By Salisu Sani-Idris Nigera will continue to explore viable and sustainable solutions towards solving its transportation challenges. It will also collaborate with relevant players in the private sector to work out alternatives for the challenge to achieve optimum result. Vice-President Kashim Shettima stated this on Thursday during a facility tourContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has sensitised farmers and herders on peaceful coexistence and sustainable agricultural development. Mrs Elizabeth Isah, Business and Marketing Development Officer, VCDP in Niger, said this at a programme in some local government areas in Niger.Continue Reading
By Peter Okolie Stakeholders in Imo have advocated for the establishment of a federal commission to oversee local government elections across the country. According to them, this will promote a more transparent, fair, and credible electoral process at the local government level. The stakeholders made the callContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz The Dangote Cement in Gboko, Benue, has scaled up its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) schemes for its host communities, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. This is contained in a statement from its Branding and Corporate Communications Department, on Wednesday in Abuja. It said thatContinue Reading
By Joshua Olomu The Federal Government is set to launch a digital repository of Nigeria’s cultural practices and traditions known as “DuduPlugs”. “DuduPlugs is a cutting edge global digital platform developed by ACITeksystem, a Nigerian-American company, in collaboration with the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO). Otunba Biodun Ajiboye, ExecutiveContinue Reading
Justice Ricardo Gonçalves, new President, ECOWAS Court of Justice. By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Court of Justice (CCJ) has elected Cape Verde’s Justice Ricardo Gonçalves as its new President. It also elected Sierra Leone’s Justice Sengu Koroma as new Vice President, both for non-renewable four-year tenure. Continue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The South-East Business and Investment Summit Group (SEBIS) has sought for a credible solution to reawaken industrialisation in the zone. They also sought for the exploration of the South East Zone as an economic powerhouse to drive business, investment and economic development. The group’s ExecutiveContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Ms Rosemary Okoroafor, a nurse at Karshi General Hospital, a surbub of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has bagged the DAISY Foundation award for extraordinary nurses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that DAISY is an acronym for Diseases that Affect Immune Systems. TheContinue Reading
By Mufutau Ojo The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, says the media must harness the opportunities provided by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Ali said this on Monday in Urumqi, China, in his address at the ongoing World Media Summit. HeContinue Reading
By Abdul Hassan The Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST) has trained more than 1,000 youths from three states in leather processing and production. The Director-General of the institute, Prof. Mohammed Yakubu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) onContinue Reading
