By Abujah Racheal In spite of receiving free treatment under India’s National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), tuberculosis (TB) patients in Arunachal Pradesh, in the Northeastern part of the country, continue to face significant financial hardships. This was contained in a new study by Dr Nagaraja Rao, a scientist atContinue Reading
By Sylvester Thompson The Federal Government said on Monday in Abuja that it would take steps to build public trust in biotech innovations to grow the nation’s agriculture sector. Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, the Director-General, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA), said this at a public forum it hostedContinue Reading
By Ese Williams Dr Akinwunmi Adesina says serving as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is the greatest honour of his life. Adesina said this at a breakfast meeting held for the media to declare open the AfDB 2025 Annual Meetings in Abidjan. “It has been a decade ofContinue Reading
By Justina Auta As Nigeria prepares to celebrate 2025 Children’s Day, the country’s young population has advocated for greater inclusion and protection from the scourge of child trafficking. They made the call on Monday ahead of the Children’s Day celebration organised by the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs inContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan/Funmilayo Adeyemi A group of 47 Nigerian medical students who escaped war-torn Sudan in May 2023 are now struggling to register for the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council (MDCN) examination due to a document snag. The students, many of who fled or were evacuated by the FederalContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mehmet Poroy, says the country has one of the world’s richest culinary traditions because Turkish foods have been enriched by traces of countless civilisations for centuries. The envoy made this known during an interactive session with select diplomatic correspondents whom he hosted toContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran The Lagos State Government has reiterated that the issue surrounding the local government autonomy was not applicable in the state. It said that the council chairmen had unfettered access to their federal allocations. Mr Bolaji Robert, the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, statedContinue Reading
In a major boost to commercial agriculture in Nigeria, the Dangote Group and the Niger State Government are fostering sectoral partnership worth billions of Naira. The conglomerate said significant investment has been deployed into the company’s rice production infrastructure in the state, even as it is partnering the GovernmentContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya Niger Government has completed a three-day training for 50 first class graduates as Business Development Service Providers (BDSPs) to assist small business start-ups and existing businesses. The training, organised by Niger government through the Office of the Special Adviser to Gov. Umaru Bago on Social Investment Programme,Continue Reading
By Kayode Adebiyi A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and international human rights lawyer, Mohammed Ndarani, says the Benue Appeals Tribunal has exhibited commendable judicial integrity in the appeals from the Benue State Local Government Election Tribunal. Ndarani, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday, said the judgments at theContinue Reading
