The Federal Government, in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), has inaugurated a National Roadmap on Hand Hygiene for All. The roadmap gives direction for collaborative efforts to implement the Sanitation and Hygiene programmes under the UN Sustainable Development Goal six....
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A 45-year-old housewife died while her husband sustained injuries in a building collapse in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa. Spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, CSC Adamu Shehu confirmed the incident in Dutse on Tuesday. Shehu said the incident occurred on...
The Kwara Controller of Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr Aliu Baba-Usman, has advised personnel in the service on discipline and dedication to duty, as he retires after 30 years in service. Baba-Usman gave the advice during his sendforth ceremony at the state NCoS headquarters in Ilorin on Tuesday. According...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – Unless the Presidency or the National Assembly quickly wades into the issue of appointment a new Auditor-General for the Federation (AGF), the serious crisis that has greeted the announcement of Mr. Julius Michael Isiuku as the acting occupant of the office may tear the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigeria and Poland on Tuesday in Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Agriculture, while pledging their willingness to enlarge the fields of economic cooperation in the energy and manufacturing sectors. The signing took place during the State Visit of President Andrezej Duda...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Obong of Calabar Executive Forum (OCEF) has expressed displeasure at the continued piling up of refuses on the streets of Calabar, the Cross River State capital. This is contained In a statement signed by The Chairman of the OCEF, Chief Gershom Henshaw and the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday night showed up unannounced at the General Hospital Bama for on-the-spot monitoring of healthcare services’ delivery to the public. Zulum surprised visit to the hospital by 10pm shortly after his arrival in Bama town by road from...
A South African pastor who died over a year ago is still to be buried as his family, and members of his congregation are patiently waiting for his resurrection. Pastor Siva Moodley, the founder of The Miracle Centre in the north of Johannesburg, died at the age of 53...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Andrzej Duda of Poland at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Polish President, who arrived the Presidential Villa at about 10.30a.m, was received by the Nigerian leader at the fore Court...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new Prime Minister of Britain, Liz Truss, on her assumption of this trusted position of leadership. The President rejoiced with the former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, whose antecedents in...
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has given a Turkish company, Hayat Kimya, a seven-day ultimatum to pay the N481 million debt it owes a Nigerian media planning and buying agency, Mainsail Media Limited. The Director General of ARCON, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo, issued the ultimatum in a statement...
The House of Representatives has promised to unravel the circumstances that led to the July 5 Kuje jail break by suspected Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP). Rep. Sha’aban Sharada, the Chairman House Committee on National Security and Intelligence, said this on Monday at the resumed investigative hearing...
The Police Command in Jigawa has confirmed the death of five persons in a canoe mishap that occurred in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Dutse on Monday. Shiisu said that the incident occurred on Friday...
The Federal Government says the worst is over with regards to the daunting security challenges in the country. It added that terrorists, bandits and their cohorts will never hold sway anywhere in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the assurance on Monday in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) will hold its second 2022 plenary from Sept. 8 to 16, at the Catholic Diocese of Orlu in Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, Imo. The Director of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Fr Mike Umoh, disclosed this in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off 5 days training for 50 unemployed graduates on Post Sustainable Agricultural Development Scheme (Post SADTS) in Sokoto. Flagging off the training, the Director General of NDE, Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo said they are geared towards...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has inaugurated four Technical Working (TWGs) Groups to review and implement a strategic roadmap for the resuscitation of ailing enterprises in the country. They are for the Automobile, Housing (Bricks and Clay), Mines and Steel as well as Oil Palm sectors....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared strong support for the aspiration of Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, wife of Kebbi State Governor, who is now on a three-person shortlist for the presidency of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). In a letter to the candidate, the...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday inaugurated operational vehicles and other specialised equipment for effective search and rescue operations during disasters across the country. The Director-General of NEMA, Mr Mustapha Ahmed, in Abuja said that the equipment would be deployed across the zonal, territorial and operational offices...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in the nineteen northern states including Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday announced the commencement of 3-day withdrawal of services as warning strike by their members. It also declared the withdrawal of their long heavy duty vehicles...