HPV vaccine: Stakeholders decry lack of awareness in Kogi, Niger, Nasarawa Stakeholders have decried the level of enlightenment on the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine to prevent across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vaccine is expected to be administered on girls between the...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has urged staff members of the commission to remain non-partisan and maintain their integrity, ahead of the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship election. Yakubu said this when he visited some INEC offices to...
The National Assembly said it was determined to train heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Government on the imperatives of legislative compliance. The training is also meant to warn MDAs from further violating resolutions passed by NASS in pursuit of strengthening democracy and good governance in...
Sen. Ned Nwoko, (PDP-Delta), and Senate Vice Chairman on Environment, has disclosed that the Senate was resolute in addressing environmental degradation in the country. Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, disclosed this on Sunday to l the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abuja. He noted that the major...
Ace actress Happy Julian-Uchendu, popularly known as Happy Julian, has received award of International Ambassador for African Culture at the 2023 Nollywood New Yam Festival in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mrs Noni Okocha, Chief Executive Officer of “I am the...
The Lagos State Government has cancelled the 50% transport fare discount on all Public Transport System which was implemented in response to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s directive on August 2, 2023. In a public notice on Saturday, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) announced a reversion to...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Pursuant to the appointment that saw erstwhile Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem promoted to the rank of Deputy Corps Marshal, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu has successfully adorned the appointed Officer with the new rank during a...
The Federal Government is ready to support Adire, a locally-produced fabric, with some form of subsidy to enhance its production. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs Betta Edu, disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday during her visit to the Adire mall at Itoku in Abeokuta....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The United States of American has alerted its citizens in Nigeria of threats to major hotels in the “larger cities” of the country. The US issued this warning in an emergency information for American citizens dated November 3, adding that the Nigerian security...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has thanked President Bola Tinubu for his “fatherly intervention” in the political crisis that rocked the state recently. Governor Fubar expressed his gratitude to the president in a statement issued to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Saturday....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has inaugurated a vocational training institute in Mafa Local Government with the capacity of training 600 youths each year. The inauguration was performed on Friday evening after a brief ceremony. The newly established vocational institute named ‘Vocational...
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has finalised the payment of ₦1.023 billion to 7,091 pensioners of the Power and Transport Sectors of the Parastatals Pensions Department (PaPD). PTAD’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Gbenga Ajayi, stated on Saturday in Abuja that the payment represented 39 per cent...
Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, on Saturday allayed fears about his safety following Friday’s incident near the Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan, Oyo State. A source close to the Minister told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that Adelabu was in good spirits and not...
A private aircraft, with registration number 5N-AMM, conveying the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu and his entourage, has crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to SaharaReporters, the incident occurred on Friday evening, while the three cabin crews and the seven passengers were all rescued from the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has directed the reactivation of the Presidential Delivery Tracker to empower Nigerians to track the implementation of projects across the country in real time. Speaking at the closing session of the three-day Cabinet Retreat, on Friday in Abuja,...
Students, parents and stakeholders have expressed concerned over lack of awareness on modalities for accessing the Federal Government’s student loan scheme. The students and stakeholders, who spoke in Bauchi, Gombe and Dutse decried delays in the implementation of the programme amid tuition fee hike by some tertiary institutions. The...
Stakeholders in Abuja on Friday called on the Federal Government to fastrack environmental justice in Ogoniland to alleviate the plight of the people of the area. Mr Michael David the Executive Secretary of Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) made the call during the photo...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has disclosed that his administration aims to support local residents in Dikwa and Ngala to cultivate 200 hectares of land under the rural irrigation project. Governor Zulum made this known on Friday while speaking to newsmen after the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – North East Development Commission (NEDC) has pledged to support the Borno State government with ultra modern digital transmitters to boost its radio and television.services across the state, north east and lake Chad region as well as the neighbouring countries. The commission also promised...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Friday, met with various security agencies in Imo to strategise on security for the November 11 governorship election. Addressing members of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Owerri, Yakubu said the meeting...