By Imelda Osayande The Edo Government has launched a broad initiative aimed at tackling the issue of street children across the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Chief Olabisi Idaomi, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Benin. IdaomiContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has signed a global consensus on engineering capacity building for the consulting sector at the ongoing Chengdu Forum in China. NSE President, Mrs Margaret Oguntala, said this was done at the Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange, heldContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says he has no regret naming Abuja International Conference Centre after President Bola Tinubu. Wike said this in Abuja on Friday, during the inauguration of the completed 15-kilometre left hand service carriage way of OSEX StageContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration will dualise the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX) from Apo to Wassa Junction. Wike stated this in Abuja on Friday, during the inauguration of the completed 15-kilometre left hand service carriage way ofContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced that the road from Apo Mechanic Village to Wassa will be closed to vehicular movement between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday. Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister,Continue Reading
By Martins Abochol The North East Development Commission (NEDC) on Thursday said it would rehabilitate over 300 households displaced by windstorm in Garba Chede Community of Bali local Government Area in Taraba. Hajia Batulu Isa, Deputy Director, Relief and Mediation of the commission, said this after an assessment visit byContinue Reading
By Imelda Osayande As Nigeria observes the 2025 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, the Edo Government has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting children’s rights and enforcing relevant labour laws. Mr Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo, said this in anContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has pledged to take serious actions against illegal mining activities causing damage to rail tracks. The Managing Director of the corporation, Mr Kayode Opeifa, gave the warning while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Jebba, on the sidelines of an inspection tourContinue Reading
By Okon Okon Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), has called on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to fully transition to paperless operations before the end of 2025. Walson-Jack made the call on Wednesday in Abuja at a world press conference ahead ofContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu says the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ready to welcome Mr Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), whenever he decides to join the party. The President stated this at the commissioning of Arterial Road N16 (Shehu Shagari Way), connecting RingContinue Reading
