By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Third Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Gwagwalada and District Society, Musa Dala has called on government to harmonise wages for civil servants to discourage corruption. Dala spoke during the investiture of the third Chairman and inauguration of Executive Committee of ICANContinue Reading
By Constance Athekame The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) said it had provided power supply to over 700 households and businesses in Danchitagi community in Niger to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. Mr Ahmad Salihijo, Managing Director of the agency said this while inspecting the project on Saturday inContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) , Nyanya-Mararaba and District Society, has inaugurated new executives to steer its affairs. The ten-member executive committee, headed by its third Chairman Yahaya Akeem will be in office for one year. Speaking during the investiture on Saturday in Abuja,Continue Reading
Ehigimetor Igbaugba Five persons were feared dead on Saturday after a speed boat capsized in Calabar waterways. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the boat capsized on its way to Oron in Akwa Ibom. A senior naval officer attached to the Eastern Naval Command, who pleaded anonymity, confirmedContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has moved to London after concluding the two-day summit in France on Friday. A statement by Mr Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications & Strategy, said Tinubu would be in London on a private visit. The president was inContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu The Rotary Club of Abuja CBD has inaugurated three toilets and construction of two classrooms for the Central Primary School Gidan Gimba, in Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. The President of the club, Mr Max Amuchie, inaugurated the project in company of other members of theContinue Reading
By Oladapo Udom The President, International Women Society (IWS), Mrs Izabella Abia-Okon, says there is need to raise more awareness about widows’ issues as well as advocate better facilities and opportunities for them. Some widows receiving digital training during the IWD celebration Abia-Okon said this during the association’s InternationalContinue Reading
By Dorcas Jonah The FCT Directorate of National Orientation Agency (NOA), has solicited the collaboration of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT council to sensitise Nigerians on the fuel subsidy removal. The Acting Director, FCT NOA, Mrs Ijeoma Agbanusi, made the call during a visit to the NUJ FCTContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The Federal Government has vowed to jail or fine any person engaged in any form of discrimination, violence and harmful traditional practices against widows in the country. Mrs Monilola Udoh, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMoWA), gave the warning during community grassroots sensitisation on FridayContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The National Agricultural Commodities Project 2023 has urged President Bola Tinubu to appoint professional practitioners to manage the agricultural sector to achieve national food security. The group of experts, comprising of over 70 agricultural commodities associations, made the call during a news conference in Abuja on Friday.Continue Reading
