By Lizzy Okoji The Federal Government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday evacuated 128 more Nigerian migrants living illegally in Libya to Nigeria under its voluntary evacuation exercise. The stranded Nigerians, who were evacuated from the Libyan capital, Tripoli, are expected to arrive the Murtala Mohammed InternationalContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The North-East Rebuild Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has hailed the ongoing De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme for surrendered and repentant terrorists in the North East. The President of the group, Mr Gambo Katagum, in a statement on Wednesday, attributed the mass surrender of insurgentsContinue Reading
By Patricia Amogu A former Director-General of the PDP Governors Forum, Mr Osaro Onaiwu, has charged governors-elect to reciprocate the electorate’s mandate by coming up with people-oriented policies and implementing them. Onaiwu, in a statement in Abuja, said the era had gone when those elected by the people could behaveContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have expressed their readiness to partner with Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) France on the protection of Nigerians’ digital rights. The Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, and Director-General of NITDA, Mallam KashifuContinue Reading
By Alex Enebeli An Enugu-based Non Governmental Organisation, Boys Champions (BC), has trained 120 boys on how to end Gender-Based Violence (GBV) against girls and women. BC is a non-profit organisation that leverages mentorship, sports, education, peace building and empathy to empower boys, founded by the United Nation award-winningContinue Reading
NCPC Officials and some spiritual leaders With the President of Tabar Tours,Mr Joseph Tabar one of the grand handlers of Nig Pilgrims in Jerusalem on Tuesday By Bridget Ikyado Rev. Yakubu Pam, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), on Tuesday praised the 9th batch of the 2022Continue Reading
Retaining N-Power for youth empowerment, poverty alleviation News analysis by Collins Yakubu-Hammer, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (FMHADMSD) was created by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, he charged the pioneer Minister, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, to rescue Nigerians fromContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has dismissed an online notification of admission into National Diploma/Higher National Diploma (ND/HND) Nursing Programmes for the 2023/2024 Academic Session at NAF School of Medical Sciences and Aviation Medicine (NAFSMSAM), Kaduna. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa,Continue Reading
By Lizzy Okoji The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on Tuesday evacuated 151 stranded Nigerians from Benghazi, Libya as the government resumed its voluntary evacuation in Libya. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge D’affiares en titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, made this knownContinue Reading
By Olatunde Ajayi The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in collaboration with the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP) has called for strong action against the menace. The collaboration is aimed at addressing human trafficking said to be posing serious securityContinue Reading
