The Professional Golfers Association (PGAN) says training will help improve the skills of professional golf players. The association announced on Saturday that the Initial Professional Education (IPE), the training programme for all PGA pros in the country male and female, would commence on Feb. 2 to sharpen members skill....
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No fewer than 1,300 health workers of various specialisations will be employed Enugu State, an official said on Saturday. Dr Okechukwu Ossai, Administrator of Enugu State Hospital Management Board, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Ossai said that the proposed exercise had been captured...
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has approved the redeployment of four permanent secretaries in the interest of efficiency and better service delivery. Ganduje said in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar in Kano on Saturday that effective governance and service delivery remained crucial to his...
The Nigerian Diaspora Movement (NDM) on Saturday expressed optimism that Africa could benefit significantly from the new administration in the U.S. led by President Joe Biden. Chairman of NDM, Prof. Apollos Nwauwa expressed the optimism in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The NDM...
The university of Calabar COVID-19 Task Force Committee has commenced the fumigation of the campus ahead of the Feb. 5 resumption date for academic activities.The Vice-Chancellor of the university of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Calabar that the fumigation was...
The new Board Chairman of the Ekiti State Transport Management Agency (EKSTMA), Mr Sunday Ajiboye, has tasked his officers to educate residents on the various traffic offences before arresting errant ones. He gave the advice on Friday in Ado Ekiti during his maiden address to the staff. He said...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Kaduna State Command, has said there is no COVID-19 infection in Kaduna Custodial Centre. The Command`s Public Relations Officer (CPRO), Mr Daniel Wadai, disclosed this in a statement made available on Saturday in Abuja by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Francis Enobore. The...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has said that the organisation is set to clamp down on wanted traffic offenders who have yet to effect payment of fines. In a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi...
The Speaker, Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Magarya, has urged the legislative workers to rededicate themselves to their duties, as the assembly leadership will not condole indiscipline. Magarya gave the advice on Friday in Gusau at a reception organised in his honor by the Parliamentary Staff Association of...
The Rivers Government has not ordered the closure of primary and secondary schools in the state. In a statement issued on Friday in Port Harcourt by the Commissioner of Education, Prof. Kanye Ebeku, the government described as a fake news an earlier report that Gov. Nyesom Wike ordered the...
Hajia Rabiat Mopelola-AbdulRahman, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications, has commended Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara for transforming the state-owned newspaper, The Herald, into an e-publication. Mopelola-AbdulRahman made the commendation in Ilorin on Friday when she visited the newspaper office in continuation of her monitoring tour to parastatal agencies...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says it is set to upgrade its partnership with Hungary, in the areas of fighter pilot training, operation and maintenance of Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) cameras. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has urged Nigerian youths to lead the revolution in the agricultural sector. Nanono made the call in a statement by Ezeaja Ikemefuna, the Chief Information Officer of the ministry in Abuja on Friday. Ikemefuna explained that the minister said...
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has said that the closure of schools, amid COVID-19 surge, could cause a set back to the society, a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Abba Anwar, on Friday, said. The governor, who made the observation in Kano at...
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH), Alhaji Babangida Hussaini, said on Friday that the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna highway was moving at a fast pace, ahead of the envisaged total reconstruction of the road. Hussaini stated this during an inspection visit with his entourage, along...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described the death of the former Inspector,-General of Police, Alhaji Gambo Jimeta, who was one of its founding pillars, as a great loss to the nation. The National Publicity Secretary of the forum, Mr Emmanuel Yawe, said this in a condolence message issued...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,483 cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 118,138. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 1,225,179 people since...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says its electronic call-up system for trucks has taken off. This is contained in the authority’s official Twitter page on Friday. “The Authority is pleased to announce the commencement of Eto, the Electronic Truck call-up system, designed for the management of truck movement and...