By Mercy Neme Delta Head of Service, Dr Mininim Oseji, has distributed tomato and pepper seedlings to Permanent Secretaries and staff in key government offices. The initiative seeks to promote homestead farming among civil servants. Speaking in Asaba, Oseji said the scheme aimed at boosting food security, encouraging agriculture, andContinue Reading
By Desmond Ejibas The Federal Government has unveiled a sensitisation campaign to highlight the achievements of President Bola Tinubu’s two years in office. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, inaugurated the exercise in Port Harcourt, with the theme: “Tinubu Administration’s Mid-Term Report.” Represented by the Head ofContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam President Bola Tinubu has commissioned a 40,000 cubic metre (CBM) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessel, christened “MT Iyaloja (Lagos),” in Ulsan, South Korea to deepen LPG availability and affordability. The President, at the commissioning of the 40,000 CBM LPG vessel on Monday, said Nigeria was poised toContinue Reading
By Ibrahim Kado The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC), an NGO, says it has provided over 5,000 pro bono legal services to various detainees in Adamawa since 2024. Mrs Lucy Abagi, the Centre’s Chief Executive Officer, disclosed this at the police duty solicitor scheme awareness engagement and scorecard presentationContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha No fewer than 69,376 voters completed online pre-registration within seven hours of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) resuming its nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja. Olumekun explained that theContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Nigerian stock market bounced back on Monday, wiping out three straight sessions of losses as investors regained N60 billion in value in a single day. Specifically, the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) market capitalisation, which opened at N91.501 trillion, increased by N60 billion or 0.07 per centContinue Reading
By Aderogba George The Federal Capital Territory Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA-FCT) has appealed to the Federal Government to honour the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached with medical doctors in July. Dr Emeka Ayogu, Chairman of NMA-FCT, made the appeal at a news conference on Monday, held asContinue Reading
By Bukola Adetoye The Ogun Government has declared Aug. 20 a public holiday to commemorate the annual Isese Day celebration. The date was conveyed by Mr Kayode Akinmade, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Ogun Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday in Abeokuta. “It will be recalled that theContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has issued guidelines to govern the development and implementation of all Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in Nigeria. The move, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports, is in a bid to overhaul Nigeria’s infrastructure delivery processes through PPPs. Dr Jobson Ewalefoh,Continue Reading
By Maureen Okon Mr Mehmet Poroy, the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, on Monday sought partnership with the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) to strengthen bilateral relations on diaspora engagement between the two countries. The envoy said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Commission’s Chairman/CEO, Mrs AbikeContinue Reading
