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
By Rukayat Moisemhe Experts have called for the institutionalisation of corporate governance in Nigeria’s public sector to drive transformation and support government’s goal of achieving a trillion dollar economy. They made the call at the second edition of the National Corporate Governance Summit on Thursday in Lagos. TheContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya Deputy Gov. Yakubu Garba of Niger says the state government has started issuing of cheques for payment of gratuities to 335 first batch of pensioners in the state. He said at the inauguration of payment of gratuity in Minna on Thursday that pensioners who retired from 2003Continue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi A Lecturer of Transport, Logistics and Port Operations, University of Lagos, Dr Edmund Chilaka, on Thursday called on the Federal Government to fully implement the Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act 2003. Chilaka made the call during his book launch titled “Nigeria’s Shipping Policy and Maritime TradeContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja commended the partnership between Nigeria and China. The President gave the commendation when he received Mr Chen Xiaodong, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. “For us, it is a new beginning with you. AContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, said his team had a meeting on Thursday with the management of China National Building Materials Corporation (CNBM), Beijing, China. He said, in statement on Friday, that discussion at the meeting focused on areas of mutual interestContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu says the nation’s economy is on a gradual but steady path of recovery and assures citizens that his administration will do more to meet their needs. At a meeting with traditional rulers in the country on Thursday in Abuja, the President said thatContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has allayed fears of manipulation by any interest group in the ongoing economic reforms by his government. He said his campaign was self-sponsored, without strings, or indebtedness to any individual or institution. The President said this when he received a delegation of IslamicContinue Reading
