Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano on Thursday presented a budget of N141.9 billion for 2022 to the State House of Assembly for approval. Governor Obiano, who tagged the budget “Continuity, Sustainability and Development of a New Anambra”, said that it would help to sustain his achievements in the last...
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The Federal Government has approved N2.5 billion as take-off grant for the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC). The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this at a one-day Southern Zone Stakeholders Consultation on Development of NSCC Strategic Plan on Thursday in Lagos. Farouq, who was...
Principal Consultant/CEO of Cattigan Communications Limited (publishers of NATIONAL ACCORD), Mr. Tom Chiahemen, has stressed the roles of effective business communication and due diligence in attracting online advertisements and corporate media partnership patronage, especially for a successful online media partnership. In a presentation to the business session of the...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian Exchange Limited is set to host the 6thedition of its virtual Market Data Workshop, on Wednesday, 3 November 2021 at 10:00 am prompt. The virtual event is themed “How Market Data Powers Investment Strategies Using Derivatives Products.” Interested participants can register to attend...
Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to step up its engagements with security agencies, to ensure that the Nov. 6 Anambra poll is violence free. Ms Cynthia Mbamalu, Director of Programmes, Yiaga Africa, made the call in the Watching the Vote...
The three kidnapped students of Christ the King Major Seminary in Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been released. The chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Reverend Father Emmanuel Okolo, said the three seminarians were released by their abductors on Wednesday. But there is no indication...
A replica of the iconic Zuma rock, a large natural monolith is currently on display at the ongoing International Arts and Crafts Expo, holding in Abuja. Organiser of the expo, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), said that the exhibition of the replica of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As the FCT Administration intensifies efforts towards the establishment of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ), in the nation’s capital, the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), has reaffirmed its commitment towards the project. The Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, of the African...
The National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), says it holding the International Arts and Crafts (INAC) Expo, to showcase Nigeria’s cultural strength to the world. The Director General (D-G) of NCAC, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, said this on Wednesday night at the 14th International Arts and Crafts (INAC) Expo...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State has said it would soon commenced the enforcement of installation of speed limit devices on articulated vehicles plying the Ore-Benin expressway. Mr Sikiru Alonge, the Ore Unit Commaner of FRSC said on Thursday in Ore, said...
Men of the Edo State Police Command have rescued 51 abducted victims in different operations across the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Phillip Ogbadu, disclosed this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Thursday. Ogbadu said that the victims were rescued...
The absence of Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday stalled the re-arraignment of former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, over alleged N400 million fraud. The court had, on Sept. 28, fixed today for Metuh’s re-arraignment, following Justice Egwuatu’s inability...
Nigeria’s famous pop singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as ‘2baba’, has urged youths in Anambra to be agents of peace and shun violence during the Nov. 6 governorship poll in the state. Idibia made the call on Thursday in Awka at the ongoing “Vote Not Fight” campaign organised by...
At least 22 people have lost their lives in a fire outbreak that ripped through a multi-purpose building in southern Taiwan, local media reported. The blaze broke out at a 13-storey 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung City. According to the Apple Daily, at least 12 people found earlier “without signs...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has provided assistance to thousands of needy people across Afghanistan, the agency said on Thursday. On Wednesday, the UNHCR in collaboration with a number of aid agencies provided essential household items to a total of 4,506 people in Kabul, Kandahar, Kunduz...
Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has called on journalists to engage more with state first ladies with a view to giving their projects more visibility. She made the appeal on Wednesday night in Abuja at an event organised by the Independent Newspapers to honour state...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has registered 251 infections and five COVID-19 related death on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total number of infections toll to 208,404. The NCDC, which made this known via its verified website on Thursday morning, said the 251...
A Joint Stakeholders Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, has petitioned the party over congresses and called for urgent intervention in ‘APC crisis in the state’. The group made the call in a petition to the APC National Chairman, Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee against the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Wednesday recognised Henrietta Lacks, a Black American woman, for her world-changing legacy with a special award. For the past seven decades, the cells of Lacks, who died of cervical cancer, have saved countless lives, and made numerous scientific breakthroughs possible,...