The Oyo State government says it is ready to use the Start Them Early Programme (STEP) initiative to re-orientate students’ mindset towards agribusiness and provide modern infrastructure for learning.Dr Debo Akande, Special Adviser to the Oyo State Governor on Agribusiness, made the disclosure on Thursday at a joint monitoring...
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The National Economic Council (NEC), under the chairmanship of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has endorsed efforts being made to produce COVID-19 vaccines locally, according to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State. Briefing State House correspondents, on Thursday, after the first virtual meeting of the council for 2021, anchored from...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has solicited the support of the Federal Ministry of Education to ensure that the infused Trafficking In Persons Curricular was put to immediate use by schools. The Director-General of NAPTIP, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, made the request when she paid...
A 39-year-old petrol station manager, Ademola Akanji, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing his employer’s 3,523 litres of petrol. The product is worth N563,400. Akanji, whose address was not provided, is facing a one-count charge of stealing, to which he pleaded not...
The Nigerian Army has begun the selection exercise for the Short Service Commission Course 47 and Executive Commission Course 1/2021 candidates at its Training Area Falgore in Kano State. Addressing the candidates on Thursday, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said the decision to conduct the exercise...
The number of peacekeepers serving in the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) should be increased, to support the mission’s ability to deliver on its mandate, an official said. The MINUSCA Head, Mankeur Ndiaye, who said this, on Thursday. “We need a strategy to...
The Man O’ War of Nigeria, a paramilitary group in the country, has urged state and the Federal governments to reinstitute the group in schools across the country. Mr Onyema Idoko, the National Patron of South East Command of the paramilitary group made the call in Enugu on Thursday...
Mr Mohammed Aliyu has has reported in Enugu State Police Headquarters as the state’s new Commissioner of Police. The Police Public Relations Officer in the staye ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said that the new commissioner assured the residents of the state of effective fight against crimes. In a statement issued...
The Controller-General, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, says the service has successfully piloted the signing of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Act 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ahmed said this during his valedictory speech at the pulling out parade held on Thursday in Abuja. He said that...
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to continue to mitigate the spread and impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said. Speaking at the virtual Plenary session of the Annual General Meeting of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), on Thursday,...
Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture, on Thursday, said that the second wave outbreak of desert locusts’ invasion in the country was under control, thanks to timely roll-out of mitigation measures. Peter Munya, the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, who disclosed this at a news...
The Federal Ministry of Education says it will constitute a national committee on the harmonisation of schools and examination calendar following the disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, made this known at the 2020 Annual Ministerial briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Adamu said...
President-General of Nigerian Football and other Sports Supporters Club, Dr. Rafiu Ladipo said he was saddened by the death of Joe Erico, a former national team goalkeeper and assistant coach. Ladipo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that the late Erico, popularly known as ‘Jogo Bonito Exponent’...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says about 400,000 teachers and education practitioners have so far registered for its first edition of National Conference of Registered Teachers. Registrar/Chief Executive of TRCN, Prof. Olusegun Josiah Ajiboye, made this known while addressing newsmen on Thursday in...
A medical practitioner, Dr Arinzechukwu Ogbu, told Nigerians on Thursday to vaccinate themselves against yellow fever, to stay alive. Ogbu, who works with Rhema Foundation Hospital at Kwali in the Federal Capital Territory, gave the advice at an online health talk in in Abuja. The event was organised by...
Globally, the use of different forms of technology in the election process has been on the rise as more countries use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve their election and democratic processes. Political analysts believe that appropriate application of technology to electoral processes can reduce long-term costs, increase...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has said that all stakeholders must ensure compulsory installation of speed limiting device in their vehicles to curtail incidences of speed related crashes. Corps Public Education Officer Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem disclosed this in a statement made...
Google and French publishers have agreed on common criteria for remuneration bringing to an end a long-running copyright dispute, the two parties said on Thursday. The change will affect the way Google in future remunerates publishers for reproducing excerpts from their content. Google will in future use the newly...
A Consultant Ocular Oncologist, Dr Abia Nzelu, has decried the growing incidence of cancer disease in Nigeria and the poor attention being given to it in spite of its ravaging effects. Nzelu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, in commemoration of...
Three persons were, on Thursday, arraigned before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace in a community. The three defendants: Abubakar Idris, 45; Oluwatoyin Oyelakin, 43 and Mariam Abubakar, 28, whose addresses were not provided, are standing trial on...