By Joan Nwagwu The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has commended President Bola Tinubu for his consistent interest in the welfare of retirees and pensioners across the country. Mr Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, NECA’s Director-General, gave the commendation in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said this reflects a deep recognitionContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye The National Association of Nigerian Professional Footballers (NANPF) has urged the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) to ensure due process in Adewale Adeyinka’s betting allegation case. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NPFL suspended the registration of Plateau United goalkeeper Adewale Adeyinka over allegationsContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has launched a new electronic invoicing solution to transform how businesses pay taxes in Nigeria, a move that will make tax compliance faster, easier, and more transparent. The Executive-Chairman, FIRS, Dr Zacch Adedeji, disclosed this in a statement by Dare Adekanmbi,Continue Reading
By Vivian Emoni Mrs Noneye Ayeni, Director General, Nigeria Exports Promotion Council (NEPC) says the council has distributed 23,239 hybrid seedlings and farm inputs to 3, 047 farmers across the country. Ayeni disclosed this to newsmen while presenting a report on the first half of 2025 Non-Oil Exports Performance inContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye The National Association of Nigeria Professional Footballers (NANPF) has urged the Nigeria Football Federation Players’ Status and Arbitration Committee (NFF-PSAC) to urgently convene and resolve more than 100 outstanding contractual disputes. The call comes as the 2025/2026 football season is set to kick off later this month.Continue Reading
By Victor Okoye No fewer than 250 young chess enthusiasts converged on Abuja on Saturday for the Evolve 2.0 Children’s Chess Championship. The event, aimed at deepening grassroots sports development and grooming future grandmasters, was organised by the Royals Chess Academy. Participants drawn from schools across the FCT competed inContinue Reading
By Aderogba George Project Pink Blue (PBB), a leading cancer care NGO, has inaugurated a multidisciplinary steering committee for the Women Empowering Women Breast Cancer Navigation and Technology Programme (WEW-BCNaP). The NGO’s Project Manager, Ms Ejemole Nwanna, said in Abuja on Friday that the programme, supported by AstraZeneca, aims toContinue Reading
By Abdullahi Mohammed The Federal Government on Thursday said the N80 billion Alau Dam upgrade in Borno is progressing and will boost irrigation and hydro-electric power generation when completed in 2027. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, made this known during a working visit to theContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), has launched a major agri-business and livelihood empowerment initiative targeted at former combatants and conflict-affected communities in Nigeria. The initiative, announced in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), was announced atContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Court of Justice says it has delivered a total of 487 judgments and 147 rulings out of 748 cases filed before it since its inception in 2001. The Community Court disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while giving an official update highlighting its 24-year judicialContinue Reading
