From left, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Batiknal Planning, Mrs Olusola Idowu; Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba; and Director of International Co-operation, Mrs Elizabeth Egharevba in the ministry at a meeting on Tuesday (October 27, 2020) with the House Committee on...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, presented the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to the National Assembly for re-appointment for a second term in office. In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has tested positive for the coronavirus, football’s ruling body said on Tuesday. FIFA said that Infantino has mild symptoms and is already isolated. He should now remain in quarantine for at least 10 days. According to FIFA everyone who has been in contact with Infantino...
Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, on Tuesday in Abuja has expressed concern over the increasing rate of breast cancer in the country and urged women to go for regular screening. Ehanire made the call at the opening of the 2020 edition of the Annual International Cancer Week where...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday congratulated the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, as he attained the age of 53 years, describing him as an exceptional leader.The party celebrated Fintiri in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbindiyan in Abuja .Ologbondiyan said that the...
The Nigerian Press Organisations (NPO), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guild of Editors and Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria (IBAN), on Tuesday paid a solidarity visit to the Television Continental (TVC) and The Nation Newspapers. Their visit was to sympathise with the organisations over attacks on...
The number of confirmed cases in the African continent has reached 1,727,837, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Tuesday. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 41,609 as of...
The Minister of State for Power, Prince Goddy Jeddy-Agba, on Tuesday inspected some buildings and properties vandalised by hoodlums who hijacked the Endsars protest on Oct. 24 in Calabar. The Minister visited the West African Examination Council office, which was burnt down including thousands of certificates that were yet...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, (ATBU) Bauchi will soon establish a Faculty of Computing in addition to the existing Computer Science program.The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Muhammad Abdullazeez, disclosed this during the handing over of a Digital Laboratory equipment donated to the Institution by Huawei...
From. Sadiq Abubakar MaiduguriBorno state Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum has disclosed its readiness to start the dualization of a 5 Billion Naira 10 Kilometres Maiduguri-Gamboru road project in the next 15 days; Governor Zulum revealed this Monday in Maiduguri while inaugurating his administration’s Mega Community schools policy. The Executive...
A coalition of 33 Civil Society Organisations has called on state governors to explain to Nigerians why palliatives meant for citizens were not shared.The CSOs include Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Enough is Enough (EIE), Partners for Electoral Reform and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC).Some of the...
Chinese authorities on Tuesday set a goal of reducing the average annual growth rates of overweight and obese children and adolescents by 70 per cent from a baseline in the next decade. This is according to a plan jointly issued by six departments, including the National Health Commission and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Academic Staff Union of Universities has disclosed that it has yet to call off its ongoing strike because it is waiting for the government to conduct an integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution. The UTAS is the payment platform created by ASUU...
The House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values has commended the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture for “proactive’’ information dissemination in the fight against COVID-19. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Odebunmi Olusegun (APC-Oyo) gave the commendation during the ministry’s 2021 budget defence at the...
The House of Representative Committee on Health Services has said it will pay a visit to the Inter-country Centre for Oral Health (ICOH) before approving its 2021 budget proposal.Rep Simon Adejare, the Deputy Chairman of the committee who presided over the budget defence, said this on Tuesday in Abuja.The...
Long queues are still being witnessed on Tuesday in most petrol stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A survey by a NAN correspondent showed that while some petrol stations were shutdown, others were dispensing with few of their nozzles. Some...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has warned motorists against panic buying of its products, assuring that there is enough fuel on ground. Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu, IPMAN National Public Relations Officer, said that the long queues in some parts of Abuja were due to fear of attacks...
According to rough statistics, 27 provinces in China has recently announced the economic data in the first three quarters of this year. 23 of them have seen their economic growth turn positive, reported Shanghai Securities News on Tuesday. The other four regions, Liaoning Province, Hubei Province and the Inner...