By Oke0ghene Akubuike The Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran on Wednesday unveiled the Nigeria Flood Impact, Recovery and Mitigation Assessment Report aimed at assessing the impact of 2022 floods on households. Adeniran, while speaking at the occasion, said the survey report was a collaboration between the National BureauContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The Government of Austria has sought partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria in the provision of transportation infrastructure as well as other areas of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). This is contained in a statement signed by Manji Yarling, Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory CommissionContinue Reading
By Jacinta Nwachukwu Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) on Wednesday conducted the 2023 Confirmation and Promotion Examination for over 22,000 senior officers in the Federal Public Service nationwide. Speaking at one of the centres in Abuja, Dr Marcus Ogunbuyi, Permanent Secretary, Career Management, OHCSF,Continue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne Prof. Mkpa Agu Mkpa, a former Vice Chancellor, Abia State University, Uturu, has urged the National Assembly to revisit the report of the 2014 Constitutional Conference. The academic said the report addressed most of the challenges of the country’s development. Mkpa made the call in Abuja onContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Managing Director, Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC), Mr Feyzullah Bilgin, says welcoming new ideas through open-mindedness by Nigerian youths is key to the nation’s development Bilgin made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the NTIC AbujaContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo/Philomina Attah An NGO, MeCAHT and other stakeholders have advocated the involvement of religious institutions to help in the fight against human trafficking in the country. They partnered at a one-day Interfaith Conference and the inauguration of an Inter- Faith Manual in the Prevention of Human Trafficking onContinue Reading
Obinna Unaeze A female auto mechanic apprentice, Miss Joy Makun, has urged ladies to engage in skills development to fend for themselves rather than waiting for hand-outs from men and relatives. She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday that gender bias would not be deterredContinue Reading
Jacinta Nwachukwu The Minister of Special Duties and Inter – Governmental Affairs, Zaphaniah Jisalo on Tuesday reiterated his commitment to ensure Local Government autonomy to enhance grass root development. Jisalo expressed the commitment during the annual conference of functionaries and key actors in local government administration in Abuja. The themeContinue Reading
By Hamza Suleiman The Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, has paid an operational visit to the Theatre Command, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in Maiduguri. Abubakar was accompanied in the visit by the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mattawalle, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, ChiefContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu The President of the Senate, Chief Godswill Akpabio, says the National Assembly will partner the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to come up with favourable legislations that will accelerate the growth of the manufacturing sector in the country. Akpabio gave this indication when he spoke at theContinue Reading
