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NAN Abuja.
By Philip Yatai The Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will strengthen cooperation with the Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) to improve veterinary services in the FCT. The Mandate Secretary, Mr Lawan Geidam, stated this when the newly elected officials of the associationContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will take decisive action against the proliferation of illegal abattoirs in the FCT. The Mandate Secretary, Mr Lawan Geidam, made this known when officials of the FCT Butchers Association visited him in Abuja. GeidamContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has rescued a construction worker trapped in a collapsed building under construction. The worker was trapped when a part of a building under construction, close to Taj Bank in the Central Business District, Abuja, collapsed on Saturday aroundContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Chef Aishatu Gamalia, the founder of the Dine and Pack Culinary Training Centre, Abuja, has advised secondary school students in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to embrace culinary as a vocational skill for self-reliance. Gamalia gave the advice in Abuja on Saturday night, at the 2023Continue Reading
By Polycarp Auta An international NGO, Christian Blind Mission (CBM), has established and equipped an eye center at the General Hospital Pankshin in Plateau. Mr Rainer Braykhas, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the organisation, said during the inauguration of the centre on Saturday in Pankshin, that the gestureContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reopened the barricaded slip road interchange and four other roads in the FCT, Abuja, to ease the flow of traffic. The roads are Galadimawa interchange, Dogon Gada, Dogon Ruwa, Apo-Dutse, and Gada Biyu. The News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher Governor’s Mandate Magazine has fixed Dec. 7, 2023 as the day to honour some former state governors who performed outstandingly while in office as the chief executives of their respective states with the Governors’ Mandate Award. The Chief Executive Officer of the magazine, Mr Earl Onaiwu,Continue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), says it will partner with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to boost Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country. The Registrar-General of CAC, Hussaini Magaji, said this when SMEDAN’s Director-General, Mr Charles Odii visited himContinue Reading
By Justina Auta AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, trained Nasarawa women of child bearing age living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on elimination of transmission of the disease to their infants. Mrs Christy Awunor, the AHF Nursing Coordinator in Nasarawa, said that the training was necessary to enableContinue Reading
By Justina Auta Dr Gambo Aliyu, the Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), says Nigeria has recorded a significant decline in the number of persons infected with HIV/AIDS. He disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, ahead of the 2023 World AIDS Day (WAD).Continue Reading
