The WHO and UNICEF on Friday, applauded the Philippines for ending the polio outbreak almost two years after the highly infectious disease re-emerged in the country. In a joint statement, the UN agencies said the Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) officially stopped the polio outbreak response on June 3....
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The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Kebbi, has commenced training for no fewer that 50 unemployed graduates on business start-up skills. The NDE Director-General, Malam Abubakar Nuhu- Fikpo, said at the opening of the programme in Birnin Kebbi on Friday that the participants would be trained on how...
Some gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly attacked Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, in Kaduna State, abducting some lecturers and their families. An official of Kaduna Sate Vigilance Service who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) but did not want his name mentioned, said some students of...
Afrobeat singer, Damini Ogulu, a.k.a Burna Boy, has received his Grammy awards plaque. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the afrobeat singer’s ‘Twice as Tall Album’ won Best Global Music album at the 63rd Grammy awards, which was held in March in Los Angeles, United States of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph N. Ari has commended the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI), Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo, CON and his counterpart, Ambassador Mariam Yalwaji Katagum, for providing qualitative leadership that has unleashed innovativeness and...
Similar to the 2030 Sustainable Agenda which calls for smart partnerships, collaborations, ecosystem thinking, co-creation and alignment of various intervention efforts by the public and private sectors and civil society, creative and innovative thinking by all strata of the society-public and private sector and civil society-to promoting sustained and...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to introduce digital currency before the end of the year, its Director Information Technology, Rakiya Mohammed, said on Thursday. Speaking at the end of 306th Bankers’ Committee Meeting, she said the currency will be accessible to all Nigerians. Admitting the risks associated...
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) sub-regional interconnection project referred to as 330 KV North Core Power Project is estimated to cost 568 million dollars upon completion . Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the first Joint Ministerial Steering Committee Meeting (JMSC)....
China has arrested more than a thousand people for using the profits from crime to buy cryptocurrencies, security officials said, as part of a growing crackdown on the industry. The country’s bitcoin mines power nearly 80 percent of the global trade in cryptocurrencies, although trading in China is banned....
The ECOWAS Parliament has moved a step closer toward achieving a single currency for the sub-region as it adopted the draft resolution on the Macroeconomic Convergence and stability Pact. The pact, which was adopted at the closing of its First Ordinary Session in Abuja, was a critical prelude to...
The Nigerian Army has announced the appointment Maj.-Gen. Chris Musa, as the new Theatre Commander of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operation in the North East. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, said this in a statement on the new posting and appointments of...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Njaba Local Government Area chapter in Imo, has pledged to work to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the area. The pledge is in a communique read by the CAN Secretary, Rev. Chigozie Nwaka, during an advocacy dialogue on FGM, organised by the...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party has approved the dissolution of Plateau State Executive Committee of the party. The party disclosed this in statement by its National Organising Secretary, retired Col. Austin Akobundu, on Thursday in Abuja. Akobundu said that the NWC also appointed a...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has appealed to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to stop the proposed June 12 national protest, considering the security situation in the country. Bello made the appeal when the leadership of the association paid him a consultation visit on Thursday in...
A federal lawmaker, Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has trained at least 1,000 women in different skills as part of his economic empowerment programme for his constituents. Rep. Onuigbo, representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, also doled out stipends to 40 best participants, during a brief closing ceremony in Umuahia on...
The Nigerian women handball team on Thursday in Yaoundé fell 19-31 to their Cameroonian hosts in their second game at the African Women Handball Championship. In the match at the Multipurpose Sports Centre, the Nigerian girls could not cope with the firepower of hosts Cameroon. They did start the...
The Executive Director of Commercial and Strategy, TotalEnergies, Mr George Oguachuba, has said the company targets 50 per cent gas energy mix by 2030. Oguachuba made this known at a panel discussion at the 4th Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja on Thursday. ”As a company and a business,...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has launched an enhanced broker performance ranking report designed to provide detailed insight into the performance of trading license holders across asset classes and improve participation in other exchange products. The new ranking report was launched on Thursday, 10 June...