General News (Page 617)

Prayer session  for release of Chibok School  girls, nine years after the abduction by Boko Haram. By Justina Auta Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen has urged Nigerians to stand in solidarity with security organisations by providing information that will help to rescue the remaining Chibok schoolgirls still in captivity.Continue Reading

By Perpetua Onuegbu The Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) has commenced capacity building of artisans and craftsmen in the built industry  to address skills’ dearth and skill importation in the country. The NIOB President Prof. Yohana Izam said  this at the 2023 Mandatory Continuous Professional Workshop for External Quality AssuranceContinue Reading

Participants at the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom programme in Abuja.   By Deji Abdulwahab The Wikimedia Foundation has advised teachers to use the knowledge they acquired from Reading Wikipaedia in the Classroom programme to improve their students’ digital and content writing skills and reading culture. Ms Melissa Huert, SeniorContinue Reading

By Cecilia Ijuo The Nigeria off Grid Market Acceleration Programme(NoMAP) says there is the need to bridge electricity gap to accelerate economic activities in Nigeria, particularly in the rural areas. Mr Adedotun Eyinade, the Programme Director, NoMAP said this at a stakeholders meeting organised by NoMAP, a market building institutionContinue Reading