By Mark Longyen The Joint Committee of the ECOWAS Parliament has proposed new budget reforms for consideration by leaders of the subregional bloc. The committees are those of Administration, Finance, Budget, Public Accounts, Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research. The lawmakers also recommended the amendment of the 2016 Supplementary Act, whichContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal The International Research Centre of Excellence (IRCE) at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), hosted a pivotal symposium on advancing care and research for patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). The research centre showcased the advances at its second Annual Scientific Seminar at the IHVN campus onContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu Dr Eugenia Ndukwe, Executive Director, Young Global Leadership (YGL) Network, an NGO, says young leaders’ exposure to technopreneurial skills will ensure a stable economy and contribute to the county’s development. Ndukwe said this at the opening of the 2024 Young Global Leadership Annual Diplomacy, Entrepreneurship and TechnopreneurshipContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye, News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) Before the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games commenced last Sunday at Stade de France, most of the members of Nigeria’s contingent to the World’s greatest sports show were already back to their bases or shopping in the City ofContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN), has partnered with the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), to offer a special 15 per cent discount on logistics services to small businesses. The Director-General of SMEDAN, Mr Charles Odii, said this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) withContinue Reading
By Emmanuel The Governing Council of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), has announced the appointment of Prof. Bashir Garba as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University. The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, UDUS, Prof. Attahiru Jega, announced this in a statement obtained by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) inContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday began the distribution of 900 metric tonnes of fertiliser free to farmers in the territory. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, said at the inauguration of the exercise in Abuja, that the input was donated by theContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Mr Ajayi Audu banks with the 37 year-old Unity Bank Plc and has been a customer for the past 19 years since he started work in the civil service. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently announced the bank’s mergerContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Amb. Olawale Awe, Head, ECOWAS National Office, Nigeria, has said that the ECOWAS parliament, commision and the Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) must work in synergy to achieve success. Awe stated this while presenting a paper at a meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament’s Joint Committee onContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Sen. Osita Izunaso, a legislator of the 6th ECOWAS Parliament has called for election of members directly by their constituents, rather than through nomination by their countries as it is today. Izunaso, the First Rapporteur of the parliament’s Joint Committee on Public Accounts, made theContinue Reading
