By Lucy Ogalue The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has announced a nationwide enforcement exercise to end the operations of unregistered Point-of-Sale (PoS) agents across the country. CAC, in a statement signed by its management, directed all operators to regularise their businesses before Jan. 1, 2026. The commission said the directiveContinue Reading
By Uchenna Eletuo Pastor Paul Adefarasin, Convener of the annual Christian music festival in Lagos, says it is a platform for African youth to take over leadership positions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that The Experience, the annual Christian music festival, is one of the largest gospel musicContinue Reading
By Uche Bibilari The Chairman, Board of Management, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Dr Ikechukwu Odikpo, has reiterated the need for constant health checks to avoid sudden death. Odikpo said this while commissioning the Clinical Arm of the Cardiovascular Research Centre and the Pharmacy Mini Production Unit at UATHContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The Federal Government says 41 million Nigerians previously at risk of blindness from trachoma have reduced to four million following successful interruption of mass drug administration in 116 endemic local government areas (LGAs). This was disclosed during the Trachoma Quarterly Review Meeting convened to evaluate Nigeria’s progressContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje A security and intelligence expert, Dr John Metchie, says Nigeria is on track to ending insecurity challenges. Addressing newsmen, Metchie praised President Bola Tinubu’s choice of retired Gen. Christopher Musa as the new Defence Minister. He said the appointment marked a watershed in the protection of theContinue Reading
By Justina Auta Sustainable Gender Action Initiative (SGAI), UN Women and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have intensified grassroots mobilisation against technology-facilitated gender-based violence across communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Dr Mufuliat Fijabi, Executive Director of SGAI, during a community outreach inContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, says the service is intensifying sweeping reforms to eliminate corruption, strengthen transparency and build a fully digitised service system capable of meeting the expectations of Nigerians. Nandap said this at the 4th quarter nationwide sensitisation campaign against corruptionContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Army says troops of Operation Peace Shield rescued 10 kidnapped women during a special operation in the early hours of Friday in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A credible source at Army Headquarters revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) onContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The Nigerian Correctional Officers’ Wives Association (NICOWA) has strengthened digital education in its schools with the ground-breaking of a new school hall and state-of-the-art computer laboratory in Abuja. Speaking at the ceremony on Friday in Abuja, the President of NICOWA, Mrs Victoria Nwakuche, said the project wasContinue Reading
By Constance Athekame The National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) has expressed readiness to train no fewer than 1,500 engineers and technicians in the power sector to boost electricity. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Alhaji Mamudah Mamman, said this in Abuja at a one-day Stakeholders’ Engagement for theContinue Reading
