By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Abuja School of Social and political Thought (TASSPT), has called for the adoption of human development approach in determining the new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The Director of the School, Dr Sam Amadi, gave the advice at a dialogue with the theme ”Determining fairContinue Reading
By Martha Agas Nigeria has been operating a monocultural economy for decades since the discovery of oil in 1956, relying on it to fund its development. The result is that other sectors of the economy would not receive the needed attention for their growth, posing a worrying obstacle to economicContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon The Nigerian Ambassador to Libya, Mohammed Mohammed, has cautioned Nigerians against seeking irregular migration to foreign countries. Muhammed, the newly-posted Charge’ d’Affaires en-titre to Libya, gave the advice in a statement on Wednesday during the repatriation of 122 stranded Nigerians in Libya. In the statement, which was issuedContinue Reading
By Justina Auta Tabitha Cumi Foundation (TCF), an NGO, has empowered FCT special needs students on menstrual hygiene management, myths and taboos. Mrs Tayo Erinle, Executive Director, TCF, during the exercise at Abuja School for the Blind, Jabi on Tuesday in Abuja said the initiative was to commemorate the 2024Continue Reading
By Sylvester Thompson The National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM) says it plans to train one million workforce on various skills relevant to the nation’s socio-economic development through its academy. The Director-General of NACETEM, Dr Olushola Odusanya, disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Ladies section of the IBB International Golf and Country Club has sensitised children of the Durumi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Abuja, on the need for personal hygiene and dangers of child abuse. Lady Captain of the Club, Dame Julie Donli who led members of theContinue Reading
Sen. Nwoko wants Senate to probe sack of 317 CBN workers By Deborah Coker Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta North), has criticised the recent sack of 317 workers of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and urged the Senate to investigate the purge. Nwoko told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
MLSCN inspected 103 new laboratories, sealed 23 in 1 year — Registrar By Franca Ofili Dr Tosan Erhabor, the Registrar, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) said that the council inspected 103 new laboratories, sealed 23 others and arrested six quacks from May 2023 till date. Erhabor told theContinue Reading
2,000 Warri residents benefit from Navy medical outreach By Edeki Igafe No fewer than 2,000 residents of Warri South on Monday benefited from the medical outreach organised by the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta. The event, held at the Warri South Local Government Secretariat Annex, was to mark theContinue Reading
Children’s Day : NHRC ,CALDEV collaborate against violation of children’s rights By Joshua Olomu The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) and the Children of Africa Leadership and Values Development Initiative (CALDEV) have expressed willingness to work together against all forms of violation of the rights of Nigerian children. The two organisationContinue Reading
