General News (Page 600)

By Yahaya Isah The Federal Government says it spends N1 million annually to cater for each of the inmates at the correctional facilities in the country. Sola Fasure, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According toContinue Reading

By Philip Yatai The World Bank has commended the Kaduna State Government for taking ownership of its supported Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project. The Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, Mr Shubham Chaudhuri, gave the commendation at the official inauguration of the project in Kaduna on Friday.Continue Reading

By Chimezie Anaso Former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, led dignitaries who joined Chief Osita Chidoka to bury his late mother, Deaconess Nneka Chidoka in Obosi, Idemili Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra on Friday. Late Nneka died on April 3 in her Obosi home at the age of 75Continue Reading

By Vivian Emoni The Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) on Friday urged the incoming administration to take concrete steps to reduce quackery in the construction industry to the barest minimum. The President of NMGS, Prof. Akinade Olatunji, said this while interacting with newsmen on agenda setting for incoming governmentsContinue Reading