The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has trained 200 personnel across the country on mental health. The training was conducted by Instinct Resource Services (IRS) in Port Harcourt. According to a statement signed by Managing Director, IRS, Mr Ayuba Fagbemi, the training is part of efforts of the NIS Comptroller-General,...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Commissioner of Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Yusuf Aliyu Turaki, and The Commissioner for Finance, Daniel Agyeno and State Accountant General, Zakka Yakubu, have been summoned by the Nasarawa House of Assembly, to appear before it on Tuesday at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State, Committee on Flood Disaster has visited no fewer than three Local Government Areas namely Shani, Damboa and Chibok that are worst hit by floods in the state. The committee which was set up by Governor Babagana Zulum under the Chairmanship of State...
Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has urged students and all Nigerians to pray for an end to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The speaker made the call on Tuesday shortly after received an award of Excellence as ”Speaker...
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Ernest Umakhihe, says the Nigeria’s Livestock subsector has huge economic potentials worth more than N33 trillion annually that ought to be explored. Umakhihe said this at the inauguration of the Edo chapter of Animal Science Association of Nigeria...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara has issued the guidelines on the commencement of campaigns for the 2023 general election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Malam Garba Attahiru, announced this on Monday in Ilorin during a stakeholders meeting. Attahiru, who was represented by the INEC Administrative Secretary, Mr Julius...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to reveal its findings on investigation carried out on alleged Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) found in different locations in Nigeria, in the nearest future. Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, said this at...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored the national grid after it’s partial collapse on Monday. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs made this known in a statement in Abuja. Mbah said that the national grid experienced partial system disturbance at about 10.51am, as...
The Senate, has called on Nigerians to vote for only candidates that have clear agenda to liberate the local government system in the 2023 general election. Sen. Olalekan Mustapha, the Chairman, Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration, said this at the second edition of the Local Government...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday demolished worship centres and warehouses built on illegal plots in Zauda village of Jiwa community in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). Mr Ikharo Attah, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, who led the exercise, explained...
Major cities in Nigeria including the commercial nerve centre Lagos and the nation’s political capital Abuja are experiencing blackout as the National Grid collapsed for the umpteenth time in 2022. Various electricity distribution companies across the country informed their customers of the development in notices. Ikeja Electric said the...
The National Assembly says the Data Protection Bill will be passed into law within 30 days of receiving it from the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The Chairman Senate Committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Cybercrime, Yakubu Oseni, made the promise at a one-day sensitisation workshop on data protection...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Calabar Canaan City Lions Club, Region 5, Zone 5c, District 404A2 has organized a fundraising to furnish an ultramodern e-library in Calabar, the Cross River State. The event which was also witness the investiture of Mrs Felicita Opata, the 40th President of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – NEEM Foundation has organized a 5 day capacity building on mental health and psychological support services for 31 social workers in Sokoto State. NEEM as engaged by Ford Foundation is implementing an 18 month project titled “Prevent and Protect” Project with the aimed of...
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said that no fewer than 18,406 persons have been displaced by flood in 14 local government areas of the state. The Director-General of the Agency, Yabawa Kolo disclosed this in an interview with the News Agendy of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has warned the 18 political parties that fielded candidates for next year’s general elections to desist from any form of abusive languages or hate speeches among others, ahead of the campaign kick-off. It therefore enjoined all the registered...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Arrangements have reached an advanced stage for the mega crusade of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God , Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to be held in Bauchi state. The crusade, which is being organized by the RCCG and the Christian Association...
The Zonal Commanding Officer (ZCO) of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in charge of the FCT and Niger, Assistant Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed, says there is no mystery about “ember months“. Mohammed made his view known on Monday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of...
Ebonyi State, created on Oct. 1, 1996, by late Military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, prides itself as “Salt of The Nation.’’ The state was carved out from Abia and Enugu states. The two areas: Abakaliki bloc carved from Enugu State and Afikpo bloc, carved out from Abia,...
Ms Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons says 500,000 Nigerians awaiting repatriation in three countries. Suleiman-Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York at the 77th session of UN General Assembly that the refugees would be repatriated from Niger,...