The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has commended the progressive and global marketing profile advanced by the National Council for Arts and Culture NCAC in organising the 33rd National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST). The President of NANTA, Mrs Susan Akporiaye, who gave the commendation in...
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South Africa-based Realness Institute has called for submissions for its latest offering, Episodic Lab, a series development lab presented in partnership with Netflix. The institute said in a statement on Monday in Lagos that the Lab would take place remotely from June 1 to Aug. 31, 2021, and is...
GODWIN ATSER, Ibadan – The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has trained 38 third party seed certifying agents in Kogi and Benue States, as part of efforts to ensure the effective regulation of the seed industry and offer farmers easy access to seed certification. The training, which was conducted...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Resident and United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon has condemned the brutal attack on rice farmers in Koshobe village, Jere Local Government Area of Borno state by armed insurgents which has left over 110 dead with others still missing. Edward ...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – An emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 8, 2020. APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, made this known in a statement on Sunday. Nabena said that NEC members had...
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 82 new infections of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Sunday. The public health agency said that the infections brought the total number of cases in the country to 67,412. The News...
Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, is billed to be honoured with the prestigious Zik Prize in the Professional Leadership category in Lagos, next week. The award will be presented to Danbatta by Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC), during an elaborate...
In the light of COVID-19, FirstBank has launched the FastTrack ATM, a Next Generation ATM and first of its kind in Africa, designed to promote financial activities on the ATM devoid of any form of physical interaction with the machine. The introduction of the FastTrack ATM which is done...
Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, says that the corps will introduce the National Identity Number (NIN) information by first quarter of 2021 for vehicles registration. Oyeyemi revealed this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Friday. The...
Mixed reactions have continued to trail plans by the private sector Coalition Against COVID -19 (CACOVID), to spend N100 billion in rehabilitating all the 44 damaged and destroyed police stations nationwide, during the EndSARs protests. Some respondents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was at Zabarmari early morning on Sunday, to lead kinsmen and other residents, still in shock, for the funeral of 43 farmers slaughtered by the Boko Haram insurgents. Though the victims lived in Zabarmari, a farming...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State has called for the cancelation of the Saturday’s Local Government Council elections held across the state . It also alleged that the election was characterized by series of manipulations, diversion of sensitive electoral materials, massive thumb...
FBNHoldings Group has won big at the 2020 Great Place To Work Award ceremony held last week Friday in Lagos. The Holdings Company along with its subsidiary companies; First Bank of Nigeria Ltd, FBNQuest Merchant Bank and FBNQuest Capital won various awards at the prestigious event. FBN Holdings Plc...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed “to probe false posting on the Ministry’s official Twitter handle of court proceedings in a lawsuit against him and the National Broadcasting Commission [NBC]. The organisation is...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Dec. 1 roll out the autogas scheme in Abuja as the Federal Government moves to create alternative fuel for automobiles and other prime movers in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dr Mohammed Ibrahim, Chairman, National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), made...
It’s scary to think of having to undergo brain surgery. And what about having the procedure done while you are still awake? Known as “awake craniotomy,” this medical procedure is helping doctors in delicate operations and saving lives. The procedure was done for the first time at the Nairobi...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – ..As coalition cites high fees for boycott Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, has described the conduct of the local government election in Biu and other local government areas in southern Borno as the most peaceful and orderly. The deputy governor stated this...