By Maureen Okon The Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (DTAC) on Sunday received 23 Technical Aid Corps (TAC) Volunteers sent to Uganda in November 2021, who returned back to Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports they were received by the Director-General (D-G) of DTAC, Dr Yusuf Yakub, atContinue Reading
By Joshua Olomu Nwankwo Kanu, ex-Nigerian international and founder of Kanu Heart Foundation, Gov. Mohammed Bago of Niger State and founder of Bago Foundation have been honoured with the 2023 Humanitarian Awards. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that they were recognized alongside other charitable individuals and organisations atContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi Stakeholders in Nigeria’s agriculture sector have urged the federal and state governments to prioritise capacity building for youth and women in agriculture on modern technology and innovations. The stakeholders, who spoke at the National Agriculture Show “Youth and Women in Agriculture Seminar’’ on Friday in Nasarawa, saidContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi A coalition under the aegis of Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) has urged federal, state and local governments to allocate resources for the implementation of the National Gender Policy on Agriculture. The National President of SWOFON, Fatima Bello, made the call at the 2023Continue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar Bagudu, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to digitise Nigeria’s statistical system. Bagudu said this at the closing of the Pilot Phase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Digitisation Project in Abuja on Friday. The News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has assured waste contractors of prompt payment of waste services to ensure quality service delivery in the territory Dr Fred Kpakol, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike on Environment and Waste Management disclosed this on Friday inContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) says it will provide guidance and requisite support to superstores to ensure that the importation of genetically modified products is in line with stipulated standards. Dr Agnes Asagbra, Director-General, NBMA, communicated this at a meeting with superstores operators on Friday inContinue Reading
By Joshua Olomu Hajiya Hannatu Musawa, the Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, on Friday called for collaboration of the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) to provide government-generated data to drive Nigeria’s creative industry. The minister made the call when the Statistician General, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, and top management staffContinue Reading
By Justina Auta A coalition of gender groups on Thursday commenced a hashtag campaign advocating for the reintroduction of the five gender bills that were rejected by the 9th National Assembly to further safeguard rights of women and vulnerable groups. The group, #constitutionwomenwants, led by Women Advocates Research and DocumentationContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua The Federal Government has assured support to the ideals of the Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI) to address climate change challenges. Dr Iziaq Salako, Minister of State for Environment, said this at the inauguration of the 9th Session of the Pan-African Agency for the Great Green WallContinue Reading
