The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appointed a professional Public Relations practitioner, Mrs Hakama Sidi Ali, as its new Acting Director of Corporate Communications. Mrs Ali is a recognised member of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), who served as Deputy Director in the same Department...
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The Kogi House of Assembly has given Dec. 30 ultimatum to the state Ministry of Education to pay N497.3 million examination fees to the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The house wondered why the fees, already released by Gov. Yahaya Bello, was yet to be paid to the...
No fewer than 18,059 persons, including 795 children infected with HIV/AIDS, are receiving treatment in Borno. The Executive Secretary of Borno State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (BOSACA), Hajiya Falmata Alhaji-Bukar, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Maiduguri. Alhaji-Bukar said...
The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Adepoju, has announced plan to deploy e-gates and more logistics to airports and other entry points to improve border security and migration management nationwide. Adepoju said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in...
The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Caroline Adepoju, has said that the service would open more passport service points to meet the needs of Nigerians in the Diaspora. Adepoju said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that efforts...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Adinu Unity Forum (AUF) has concluded plans for a mega thanksgiving service in honour of sons and daughters of Adinu whom God has elevated to new positions of honour and responsibilities. The event which is scheduled for Sunday, December 3rd, is...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The National President of Manufactural Association of Nigeria (MAN) Otunba Francis Meshioye has called for synergy and partnership between the Federal Ministry of Works and and the South-South State to fix the deplorable roads infrastructure. The MAN President made the call at...
Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on Nigerians to support Igbo people against the ugly experience of wrong profiling and threat to their lives and property. President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, made the call at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja against the background...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday sealed two drug shops and a pharmacy at Idumota and Surulere areas of Lagos for selling unregistered and control drugs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two shops sealed at Idumota are...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development on Thursday in Maiduguri organized a one day media training for journalists on conflict sensitive reporting on transitional Justice and reintegration in Borno State. The Project Manager, Allamin Foundation, Mr. Samuel Orahii said the training was...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has identified corruption as one of the principal reasons behind the urge to travel out of Nigeria by most youths. “If all things are working fine in the country, nobody would want to leave the...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has commended women and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces for dedicating their lives to protecting the territorial integrity of the country. He also commended them for combating crime and terrorism within the borders of the country. Wike...
The Catholic Diocese of Lafia, on Thursday ordained 10 new Priests, bringing the numbers of Priests in the diocese to 115. The newly-ordained Priests include Akpen Steven, Akosu Marinus, Ari Vincent, Bako Moses, Emmanuel Laphu, Esson Simon-Peter, Giwa Meshach, Patrick Oche, Ogiri Matthew and Oyigocho Matthew. Speaking at the...
Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says he will not tolerate internal sabotage in the renewed war against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said...
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has flagged off the re-construction of the 18-kilometre Owaza-Uzuaku-144 Battalion-Afam Junction Road in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony in Owaza, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, assured the people of the Commission’s determination to bring...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of the 2023 celebration of the 16 Days of Activism., Save the Children has launched tree planting campaign on Thursday at Modusulumri area of Mashimami orchard and pure water plant along Biu road near Bakassi Housing Estate, Maiduguri. Save the...
Between Nov. 30 and Dec. 12, global attention will shift to the magnificent city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as world leaders, climate change activists and environmentalists converge on the city for the 28th edition of Conference of Parties (CoP28). The conference will bring together stakeholders...
Berthed by the creek philosophies with a paddle and canoe, fearlessly, the child navigates his ways in the deep creeks, estuaries, and brooks in their spidery route. Some move into the thick forest to pick bush mangoes for sale just to buy their elementary books, some dive...