The Federal Government is to assist a private shipbuilding firm, Norfin Offshore Shipyard, to thrive. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the pledge on Saturday in Ikot Ukpong, Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, while inaugurating the firm’s shipyard. Mustapha, represented...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Prof Suleiman Bogoro, has disclosed that the size of any country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is meaningless without its impact on citizens. Bogoro stated this while delivering a lecture at the 9th Convocation Ceremony...
By ADEDAYO OMOTUNDE – Although not encouraged, favoritism is not new in the workplace, and I might have been perceived as guilty of it based on certain decisions I took during a particular hiring process 7 years ago. I was unit head in a multinational company (MNC). I headed...
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu has urged members of the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP) to tackle the consequences of rapid urbanisation in most cities across the country. Mr Austine Elemue, Special Assistant on Media to the minister in a statement on Sunday, said Aliyu made...
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on Sunday said that the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulation 2021 law would help to curb the spread of the pandemic across the country. Prof. Innocent Ujah, NMA President, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. NAN reports that...
The Oyo State Government has donated two Hilux vans each to the Nigerian Army and Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) Unit of the state government.Presenting the vehicles to the recepients in Ibadan on Saturday, Gov. Seyi Makinde said his administration would continue to support the agencies of government in the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians of full implementation of the 2021 budget, with all transparency and openness in meeting the targets, while appreciating the National Assembly for the effective and detailed attention before the passage. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, called on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to encourage more participation and ownership of the party at the grassroots. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said the president made call when he hosted Senate President,...
The Association for Orphans and Vulnerable Children NGOs in Nigeria (AONN) has appealed to the Police to investigate alleged camping of under-aged girls for trafficking and prostitution Lokoja. Mr Nathaniel Abaniwo, Coordinator of the Kogi chapter of AONN, made the call in a press statement on Saturday in Lokoja....
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has nominated Belarus opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, for the Nobel Peace Prize, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday. Nauseda nominated the activist, who has been living in Lithuania since fleeing her homeland in the wake of a disputed Aug. 9 presidential...
The Centre for Community Development and Research Network has commenced the empowerment of 2,230 beneficiaries with conditional and unconditional cash transfer across six local government areas in Kano State. The Technical Director of the centre, Mr Abba Isyaku disclosed this while inaugurating the environmental sanitation and hygiene promotion programme...
outh Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) on Saturday defended its decision of selecting Xiaomei Havard as a member of parliament, saying the country is a non-racial and non-sexist. ANC Chief Whip, Pemmy Majodina, said Havard is a trained ICT professional, a computer scientist, a businesswoman and a philanthropist with...
Mr Shanabo Abubakar has been re-elected as the new Chairman of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN). Abubakar was re-elected for another tenure of four years at the 9th Quadrennial State Delegates Conference of the MHWUN FCT council on Saturday in Abuja. Others elected are Mr...
Nigeria is set to participate in the sport of Canoeing, Rowing and Sailing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Sport and Youth Development, made the remarks at the closing of the ‘2021Admiral Porbeni Boat Race’ on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that...
The death of Akeem Sadiku, popularly called Dodo, an International Super Middleweight Champion, has thrown the nation’s boxing family into deep mourning.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief Executive Officer, Afrique Boxing Promotion, Olusola Ayodele, announced Sadiku’s death on Saturday.Ayodele said that Sadiku had a successful surgery...
Egypt will re-nominate Ahmed Aboul-Gheit as Secretary-General of the Arab League (AL) for a second term, Egyptian Presidential spokesman, Bassam Rady, said on Saturday. President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi sent messages to Arab leaders to express Egypt’s intention to re-nominate Aboul-Gheit as the AL chief for another five years, Rady said...
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the nomination of Lt. Col. Yusuf Dodo as his Aide-De-Camp (ADC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the appointment of Dodo followed the nomination of Buhari’s out-going ADC, Col. Mohammed Abubakar to attend a five-month course in Santiago, Chile from March 8...
President Emmanuel Macron defended his decision to hold off on a third lockdown on Saturday. Macron told the public he had faith in their ability to rein in COVID-19 with less severe curbs even as a third wave spreads and the vaccine rollout falters. From Sunday, France will close...
Kenya’s public debt rose by 1.3 trillion shillings ($11.8 billion) in 2020. This is as the east African nation stepped up borrowing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and implemented various infrastructure projects. The Central Bank, in its weekly update of the financial markets on Friday, noted that the...
Ayomide Bello, from Edo won four gold medals at the ‘2021Admiral Porbeni Boat Race’ on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 11 states, clubs and individuals participated in the three days three-day events. The competition was organised by the Nigeria Canoe, Rowing and Sailing...