The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has warned Nigerians against engaging a child below 12 years as a domestic worker. Its Director-General, Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi, gave this warning on Thursday at the commemoration of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade...
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The President of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Festus Osifo, has said Nigerians are not averse to the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) but waiting for the government to win their trust over the issue. Osifo spoke during a panel session at the Association of Energy...
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Israeli and Japanese companies to commence assembling and manufacturing of environmentally friendly, green, electric and smart automobiles by 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) entered into...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Govenor Babagana Umara Zilum has flagged off a two day sensitisation workshop at the International Conference Hall in Maiduguri, themed:” promoting peace and national development through equitable distribution of socio-economic amenities and infrastructural facilities nationwide.” The governor, who commended the efforts of...
The Bishop of Ekwulobia, Peter Okpaleke, is scheduled to be one of 20 new cardinals to be sworn in on Saturday by the Catholic church. Pope Francis had earlier named Okpaleke as one of the new cardinals – many of whom could one day choose his successor. It is the...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has warned Nigerian students against going to Northern Cyprus. Its chairperson, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, gave the warning on Thursday in Abuja at a ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team. She said Northern Cyprus was not recognised by the UN, adding that...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has destroyed illicit drugs worth N2 billion between 2014 and Sept. 2021 seized in Akwa Ibom. The NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, represented by the Agency’s Secretary, Mr Shedrach Haruna, said this in Uyo when he paid a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The vaccine development efforts of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has started yielding visible results as the COVID-19 vaccine project sponsored by the Fund would be ready for first clinical trial in November this year. The project, which is a mega research grant...
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has placed emergency workers on red alert in order to save lives and property in Abuja in the event of anticipated heavy rain fall. The Director-General of FEMA, Alhaji Abbas Idriss, made this known in a statement by the Head, Public...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have expressed displeasure over the non implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage for workers in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement jointly issued by the Acting State Secretary of NLC, Mr Ahmed Abubakar and TUC Secretary, Sani Kwotorkwoshi,...
The Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Mr Uche Okafor, has described the sudden death of the assembly’s Majority Leader, Dr Nnadi Okafor as shocking and painful. The speaker said in a statement in Awka on Thursday that the late Okafor, who represented Awka South constituency, was a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Media aides, alongside social media associates, on Thursday unveiled a compendium, the 3rd Verdict, to celebrate the 53rd birthday of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The compendium’s Editor-in-Chief, who is also the Governor’s Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar 111, on the occasion of his 66th birthday, August 24. The president’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement said...
The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Wednesday said a total of 1,086 oil spills were recorded in Bayelsa from 2015 to February 2022. Mr Idris Musa, Director-General, NOSDRA, made this known when delegations from Connected Development (CODE) and OXFAM paid an advocacy visit to his...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State Government has settled the N22.5 million outstanding Licence Fee to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), which accumulated since 2006. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq gave the approval for the immediate payment of the debt to the commission. The state Commissioner for Communications, Mr...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has expressed grief over the sudden death of Dr. Nnamdi Okafor, the lawmaker representing Awka South Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that Okafor, who was the Majority Leader of the House, slumped...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N43.6 billion for construction and reconstruction of roads in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe and Bauchi States. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, revealed this when she briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Council...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) says Africa’s increasing energy gaps require collaboration to take ownership of the continent’s transition pathways and the action should be decisive and urgent. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in his remarks delivered at the global virtual launch of Nigeria’s Energy...
Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the President, African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has been conferred with the Nigeria Global Brand Award of the Year 2021. Adesina received the award in Abuja at the Annual Public Lectures and Impact Series/Awards organised by Blueprint Newspapers, a national daily Newspapers in Nigeria. The award...
The continuous increase in kerosene and cooking gas prices will lead to increased difficulty in meeting basic food and other essential commodities needed by Nigerians. Prof. Aminu Usman, an Economics lecturer at the Kaduna State University, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Wednesday...