By Ruth Oketunde Data-Lead Africa, a consulting firm, has trained 20 deaf children on various digital skills in the FCT. The organisation said this at the graduation ceremony for the participants of its Summer Boot Camp tagged Digits and Signs for Deaf Kids, in Abuja. Ms Ojone Akor, Programs ManagerContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will commence a two-day nationwide warning strike from Sept. 5 to 6,except the Federal Government addresses the excruciating suffering of the masses. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President said this while addressing newsmen at the end of the National Executive CouncilContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has expressed Federal Government’s determination to optimise the generating capacity of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Odutayo Oluseyi, Head of Public Affairs in theContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya Niger Government says it is working on recruiting not less than 1,000 health workers to address shortage of manpower in its health sector. Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger disclosed this on Friday during the launching and handover ceremony of distribution of essential commodities toContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will commence a two-day nationwide warning strike from Sept. 5 to Sept. 6,except the Federal Government addresses the excruciating suffering of the masses. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of the National ExecutiveContinue Reading
By Stanley Nwanosike The Controller-General (C-G), Nigeria Correctional Service, Mr Haliru Nababa, has said sporting and recreational activities are veritable tools of reformation among inmates nationwide. Nababa, represented by the Controller of Corrections in Enugu State, Mr Nicholas Obiakor, said this at the finals of the 2023 Inmates Inter-HostelsContinue Reading
By Moses Omorogieva The Nigerian Navy (NNS) Commander Beecroft, Apapa, Lagos, Commodore Kolawale Oguntuga, on Friday handed over five suspects allegedly arrested for oil theft to the Lagos State Police Command. Oguntade said the suspects were arrested on the waterways in Itolu community, Lekki area of Lagos on Tuesday,Continue Reading
By Lilian U. Okoro A Consultant Neuro-psychiatrist, Dr Maymunah Kadiri, on Friday said that the social media could aggravate the effects of suicide on the populace. Kadiri, the Medical Director, Pinnacle Medical Services Ltd., made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) inContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says airstrikes by on Friday knocked out known terrorists’ camps in Borno and active illegal oil refining sites in Rivers. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on FridayContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Government says it will set up a formal negotiation team between the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and relevant stakeholders to look into recent hike in fees in schools across the country. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made this known at aContinue Reading
