By Muhyideen Jimoh The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh says the National Para Games will foster inclusivity and showcase the resilience of athletes with disability. The minister stated this on Friday while declaring open the 2nd Edition of the National Para Games at the Moshood Abiola NationalContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye Human rights activists, under the platform of Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) have described Chief Frank Kokori’s demise as a huge loss to the entire human rights community. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Kokori, a former labour union leader, died on ThursdayContinue Reading
By Nefishetu Yakubu The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Benin region, says it has embarked on a series of projects aimed at grid expansion and upgrade in the sub region. Mr Isaac Okpe, General Manager, TCN, Benin region, stated this in Benin on Friday, while briefing newsmen after a tourContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called on African leaders to create quality jobs for their teeming unemployed youths, to stem the trend of brain drain bedevilling the continent. Adesina said in Abuja on Friday at the Second Veritas University DigitalContinue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi Lawmakers on Friday said that if Nigeria’s data protection sector is rightfully harnessed, it will foster national security and enhance economic growth. They said this at a one-day capacity building workshop on Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, for members of the ICT and Cyber Security committees ofContinue Reading
Dr Bello Maigari, the Executive Secretary, National Lottery Trust Fund, has said that President Bola Tinubu has laid the right foundation toward building a strong and prosperous Nigeria. Maigari’s remark is contained in a statement signed by Malam Muhammad Auwal Adamu, his media aide. The statement said that Maigari madeContinue Reading
The Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), have declared the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), as the “Best Performing Federal Government Agency in accountability”. BPSR and ICPC, in their separate annual reports, stated that NLTF emerged the best agencyContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade WaterAid Nigeria, in partnership with Cummins West Africa Limited, has unveiled a N1 billion grant to improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions in Lagos and FCT. WaterAid Country Director, Ms Evelyn Mere, disclosed this at the three-year project launch on Friday in Abuja. Mere said thatContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Navy says its Forward Operating Base (FOB), IGBOKODA, in Ondo State, hasi n the early hours of Thursday apprehended a 77-meter-long Motor Tanker (MT) VINNALARIS 1 LAGOS involved in crude oil theft. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director ofContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje Chowdeck, an Africa’s on-demand online food, grocery and medication delivery service, has partnered Shoprite to provide quick and easy online shopping for customers in Nigeria. Chowdeck’s Head of Sales and Partnerships, Kennedy Offor, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Offor said the partnershipContinue Reading
