 2022 Appropriation amendment proposal to the National Assembly. The amendment proposal is contained in a letter from the President which was read during the plenary. Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila read the letter in their...
Dr Mohammad Barkindo, Secretary-General, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has received a special award at the Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS) 2022 for his achievements. This is contained in a statement released by OPEC on Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN)...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed Federal Government’s readiness and commitment to the effective actualisation of the Strategic Roadmap (2021 to 2025) of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Osinbajo made the commitment at the official inauguration of the Strategic Roadmap in Abuja. According to...
Mr Akaniyene Tommy, the Chairman of Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has promised to sponsor Miss Matilda Wills in the first year of her University education in Nigeria. Miss Matilda Wills, a native of Usung Inyang village, in Eket Local Government Area, scored an eye popping 380...
Assures doctors of improved salaries By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, alongside Senator Kashim Shettima were in the border town of Gamboru in Ngala Local Government Area, undertaking humanitarian responses, from Sunday to Tuesday. The leaders supervised and also got directly involved in the distribution...
A group, Coalition of Saraki Advocates (COSA), Kaduna State Chapter, has supported the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on its plan not to zone the 2023 presidential election to any of the six geo-political zones. The State Coordinator of COSA, Yasir Kamal, in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Monday said it was mobilising the electorate ahead of the 2023 general polls to determine those who would emerge political leaders in the country. Rt. Rev. Stephen Adegbite, Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of CAN, disclosed this in an interview with the News...
The UN Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Fund on Monday announced an additional $54.5 million in investments for projects across five countries to put the SDGs back on track. UN, in a statement, stated that Kenya, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Suriname and Zimbabwe were selected from proposals submitted by more than 100 countries, as being the...
The Image Merchants Promotions Limited (IMPR), publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential has instituted annual Prizes/Awards for Best Graduating Students in Public Relations and Digital Economy at Bayero University Kano (BUK). The awards which are named after a former Head of Department of Mass Communication at the university, Professor...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said its investment in research was geared towards innovation and national development. This was contrary to some reports on some media platforms crediting the Executive Secretary of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Muhammad Bugaje...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari is unwilling to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Following the refusal of the president to sign the document over the mode of primaries, the National Assembly had on January 31 transmitted the reworked bill to the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commended the Training of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) ahead of the constituencies by-election holding on Feb. 26 in Plateau, Cross River, Imo and Ondo States. The commission in a Bulletin made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja, said the training was...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Sen. Lekan Balogun on his appointment as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland. In a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Monday in Abuja, said the president noted that the dedication of High Chief Balogun, the...
Nigerians in Germany under the aegis of the Nigerian Union have declared their support for the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu as their preferred candidate for president in 2023. A statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Orji Uzor Kalu Media Office, said that the group...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola says he is confident of clinching the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket at its primary slated for Feb. 19. Governor Oyetola said this during his strategic Engagement Tour to Ejigbo Federal Constituency on Monday. The governor, while addressing traditional rulers in their palaces,...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says that prospective school candidates without National Identification Number (NIN) will be allowed to write this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The council’s Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the assurance at a news conference to announce...
The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to ensure that Nigerians have effective power supply through renewable energy. Mrs Margaret Oyinboade, Senior Information Officer, Ministry of Power, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Oyinboade quoted the minister as saying...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, an Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation has insisted that zoning the presidency to the South East will remain a fundamental ingredient for national unity. This is contained in a release signed by Presidential General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor and made available to newsmen in Owerri...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has appealed to the Nigerian authorities for the immediate signing of the handover protocol so that children caught in the web of conflict can swiftly access the psychosocial, medical and educational support they need. The UNICEF Chief Maiduguri Field Officer , Ms. Phuong...