By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF and IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of IHS Towers, has announced an 18-month partnership to help strengthen oxygen supply in hospitals for the treatment of pneumonia, COVID-19 and other hypoxemia disorders, particularly in newborn babies and pregnant women. A statement issued by UNICEF Communication...
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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...
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...
Mrs Lynda Saint-Nwafor, Chief Enterprise Business Officer, MTN Nigeria, on Thursday said the adoption of 5G technology would accelerate operational efficiencies for businesses in the country. Saint-Nwafor, made the assertion at the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce (NSACC) August Breakfast meeting in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Malam Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. says resolving the security challenge in the Niger Delta will bring back investments to the oil and gas sector. Kyari said the NNPC was working with security agencies and other stakeholders to address the issue of...
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...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria needs to earn higher revenue and manage its debt profile more efficiently. The Director-General of DMO, Mrs Patience Oniha made the declaration in Abuja on Wednesday when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Mrs. Oniha said: “How much revenue...
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...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has given clarification of Nigeria’s U-20 Women’s team, Falconets overstaying for 24 hours at Istanbul following their exit at the Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. Falconets were enroute Abuja after bowing out of the tournament on Sunday, following...
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has bounced back from the huge losses that saw over N300 billion wiped off his wealth in 8 hours. On Monday, 22 August 2022, Bloomberg reports that Dangote’s wealth jumped by $34.8 million, which is over N14.9 billion when exchanged at N430 to a...
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), on Tuesday said that Nigeria exported over 4. 146 million metric tonnes of non-oil products, worth $2.593 billion from January to June 2022. The Executive Director of NEPC, Dr Ezra Yakusak, said this while presenting the first half year 2022 progress report to...
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says there are actually enough medical doctors in the country but that the Federal Government is working toward replacing any medical doctor who resigns and leaves the country. Ehanire made the assertion on Tuesday in Abuja during a media conference. He also...
The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has urged stakeholders to intensify campaign towards ending the spread tuberculosis in the country. Buhari said this on Tuesday when she received a delegation from the Global Stop TB Partnership led by their Executive Director, Dr Lucica Ditiu, at the State House, Abuja....
The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has intensified efforts towards completion of the multi-billion Millennium Tower in the nation’s capital. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who led members of the Nigeria India Business Council on...
The Federal Government of Nigeria and the United States Government have reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. The agreement signing ceremony was held in the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami on...
President Muhammadu Buhari says football remains the number one sport in Nigeria and a national asset. According to the president, his administration will resist any attempt to undermine its development. Buhari stated this when he received the 10-year Football Development Masterplan submitted by the Minister of Youth and Sports...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has rejected Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party ahead of the 2023 general elections. IPOB spokesman, Mr. Emmanuel Powerful, who made their stance known in a statement issued in Wednesday, said the separatist’s group...
The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) National Secretary, Sen. Iyiola Omisore, on Monday, said there was no alternative to the ruling party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Omisore made this assertion when speaking with newsmen after he had a meeting with some leaders of the party at the APC...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says prices of selected food items increased in July. It made the declaration in its Selected Food Prices Watch Report for July 2022 released in Abuja on Monday. The NBS stated that the average price of 1kg of white beans rose by 23.22...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, inaugurated a 16-member Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC), with Alhaji Aliko Dangote as Chairman. The president believed that the successful implementation of the Council’s agenda and savings from estimated economic burden of the disease would save Nigeria about N687 billion...