By Sunday John The Nasarawa State Government has announced plans to administer vaccine on girls between ages 9-14 years to protect them against cervical and breast cancers. Dr. Mohammed Addis, Executive Secretary, Nasarawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NAPHDA), made the disclosure at a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday in Lafia.Continue Reading
By Ijendu Iheaka Abia Commissioner for Environment and Urban Renewal, Mr Phillimon Ogbonna, has said that the state will domesticate climate change programmes during its first summit in Umuahia. Ogbonna disclosed this during an event to mark the 2023 Diocesan Tree Planting Campaign of the Catholic Diocese at Christ theContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has said that the Federal Government will leverage digital technology to create Nigeria’s desired socio-economic progress that was necessary to transform the society. He said this during a meeting with a delegation from Google, West Africa, led by its Director, OlumideContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye The Chairman House Committee on Sports, Ekene Adams, has congratulated the newly appointed Minister of Sports, John Enoh. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Enoh is one of 46 new ministers assigned portfolios by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday. Enoh is Nigeria’s 36th Sports MinisterContinue Reading
By Mercy Omoike The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) Lagos chapter, said it was ready to take measures to elicit the government’s intervention in the sector. The PAN Lagos chapter Chairman, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Continue Reading
By Nathan Nwakamma The Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta, (MOSIEND) on Thursday urged the newly appointed ministers from the Niger Delta region to work together in harmony. The pan-Niger Delta group gave the advice while reacting to Wednesday’s assignmentContinue Reading
By Hussaina Yakubu The Qatari Government has inaugurated the construction of 500,000 mass housing units project for vulnerable and less-privileged persons in Kaduna State. Qatar’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Ali Bin Ghanem Al-Hajri perfomed the official inauguration of the project on Wednesday in Kaduna. Al-HajiriContinue Reading
By Habibu Harisu The Sokoto State Government in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has inaugurated an advocacy Technical Working Group (TWG), on coordinating Family Planing (FP) activities in the state. The group was inaugurated by the Executive Secretary of Sokoto State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (SSPHCDA), DrContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an NGO on Wednesday joined other stakeholders in warning against the harmful usage of pesticides to safeguard public health in the country. Mr Nnimmo Bassey, Director, HOMEF said this at a dialogue in Abuja with decision makers on hazards ofContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy had created difficulties in the payment of foreign scholarship tuition fees and stipends. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Mr Sonny Echono, made this known at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Engagement onContinue Reading
