The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu has urged young Nigerians to contribute to nation building by producing some of Nigeria’s imported products . Onu made the call on Monday in Abuja at the unveiling and demonstration of a Made-in-Nigeria car invented by 30-year-old Auwal Hassan from...
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Retired Air Vice Marshal Muhammadu Muhammed, Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called on procurement officers of the agency to be accountable and diligent in the discharge of their duties. He said this at a one day workshop organised for directors, procurement officers and tender board members of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)has suspended two of its staff and banned two candidates from its processes for violating precautionary measures to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. A statement by the Board, extracted from its 18 January bulletin indicated that their...
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) on Monday disbursed an undisclosed amount to the College of Insurance and Financial Management (CIFM) to train 60 professionals as Actuaries in the industry. Dr Yeside Oyetayo, Rector CIFM made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,...
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate forest reserves in the state. The Governor spoke during an interactive meeting with the leadership of the Hausa/Fulani and Ebira Communities in the state held at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s...
A Lagos-based lawyer and rights campaigner, Mr Spurgeon Ataene, on Monday called on judicial officers and workers to live up to the high expectations of Nigerians in 2021 to take the judiciary to the next level. Ataene spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
There were low turnouts of students in most primary and secondary schools in Warri as schools resumed 2020/2021 academic activities on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reporter who monitored the situation in Warri metropolis, reports that some of the schools were busy tiding up their classrooms while...
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo as the acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), pending the appointment of a substantive Director-General for the Agency. A statement by the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday,...
The hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by rich countries is not only unethical but will also prolong the pandemic, UN health chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, warned on Monday in Geneva. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General reported that just 25 vaccine doses have been administered in the world’s poorest countries, compared with...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) is now adopting new strategies in introducing Basic Education subjects in the North East of Nigeria.To this end, instead of constructing big structures the commission is now consulting with the Alarammas to identify their essential needs with the provision that...
By JOHN ONAH, AbujaThe Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Dr . Hamid Bobboyi has said that girls education is very vital to National Development of any country.The Executive Secretary disclose over the weekend while speaking at the commission of girl child community center in Gafia village, Kaita...
As the Anambra State governorship election scheduled to hold in November draws close and gathers momentum, it is necessary to take a cursory look at how women are faring among the front runners. At the moment in the state, the major political parties are the ruling All Progressives Grand...
Abundance of Hope Initiative, an NGO, on Monday in Abuja predicted further increase in prices of food items if more efforts were not intensified to address clashes between herdsmen and farmers. Executive Director of the organisation, Mr Taiye Sasona, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that more farmers...
A trader, Prince Igbokwue, 46, on Monday told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that his former neighbour, Mrs Uju Okoye, allegedly defrauded him and his friends of N2 million for non-existent job in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Igbokwue made the allegation while testifying at the resumed...
The Imo Government has postponed resumption of schools in the state until Jan. 25 Schools due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bernard Ikegwuoha said Ikegwuoha, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri on Monday, said the postponement was as...
As academic activities commenced nationwide on Monday, schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs resumed with strict adherence to the Federal Government guidelines on Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents who monitored the resumption in Abuja, report that some of the...
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has promised to reposition the agency for efficient fight against illicit drug trafficking. Marwa said this during his inaugural address to staff of the agency on Monday in Abuja, insisting that it was the duty of the...
A team of researchers at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) have established the capacity of Bromelain derivable from pineapple fruits in the management of COVID-19 cases. According to the University of Ilorin Bulletin issued on Monday, the discovery is in conjunction with Prof. Bamidele Owoeye, the Head, Department of...
Ebonyi government on Monday directed schools across the state to observe the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) COVID-19 protocols as schools resumed across the state. Dr Onyebuchi Chima, Commissioner for Education briefing newsmen in Abakaliki, said that all necessary measures had been put in place to ensure safety...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Education says no Covid-19 Test is required for returning students to be admitted into their schools. In a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ben Going, only temperature checks should be carried out on students and any other person...