By Femi Ogunshola The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has given Mr Ola Olukoyede, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), until July 30 to appear before it over budgetary allocation issues. The committee said that Olukoyede, along with his management team, should appear to answer questions relatingContinue Reading
By Akpan Glory The Rotary Club of Abuja Aso-Golf District 9127, has carried out a sensitisation campaign to promote family planning services and hygiene practices for nursing mothers at Mpape Health Centre, Abuja. At the event on Friday, Liz Asomugha, the Club President, said the theme, ‘Maternal and Child Health’,Continue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran Lagos State Government has unveiled the Eko Flavours project, a platform to showcase the state as the melting point of Nigeria. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Food System, Ms Abiola Olusanya, disclosed this at a press conference on Friday in Lagos. She said the project was Continue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Ms Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General, on Friday, said her mission to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries that were forming a new alliance was successful. Mohammed said this while briefing State House Correspondents on Friday after her meeting with the President BolaContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Sector-wide Coordinating Office-Programme Management Unit (SCO-PMU) domiciled in the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare. A statement on Friday by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, said the unit would ensure efficient, transparentContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, says Nigeria is scaling up tangible and valuable investments in renewable energy systems. He said in a statement in Abuja that he had a fruitful discussion on Friday with Dr Nkiruka Maduekwe, Director-General/CEO of the NationalContinue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher Mr Shen Haixiong, Director-General of China Media Group (CMG) said Nigeria could replicate China’s media approach to driving modernisation. He said this on Friday in Abuja at a seminar organised by CMG with the theme: “Global Opportunities in Deepening China’s Reform in the New Era.” According toContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The House of Representative Committee on Specialty Healthcare has pledged its support to advocate for increased budgetary allocation to improve blood service delivery in the country. Lawan Ali-Shettima, Deputy Chairman of the committee, stated this during an oversight visit and roundtable discussion with the management of theContinue Reading
By Rukayat Adeyemi The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) says Sycamore, a peer-to-peer lending fintech platform, has emerged winner of the second edition of its Prize for Innovation (NPI 2.0). This followed an assessment of pitches from ten innovators to an expert panel of judges drawn from theContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says prices of beans, tomatoes, irish potatoes, garri, yam and other food items witnessed significant price increases in June 2024. The NBS said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for June 2024 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The reportContinue Reading
