By Franca Ofili Mrs Kachollom Daju, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, says there is an urgent need to address the healthcare services of the elderly in the country. Daju said this in Abuja on Monday at the National Summit on Healthy Ageing in Nigeria with theme as: “Decade of HealthyContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says Nigeria requires $20 billion annually to achieve the desired gas expansion plan to bridge the country’s gas infrastructure. Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, NEITI Executive Secretary, at the policy dialogue on Nigeria’s Decade of Gas Action plan on Monday inContinue Reading
By Florence Onuegu Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has appointed six Special Advisers (non-cabinet) to serve in various capacities across the ministries. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Monday. Salu-Hundeyin said the newly appointed Special Advisers were MrsContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) has urged the Federal Government to fix bad roads and encourage private and modular refineries to enable affordable petroleum products. NOGASA also called on the government to reduce Value Added Taxes on imported products, especially the AutomotiveContinue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola Pfizer, a bio-pharmaceutical company, says industry players need to collaborate in creating awareness around the dangers of counterfeit medicine and pharmaceutical products. The Cluster Lead for West Africa/Country Manager, Pfizer, Mr Olayinka Subair, said this during the visit of the President of the Pharmaceutical Society of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Ministry of Petroleum Resources has urged Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) and Nigerians in general to convert their vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Amb. Gabriel Aduda, the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, made this known on Monday inContinue Reading
By Uche Bibilari Some residents of Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT have decried the unhygienic means of transporting meat from abattoirs to the market. Those who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday said the use of wheelbarrows, motorcycles and rickety vehicles to transport meat wasContinue Reading
By Fatima Abubakar Some residents of Masaka, Nasarawa State, on Monday bemoaned the lack of power supply to the area, while also lamenting over the cost of using generating set. The residents, who expressed their pain in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), described their agony asContinue Reading
By Esther Paul Residents of Dutsen communities in Bwari Area Council of the FCT on Sunday called on the FCT Administration to fix bad roads that had become death traps in the area. Some of them told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the bad roads had slowed downContinue Reading
By Dorcas Jonah Dr Elijah Ogbuokiri, President, Chartered Institute of Development Studies and Administration of Nigeria (CIDSAN), on Saturday attributed the infrastructural deficit in Nigeria and Africa to scarcity of trained developers. Ogbuokiri said this at a news conference after a stakeholders meeting in Abuja to announce the formation ofContinue Reading
