By Folasade Akpan The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has reiterated calls by the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to rescind the evacuation order from northern Gaza, which is making a dire humanitarian situation even worse. The Fund’s Executive Director, Dr Natalia Kanem, made the call in aContinue Reading
By Ahmed Kaigama Malam Mustapha Mohammed, the Coordinator, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in Bauchi State has warned against diversion of branded and certified drugs for enrollees in the state. Mohammed gave the warning during an interaction with representatives of MDAs, healthcare facilities and HealthContinue Reading
By Victor Nwachukwu The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced tracking of 82 constituency projects valued at N8 billion in Imo. Mr Victor Onakpoberuo, the Team Lead of the ICPC’s projects monitoring team, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday. Continue Reading
By Bukola Adewumi The newly appointed Managing Director of Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA), Mr Bamanga Usman, has unveiled plans for the future growth of the agency, inline with President Tinubu’s economic agenda. Usman made this known on Wednesday when he took over from theContinue Reading
By Aminu Garko The Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology,Wudil, has decried the dissolution of the institution’s governing council by Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. This is contained in a statement issued by theContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed support for a call of a state of emergency in the education sector. Speaking at the National Conference on the Learning Crisis in Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, the Chairman, NGF, Gov. Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman of KwaraContinue Reading
By Constance Athekame The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Africa Mini-Grid Developers Association (AMDA) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote and accelerate mini-grid development in Nigeria. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Abuja, Mr Salihijo Ahmad, Managing Director of REA said that the MoUContinue Reading
By Florence Onuegbu The Wife of Nigeria’s President, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has advised women to be ready to break barriers, so as to unleash their full potential. Tinubu gave the advice on Tuesday in Victoria Island, while declaring open the 23rd National Women’s Conference, organisedContinue Reading
Prof. Rodria Laline, one of TEXEM’s faculties By Abigael Joshua TEXEM UK, a United Kingdom-based leadership development organisation, says the unabated exodus of talents from Nigeria to the UK primarily, constitutes a major but surmountable hurdle for the country’s leaders. In a statement on TEXEM’s websiteContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang The Senate has inaugurated its Standing Committee on Legislative Compliance. This, it said was aimed at enforcing its resolutions on all its standing committees as well as all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Federal Government. The committee, chaired by Sen. Musa MaidokiContinue Reading
