The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), North-Central zone, has distributed relief materials to victims of windstorm in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau. A statement by the media officer of NEMA in the zone, Mr Yohanna Audu, said the agency distributed the items after it had conducted an assessment...
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Economists said on Friday in Lagos that the decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the CBN to retain Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 11.5 per cent alongside other parameters was expected. MPR is the interest rate at which CBN lends to commercial banks. It is the benchmark...
At a virtual conference on the 19th of November, 2020,Sharon Ikeazor, Minister of State for Environment, called on journalists to partner with government to publicize information on the Extended Producers Responsibility programme. At the conference, which had the theme : “Extended Producer Responsibility Programme under the Circular Economy :Tackling...
A trade expert, Prof. Ken Ife, has decried the high volume of trade malpractices across land borders in the country. Speaking at a webinar on Thursday, Ife said that there had been substantial violation of trade rules across land borders, adding that these necessitated the closure. He told traders...
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would leave the White House if the Electoral College declared Joe Biden the election winner. He said he was not prepared to concede defeat and repeated false claims that he won. The president said that he would “certainly” leave the White House if...
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says the country’s new Sports Industry Policy will serve as catalyst for transforming sports into a big business sector when operational. The minister said this in Abuja at a seminar organised by the Federal Capital Territory chapter of Sports Writers...
About 12 states on Thursday night showcased the health benefits of their indigenous cuisines at the Cuisine Competition in the ongoing National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) in Jos, Plateau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that states that participated in the competition were Benue, Ekiti Benue, Delta,...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI – You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could,...
GODWIN ATSER, Ibadan The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says only farmers who grow improved disease-free cassava stems will have access to the N25billion facility it has created to boost cassava production in the country. The policy aims at ensuring that beneficiaries of the facility have increased productivity and...
In the face of the celebration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25th November, we look at the place of the woman as wife. Being a wife means that she is married to a man who is her husband. In the marriage institution,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 169 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The agency said that the latest infections brought the total number of cases in the country to 66,974. The...
B7y GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has called on investors to take advantage of the favourable investment climate such as its central location good road and rail networks, presence of world class communication facilities as well as a major...
The confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) from 55 African countries have reached 2,107,358 as of today. While reported deaths in Africa have reached 50,647 and recoveries 1,781,750, the number of Covid-19 tests performed to date is 20,290,868. South Africa has the most reported cases – 775,502, with deaths numbering 21,201....
Brazzaville, 26 November 2020 – As the race to find a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is showing increasing promise, a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds that Africa is far from ready for what will be the continent’s largest ever immunization drive. All 47 countries in the WHO African Region...
By Sadiq Abubakar The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has launched it’s distribution of agricultural inputs for the 2020/2021 dry season farming intervention in the North East Nigerian. Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umaru Zulum represented by His Deputy ,Hon Umar Usman kadafur flagged off...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Bauchi State Branch has offered free medical services to over 1, 000 kinsmen of Governor Bala Mohammed in Duguri village, Alkaleri local government area of the state. The medical outreach was part of the activities slated to mark the 2020...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has selected university of Lagos, University of Abuja and ten other Nigerian universities as the pioneer Centres of Excellence to define the trajectory for the transformation of tertiary institutions.Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, Executive Secretary, TETFund, at the inauguration of the twelve...
Mrs Josephine Okereke, wife of Abuja newspaper vendor killed by a security detail, has disassociated herself from the N500 million compensation lawsuit. Okereke told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja that she was not privy to the N500 million compensation requested by the family. She said what was paramount now...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission, ICPC, has lauded the Nigerian Metrological Agency, NiMet, for its tough stand in the promotion of ethics aimed at discouraging corrupt practices and behaviour. This is even as the commission commended the agency for creating the right environment for the effective...