By Busayo Onijala President Bola Tinubu has urged the media to expand its monitoring role to states and local governments to ensure that allocated funds were judiciously used to cater for the people and build a self-sustaining economy. Tinubu made this call on Tuesday at the 40th Anniversary Lecture ofContinue Reading
By Ebere Agozie The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has urged the Attorneys General of the 36 states to ensure full implementation of financial autonomy for judiciary in their respective states. Fagbemi made the call at the meeting of the Body of AttorneysContinue Reading
By Segun Giwa Ondo Government has launched an official website to promote and propagate gender related activities of the state to the world. The Special Adviser to the governor on Gender, Mrs Olamide Falana, unveiled the website in Akure on Tuesday before stakeholders and Gender Desk Officers across the 18Continue Reading
By Justina Auta The National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) has advocated for more funding and commitment by government to tackle Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and other harmful traditional practices against women and girls. The National President of NCWS, Hajiya Lami Adamu-Lau, made the call while briefing the media in AbujaContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu The Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Mr Shehu Ahmad, has advocated the formulation of the national infrastructure maintenance policy, to safeguard the entire public infrastructure in the country. Ahmad spoke in Abuja at the 1st International Facilities Engineering and Management Conference and Exhibition,Continue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Mr Amit Jain, Director, NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies, Nanyang Business School, Singapore, alongside some economic experts have suggested some actionable recommendations to engender Nigeria’s economic revival that could spur growth and development. They made the recommendations on Monday in Lagos at the public presentation of aContinue Reading
By Aderogba George In a significant stride toward inclusivity, the Leprosy Mission Nigeria (TLMN) and the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) jointly unveiled the translated and simplified version of the 2018 Disability Act in Abuja. The Act, originally in English, has now been made accessible in the threeContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz The Federal Government is to procure customised explosives and narcotic detection screening system with remote and dual view for five international airports in the country to reduce the stress encountered by passengers. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Chief Festus Keyamo, said this at theContinue Reading
By Olayinka Olawale The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has empowered about 203 poultry farmers with feeds, broiler chicks and battery cages in Lagos State. The two-day programme is under the NALDA Home Grown Poultry Empowerment Scheme of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. Speaking at the distributionContinue Reading
By Constance Athekame The Federal Government is to develop an Integrated National Electricity Policy, and Strategic Implementation Plan, as mandated by the Electricity Act 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on June 9, President Bola Tinubu assented to the Electricity Bill, now an Act empowering states, companiesContinue Reading
