African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Federal Government of Nigeria have signed the Host Country Agreement for the first African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE). This is contained in a statement issued by Amadou Sall, Afreximbank’s media contact in Abuja on Wednesday. Sall said the centre is currently under...
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Lagos State Government has alerted residents of the state especially those residing on the banks of Ogun River of high intensity of flooding occasioned by heavy rainfall and release of water. A statement signed by the Lagos state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, on Wednesday...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government is implementing the professional teaching and teacher qualification framework standards to improve their performance at the pre-school, basic, secondary and tertiary levels. Osinbajo said this at an occasion to mark the 2022 World Teachers Day in Abuja on Wednesday. The theme...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has promised to complete the Mambilla hydro power project, if given the mandate in the 2023 general election. Abubakar said this at the interactive session with PDP North East Stakeholders on Wednesday in Bauchi. He said...
The Presidency has dismissed accusations on social media by presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, that some of his supporters, known as “Obidients”, have been “silently arrested” are without foundation or fact. A source in the State House, who spoke under condition of anonymity, said both the...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi says Primary Health Care (PHC) is a key component of all high-performing health systems. Fayemi said this in Abuja on Wednesday at the State Health Leadership Collaborative forum with theme“ Financing Primary Healthcare in Nigeria.” He said that PHC was also a pre-requisite for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his happiness and satisfaction, and that of the entire nation with the military as well as other security agencies on safe release of the remaining 23 kidnapped train passengers held in captivity by Boko Haram terrorists. In a reaction...
The Kogi House of Assembly on Wednesday sealed the Dangote Cement factory, Obajana, following agitation by Kogi indigenes on the questionable circumstances surrounding the acquisition of the company. The lawmakers ordered the closure of the facility after an investigation into its operations allegedly revealed that no valid acquisition took...
All is now set for the 2022 annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) billed for Thursday, October 6 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, as keynote speaker and panellists are now in town for the epoch event. Confirming the development, Chairman, 2022 Conference Committee, Mr. Ken...
The Federal Government says plans are ongoing to add additional 817 Megawatts (MWs) of electricity to the national grid to boost power supply within the FCT and its environs. Mr Sule Abdulaziz, the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), said this in Abuja while inspecting ongoing projects...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to ensure the security of lives and property in the Federal Capital Territory intensifies, the Department of Development Control (FCTA) has sealed off a massive uncompleted 3 storey building located at plot 22 Cadastral zone, A05, Udi Hills Street, Maitama which...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says African countries must evolve strategies for the sustainable development of the continent’s blue economy through exploration and exploitation of seabed minerals. Osinbajo said this while declaring open the 4th Africa’s Deep Seabed Resources (ADSR) sub-Regional workshop in Abuja on Wednesday. The vice-president, who was represented...
Former Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, (AMEN), Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has urged members of the church to remain calm and stop protesting but to pray for him. Mbaka made the call while leaving for the Monastery on Wednesday in obedience to the church order. The News Agency of...
Serious panic was recorded at Aroma junction Awka, Anambra capital on Wednesday when a tanker carrying substance suspected to be inflammable fell and began to spill its content. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident caused passengers, drivers, hawkers and others around the place to scamper...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a purported ad hoc staff recruitment portal for 2023 general election, describing it as fake. INEC said this in a release on its official social handles on Wednesday, urging members of the public to disregard the...
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) on Wednesday released results of the 2022 In-School National Business Certificate (NBC) and the National Technical Certificate (NTC) examinations. Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, Registrar and Chief Executive of the board at a press conference in Benin, announced that a total of 87,668...
A Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Abuja on Wednesday granted bail to Prof. Zainab Abiola and her domestic staff, Rebecca Enechido. Magistrate Elizabeth Wonu, having listened to the arguments of both counsel in regard to the bail application, granted them bail with certain terms and conditions. Wonu...
The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested two suspected rapists in two separate incidents in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ahmad Magaji-Kontagora told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday that one of the suspects raped an 8-year-old girl while the other raped his mentally unstable sister. “One...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has endorsed the 2023 budget proposal for onward presentation to the National Assembly. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, confirmed this when he addressed State House Correspondents after the Council meeting on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by...
Reverend Father Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), has denied prophesying against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. Father Mbaka in a new video on the AMEN’s official page, stated that he never mentioned the former Anambra State governor’s name during...