The Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, has shared some success stories about Nigeria’s efforts to provide basic water and adequate sanitation for its citizens. Adamu made this known while delivering Nigeria’s statement at a plenary session at the ongoing 2023 UN Water Conference on Thursday in New...
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Thursday said that Nigerians have missed enormous infrastructure development due to the protracted fuel subsidy regime in the country. The NNPCL disclosed that the amount spent on fuel subsidy payment could provide 7,500km of road network at N400 million per kilometre...
The Federal Government is ready to fulfill the Paris Agreement on Climate Change to ensure effective gender inclusion. Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment stated this during the inauguration and inception workshop of the project in Abuja on Thursday. The protect is tagged: “The Nigeria Initiative...
A water and renewable energy organisation, Fordmarx Nigeria, says it will create over 20 million productive jobs within a year to assist the Federal Government’s employment strategy. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Clifford Nnaji, said this during the 2023 World Bank Water Day...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – After a very exhaustive campaign and election season, President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has travelled abroad to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of May 29, 2023 inauguration. A statement issued on Wednesday by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, said The President-elect left the...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has officially presented a Certificate of Yoruba Territory to Quilombola territory in Brazil, making the city the first outside Africa to receive the title. The highly revered Yoruba king also on Tuesday addressed Brazil’s Federal House of Assembly where he...
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) says Nigeria will begin exporting skilled labour to Europe and other parts of the world under the Nigerian Youths Skills Empowerment (NYSE) Programme. A statement by the NBTE Head of Media, Hajiya Fatima Abubakar in Kaduna on Tuesday, said that the NYSE...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Tax administrators must keep up with the dynamics occasioned by disruptive new technologies of the 21st century, and arm themselves with the necessary skills, capacity and character for effective and efficient tax administration in the fourth industrial revolution age. This was the position expressed...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – No fewer than 78 million children in Nigeria are at the risk of three water-related threats, according to The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) The UNICEF Nigeria Chief of WASH, Dr Jane Bevan, who disclosed this in a statement n Monday, listed the threats...
The United Kingdom has earmarked 10 million pounds grant for innovators in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, and South Africa to address the energy situation . Mr Joshua Adedeji, Knowledge Transfer Manager for the Innovate UK Nigeria, said this in statement at the end of an Energy Catalyst meeting...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the devastation caused by mudslides from Cyclone Freddy and floods, which left more than 300 people dead in Malawi. President Buhari stated this in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja while...
In commemoration of International Womens Day, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Federal Ministry of Justice in Collaboration with Akustan Engineering Limited held a sensitization/advocacy program on drug Abuse for women in Warawa Local Government of Kano state on 8th March 2023. The program, which was held at NITT Dawakin...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the United Kingdom’s His Royal Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was signed yesterday with the aim of fostering improved collaboration on capacity building between the two tax authorities. The two agencies signed...
In politics, philosopher John Locke is best known as a proponent of limited government. He uses a theory of natural rights to argue that governments have obligations to their citizens, have only limited powers over their citizens, and can ultimately be overthrown by citizens under certain circumstances. This is...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nigeria and Israel have commenced collaborative moves to deepen partnership in innovation, entrepreneurship and production with the aim of harnessing Nigeria’s huge potentials for its technological development. This was disclosed when the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr. Michael Freeman paid a working...
After years of absence, the Nigerian Base Defence Company, deployed into the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has joined the rest of the Multinational Peacekeeping Force. The Acting Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNISFA, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday....
The Pastor of Christ Embassy Church, Lekki, Pastor Deola Phillips, has called for prayers for the healing of the nation. Phillips made the call in a statement to herald the seventh edition of the Healing Streams Live Healing Service with Pastor Chris Oyakilome. She said that there was the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Xi Jinping on his re-election for a third five-year term as President and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People’s Republic of China. The president’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman,...
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) said insufficient power allocation to the company by generation stations was responsible for the unstable electricity supply in the region. Alhaji Adamu Muhammed, Public Relations Officer (PRO), Niger Region, AEDC, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday...
Football fans in Ebonyi have advised the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) not to disband the Flying Eagles due to its bronze-medal finish at the just concluded U-20 AFCON in Egypt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the nation’s men U-20 team did not impress much in the...