By Salisu Sani-Idris The State House Press Corps (SHPC) is organising a two-day capacity building workshop for its members in Lagos. The membership cut across all the media organisations in the country representing the print, broadcasting and online platforms. The workshop, in collaboration with the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC),Continue Reading
By Mustapha Yauri Arewa Development Support Initiative (ADSI), an NGO, says no fewer than 5000 women and youths have benefitted from its skills acquisition and soft loan initiative to enhance their livelihood. The founder and Chairperson of the organisation, Ms Khuraira Musa, disclosed this in a statement on ThursdayContinue Reading
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Kwara Government said it had commenced the renovation of the indoor Sports Hall of the state stadium at the cost of N2.06 billion. The Executive Chairman of the State Sports Commission, Bola Mogaji disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin. He said that Gov. AbdulrahmanContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has commenced training of 40 hygiene promoters on safe water and sanitation practices in rural communities. During the event in Abuja on Thursday, Mrs Elizabeth Ugoh, the Director of Water Quality Control and Sanitation at the ministry, highlighted theContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Managing Director of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Mr Shehu Osidi, says the bank is restrategising the housing sector towards delivering more houses to Nigerians. Osidi made this known on Wednesday, when he received the Housing Institutions Reform Task Team and the Multi-Agency Project DeliveryContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Mr Hans Essaadi, Managing Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc, has said that the country’s market fundamentals in 2024 remained positive. Essaadi said this at the Pre-Annual General Meeting news conference organised by the company on Wednesday in Lagos. He noted that 2023 was characterised with economic volatilities suchContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has offered free nomination form to Mr John Akinmurele, a former students’ leader, as its sole aspirant in the forthcoming Ondo State Governorship election. At the event, which took place at the headquarters of the party in Abuja, Akinmurele, a formerContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Minister of Tourism, Mrs Lola Ade-John, on Wednesday urged African youths to embrace the transformative power of tourism to foster unity and progress in the continent. Ade-John made the call at the maiden edition of the Africa Youth Tourism Festival (AYTF), ongoing at the Tafawa BalewaContinue Reading
By Doris Esa The Federal Government has inaugurated the 6th Council of the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NIAS is the regulatory agency of the ministry of Agriculture and Food Security on Animal Husbandry. The Minister of State for Agriculture andContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Army (NA) says its has detained two soldiers allegedly involved in a reported case of theft at the Dangote Refinery in Lagos. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Wednesday, said the Nigerian Army was deeply concerned over its personnel’sContinue Reading
