By Ahmed Ubandoma Mr Robert Piper, the Special Adviser to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General on solutions to internal displacement, says the body is a critical partner towards achieving Nigeria’s humanitarian response. Piper said this on Monday when he led the UN delegation to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs andContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Federal Government has again invited the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) for another meeting over its planned indefinite strike. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Simon Lalong, the Minister of Labour and Employment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lalong had onContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Abuja, Sept. 16, 2023 (NAN) The Minister of The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration will soon introduce digital security monitoring and control system in the existing FCT transport management system. Wike stated this at the 2023 Special Marshals Sectoral Workshop, organisedContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has said that state governments are becoming more proactive in their response to disaster issues in the country. Ahmed said this at the end of a four-day workshop organised for staff of the agency and staff of variousContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has listed the University of Abuja, Modibo Adama University in Yola, Adamawa, and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, as institutions running engineering programmes with expired accreditation status. President of COREN, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, made this known inContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed as the new Federal Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI). A statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on ThursdayContinue Reading
By Ahmed Ubandoma The World Food Programme (WFP) has pledged to commit 2.5 billion dollars to strengthen and support Nigeria’s efforts towards sustainable food security and zero hunger across the country. The WFP Country Director, Mr David Stevesson, disclosed this when he led the UN agency’s team to the MinisterContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Mr Bitrus Garki, the newly inaugurated Mandate Secretary, Area Council Services Secretariat, FCTA, says his appointment is a demonstration of President Bola Tinubu’s confidence in youths’ capacity to contribute to national development. Garki, an indigene of the FCT and the youngest Mandate Secretary ever appointed, stated thisContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the demands of the striking primary school teachers in the FCT are not feasible. Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, the National Chairman of the association and Chairman, Abaji Area Council, FCT, stated this inContinue Reading
By Ahmed Ubandoma Dr Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has called for inter-ministerial collaboration to address illegal migration and human trafficking. Edu made the call when she paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in his office in Abuja. The ministerContinue Reading
