By Kunle Williams/Florence Onuegbu Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Tuesday inaugurated and issued the proclamation of the functionality of the 10th Lagos State House of Assembly. Speaking at the Proclamation/Inauguration ceremony at the Assembly Chamber, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu said the proclamation symbolised not just the continuity of democraticContinue Reading
By Clara Egbogota The Noble Delta Women for Peace and Development (NDWPD), an NGO, has called for the inclusion of women in negotiation teams to address issues on land grabbing. Mrs Caroline Usikpedo-Oliseowe, the Executive Director of NDWPD, made the call in Asaba on Monday at a news conferenceContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike Nigeria recorded N927.16 billion trade surplus between January 2023 and March 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says. This is contained in the NBS Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report for Q1 2023 released in Abuja on Tuesday. In its report, the NBS saidContinue Reading
By Funmilola Gboteku/Oluwatope Lawanson An Economist, Dr Biodun Adedipe, has urged the incoming administration to pay more attention to agriculture being the largest contributor to the country’s Gross Domestic Product. Adedipe, who is a Chief Consultant at B. Adedipe Associates Ltd, made the call on Friday at aContinue Reading
By Abiodun Azi and Millicent Ifeanyichukwu Health experts at a media training on Tuberculosis (TB) said that unexplained consistent weight loss in children could be as a result of TB. According to them, other signs and symptoms suggestive of TB in children include failure to thrive or gain weight,Continue Reading
By Nefishetu Yakubu The Edo State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs Foluke Oladeinde, on Monday said the scheme had fostered national unity and created balance across multi-ethnic groups in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the scheme which came into existence in 1973,Continue Reading
By Yunus Yusuf The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it is in talk with global consultants to establish a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on its corporate governance structure. Its Executive Director, Projects, Mr Charles Ogunmola, said this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of theContinue Reading
By Victor Nwachukwu The Imo Government has set up a monitoring committee to checkmate malpractices, as the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) begins. The Commissioner for Education, Imo, Prof. Johncliffe Nwadike, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Owerri, on Monday. Nwadike, a former Head ofContinue Reading
Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Rt Hon. Helen Clark have called on political leaders to commit to reforms in six essential areas in order to transform the international system for pandemic preparedness and response. They made the call in a statement on end of COVID-19 as a publicContinue Reading
By Oladapo Udom The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, says the Nigerian Navy (NN) has redoubled its effort to reduce high insurance premium for ships in Nigeria-controlled waters. Awwal said this on Monday while he was inaugurating several projects that cut across the naval commandsContinue Reading
