By Obinna Unaeze The Niger Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) on Monday said the death toll from Sunday’s boat mishap in Mokwa Local Government Area had risen from 24 to 30. The Acting Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Garba Salihu stated this in an interview with the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Oladapo Udom Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo and Niger Republic have inaugurated “Operation Safe Domain II” as a collaborative effort toward eradicating piracy and maritime crimes within their maritime domain especially the Gulf of Guinea. Speaking at the inauguration on Monday, the Director of Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre (MMCC) ZoneContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz Nigeria and the United Arab Emirate (UAE) have finalised agreement on the lifting of visa ban placed on Nigerian travellers and the immediate resumption of flights by Etihad and Emirates Airlines. This followed the visit of President Bola Tinubu to the emirate on Monday after his visitContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal, on Monday, sacked the son of Prof. Jerry Gana, Rep Joshua Audu-Gana, from the House of Representatives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Rep Joshua Audu-Gana was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) forContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Monday unveiled the Zero Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) to successfully identify and reach the millions of children who have not yet received a single routine immunisation. At the launch in Abuja, the Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr FaisalContinue Reading
By Constance Athekame The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has inaugurated the Power Outage Reporting System (PORS) application app, to make complaints resolution process easier and faster by Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). Inaugurating the app in Abuja on Monday, Mr Sanusi Garba, Chairman of NERC, described it as an onlineContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will launch, on Tuesday in Abuja, the Joint Platform for the Advancement of Cybersecurity in West Africa. According to a statement posted on its website on Monday, the platform will focus on regional cyber diplomacy, the protection of criticalContinue Reading
By Peter Amine The Director-General, Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Joseph Ari said the fund was equipping all its libraries with the requisite personnel and materials to boost staff and clients’ capacities. Ari who was represented by Director of Field Services, Mrs Adetola Aje, stated this at the opening of ITF Continue Reading
By Ramatu Garba The Centre for Dry land Agriculture (CDA) of Bayero University, Kano says it plans to hold its fourth conference on dry land and food security from Sept. 12 to Sept. 14 in Kano. Prof. Jibrin Mohammed-Jibrin, the Director, CDA, said this when he briefed newsmen in KanoContinue Reading
By Stephen Adeleye Kogi governor Yahaya Bello has recorded giant strides across all sectors since he took charge on 27 Jan. 2016, but many analysts believe that his accomplishments in the educational sector remain outstanding. The analysts, however, say that the feat is not surprising as he had declared, fromContinue Reading
