By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says, the four major media organisations under his ministry would soon begin holistic coverage of major sporting activities in the country. The media organisations, according to the Minister includes: News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Voice of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Francis Onyeukwu The House of Representatives has commended the management of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for embracing the use of renewable energy in its operations. The members of House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Privileges gave the commendation during their oversight visit toContinue Reading
By Diana Omueza Mrs Titilope Gbadamosi, Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Youth Initiatives, and PROMAD Foundation have harped on the need for technological empowerment of youths to boost their participation in governance. They made the call on Thursday in Abuja at the 2024 close-out ceremony of the AcceleratingContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo/Okon Okon The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) on Thursday inaugurated the newly introduced workers performance assessment scheme, tagged Performance Management System (PMS) The News Agency of Nigeria reports PMS replaces Annual Performance Evaluation Report (APER), a form filled manually by civil servants to access their performanceContinue Reading
By Thompson Yamput The Federal Government has inaugurated a N420million 625metres canal constructed by the National-Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) in Koton Karfe, Kogi. Sen. George Akume, Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), inaugurated the project on Thursday in Koton Karfe, with a call on the people toContinue Reading
By Martha Agas The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday inaugurated its Advance Ruling System to enhance trade facilitation in Abuja. It has also organised stakeholders` engagement to foster mutual understanding of its programmes and to facilitate the rollout of the system. Speaking at the event, the Comptroller General (C-G)Continue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi A faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has dissociated itself from the strike action declared by the Union. The faction known as “Anti-Strike ASUU Members”, at a news conference, in Abuja, shortly, after the declaration of the strike by theContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua A former Vice Chancellor, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Prof. Razaq Abubakre has joined other Osun prominent indigenes in mourning fellow indigene, Dr Oluremi Atanda (OFR), agricultural scientist and first PhD holder in Iwoland. In a statement issued in Abuja, Abubakre said the deceased was a multi-talented scholar andContinue Reading
By Chijioke Okoronkwo The Centre for Food Safety and Agricultural Research (CEFSAR), an NGO, says there is need for a thorough stakeholders’ engagement on the safety of genetically engineered crops, categorised as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Dr Segun Adebayo, Director of Operations, CEFSAR, made this advocacy on Thursday in Abuja,Continue Reading
By Mark Longyen The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, says the U.S. government, through its Presidential Malaria Initiative, PMI, has contributed $914m to fight malaria in Nigeria since 2011. This is contained in PMI’s latest report, which said it also supported Nigeria with $73 million to fight malariaContinue Reading
