The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi on Wednesday stopped some road construction in the Southeast pending the review of the existing and additional contracts. Umahi gave the directive on Thursday in Enugu during the inspection of some ongoing construction/rehabilitation of federal roads across states in the South-East....
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the Federal Government to increase routine vaccination to nip outbreaks in the bud. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General made the call during an online media conference. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports diphtheria to be an acute and highly...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 60-year-old woman, Adebisi Odubiro, has appealed to kind-hearted Nigerians to urgently help her raise the sum of N20m for a kidney transplant. Odubiro hails from Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. According to her medical report which was issued by the Babcock University...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on workers to returned to work on Thursday, as the two-day warning strike called by the Congress has ended. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President said on Wednesday in Abuja titled, “The two-day Nationwide...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, has assured Nigerians of his renewed and energized focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful and prosperous nation, following the judgment by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. This is according to a...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, uSokoto – The Sokoto State Arabic and Islamic Education Commission with support from United Nations Childrens’ Fund (UNICEF) and funding from Eleva Foundation of the UK , on Thursday flagged off a 4 day training for 100 mallams of Tsangaya schools on child safeguarding and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday signed into law nine different Bills passed by the State House of Assembly, one of which was the “Borno State Social Investment Bill” which will provide legal backing for the state to provide special support to...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the failure of mass transit scheme in Nigeria has summoned the Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun over the failure of the scheme. Others summoned include; the minister of Trade and Investment, Accountant General for the Federation, Head of Service...
A 6-month old baby boy has survived an accident while six passengers sustained critical injuries at Alaka inward CMS bridge in Lagos on Wednesday afternoon. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who witnessed the accident said the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had rescued the victims to Primary...
The Niger state Ministry of Works and Infrastructural Development has handed over construction of the 45km Bida Ring Road to the Arab contractors. At the event on Wednesday in Bida, the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Malam Sulieman Umar, said that this was a demonstration of Gov....
Hi there, It’s job o’clock, a beautiful Monday morning for you if you are in search of a job or if you need a better one. Below is the compiled list of ongoing recruitments and vacancies over the last INEC Adhoc Staff Recruitment 2023 Job Vacancy at First Bank...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theatre Commander , Joint Task Force (JTF) North-East Operation Hadin kai (OPHK), Major General Gold Chibuisi has commended the efforts and objective reportage of defense correspondents in Borno covering joint operations of the Nigerian military in the counter insurgency fight against Boko...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, says the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) remains a key enabler to the successful implementation of the 8-point agenda of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. A statement issued by the NAF Spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Wednesday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – To cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday presented a cheque of two billion naira to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Borno State for disbursement of interest-free loans to eligible workers with repayment period of 24...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has taken its awareness campaign to rural communities in Cross River state. This time around, the campaign was in Ikot Offiong Ambai Primary Health Centre in Akpabuyo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state at weekend with...
The United Nations (UN) Relief Chief, Martin Griffiths, on Tuesday released US$125 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to assist underfunded humanitarian operations in 14 countries across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East. The 7 African countries listed are Burkina Faso US$9 million; Mali...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Cooperazione Internazionale, Nigeria (COOPI) has flagged off two days integrated emergency response workshop to Internally Displaced Persons (IDOs) in Rabah and Goronyo Local Government Areas of Sokoto State. The integrated response training is targeted at protection, nutrition,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Undeterred by jetlag from a long intercontinental journey, President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, arrived in New Delhi to the immediate embrace of Mr. Prakash Hinduja , the Chairman and CEO of the Hinduja Group of Companies, a conglomerate with a total asset portfolio...
The UK Home Office has said it will declare Russian mercenary group Wagner a terrorist organisation. A draft proscription order will be laid against Wagner Group in Parliament on Wednesday. The group has played a prominent role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine since it was...