By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to attend the 63rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS on Saturday. The meeting to be held in the port city of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau on Sunday is expected to address memoranda on pressing sub-regional issues. A statement fromContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has reiterated its commitment to strengthen partnership with the Kaduna State Government on peace building. The Acting Country Director of the institute, Dr Chris Kwaja, made the promise in Kaduna on Thursday, during a meeting with Mr Atiku Sankey, SpecialContinue Reading
By Cecilia Ijuo A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the FrontFoot Media Initiative, has trained journalists on how to identify and expose manipulations and corrupt practices in public accounts. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the two-day training programme, which began on Wednesday in Abuja, is “X-rayingContinue Reading
By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has expressed its readiness to partner with relevant development agencies and donors to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable population in the Niger Delta region. The Managing Director, NDDC, Chief Samuel Ogbuku expressed this at a one- day Policy dialogue with developmentContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Second Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Summit will bolster ties between Russia and Africa in security, sustainable economic and humanitarian development. Anton Kobyakov, an Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation and Executive Secretary of the Organising Committee for the Russia–Africa events, made this known onContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), says its Interim Administrator, Retired Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu, has stabilised the operations of the programme by clearing all inherited debts through tactical financial models. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the PAP SpecialContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of Nigeria’s first Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun, who passed on last Saturday in Lagos. Ajose-Adeogun, who died at the age of 96 was appointed the Minister of Federal Capital in 1976 by the MurtalaContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has assured genuine local and foreign investors of his administration’s commitment to providing conducive environment. Mr Julius Rone, Group Managing Director of UTM FLNG Ltd, made this known after a meeting with Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
By Bashir Rabe Mani TEXEM UK, a leading global learning and dеvеlopmеnt organisation, has set its sights on еmpowеring Nigerian and African business leaders to еxcеl in today’s challenging and uncertain business landscape. In a statement on its website (www.texem.co.uk) Carolinе Lucas, TEXEM’s Director of Special Projects, еmphasizеd theContinue Reading
By Grace Alegba The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) says it is saddened and shocked by the passing of Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, Publisher of NewsDirect Newspapers Group and one of the guild’s committed members. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibiyemi, 56, died on Tuesday at theContinue Reading
