WaterAid Nigeria on Tuesday formally launched its new five-year Country Programme Strategy, to improve access to basic water and sanitation services for 17 million Nigerians. At the event in Abuja, the organisation’s Country Director, Ms Evelyn Mere, said the strategy was crucial to ensure that everyone had access to...
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Google on Tuesday announced the expansion of its Flood Hub platform to cover 80 countries worldwide, adding eight new countries in Africa. Yossi Mattias, Vice President Engineering & Research and Crisis Response Lead, said in a statement that 23 African countries were on its Flood Hub. Mattias said this...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja declared that making infrastructure development a key point of focus in his administration was a deliberate action to create wealth and make poverty alleviation easier. Speaking at the virtual commissioning of three bridges, three secretariats and one...
The family of co-joined twins namely Hassana and Hasina has expressed gratitude to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Saudi Monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, for the support in helping to separate them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Siamese twins Hassana and...
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NDICOM) for a second term. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs at plenary on Tuesday. Presenting the report,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday flagged off crude oil drilling campaign at Wadi-B l Tuba village 35 kilometers away from Maiduguri City off Monguno road or Borno State. President Buhari said that the oil exploration if successful will improve security,, electricity energy, reduce unemployment...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the policies taken by his administration were deliberately made for the development of the country. He stated this on Tuesday at the inauguration of a new Customs Headquarters, built at the cost of N19.6 billion, in Abuja. Buhari said that such policies became...
The House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of Power and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to find a lasting solution to the issue of power distribution and supply across the country. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of an urgent motion of public importance by...
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has called on the newly elected , re-elected and out-going public officers to declare their assets before being sworn-in or leaving office on May 29. Dr Mustapha Musa, the Special Assistant to CCB Chairman, Prof. Mohammed Isah, said this when he spoke with...
The Nigeria Customs Service has built a N19.6 billion smart Corporate Headquarters. The Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, made this known at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. Adeniyi, Chairman, Organising Committee for Commissioning of the edifice, said the building had a 12-floor tower with five...
A nine-member delegation is expected to attend the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu next Monday. This is according to an official statement issued by The White House on Monday. The Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia L. Fudge, is scheduled to lead the...
The Chief Shepherd of The Harvest Centre Mission, Prophet Wale Ojo-David, says Tinubu’s emergence as the President-elect is divine and urges Nigerians to accept it in good faith. The Ikorodu-Lagos based prophet, who spoke against the backdrop of the legitimacy crisis trailing Tinubu’s victory, told the News Agency of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Chairman Committee on Information at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), Hon. Mohammed Adamu Omadefu, says no less than 16 members have declared support for incumbent speaker. Omadefu (APC- Keana), who disclosed this while featuring on Option 92:3 FM Akwanga, Monday, said Rt....
Known for his undying resolve and burning desire to see Nigeria become a nation where peace and unity shall reign supreme, Niger Delta born peace and environment advocate, Chief Comrade Mulade Sheriff, convener of the Nigeria for Peace Project, on Monday May 22, 2023, in continuation of his week-long...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Un-uniformed soldiers on Monday night allegedly assaulted the Chairperson of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Branch, Dr. Ibrahim Inuwa. The incident was said to have occurred when the military men who were in a convoy of two...
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Sokoto State Command Permanent Administrative Headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Mr Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, who inaugurated the project on Monday, noted with pride the tremendous transformation being witnessed by the corps in the past two...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Speaker, Kwara House of Assembly, Mr Yakubu Salihu, says Africa has lost one of her rare gems in Prof. Jamiu Oyawoye, who died on May 22, at the age of 96. Mr. Salihu in his condolence message described Oyawoye as Africa’s priciest asset...
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has announced the reinstatement of five of his key government officials that resigned to contest for the APC governorship ticket for the state. Mrs Ayoade Folashade, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) made the pronouncement in a statement in Lokoja on Monday. The SSG...
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Monday ordered all Public Officers holding political appointments to handover affairs of their offices in line with established procedure. The directive is contained in a statement titled “Handover of Activates” from the office of the Secretary to the State Government and signed...
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says about 14.8 million girls and women globally are at the risk of having their genital organs cut off in the future. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a partial or total removal of female Genital organs...