By Emmanuel Afonne Team Nigeria weightlifters, Rafiatu Folashade Lawal and Adijat Adenike Olarinoye on Monday won six medals at the ongoing 2024 Africa Senior Weightlifting Championship in Egypt. Competing in the 59kg women’s category, Lawal and Adijat dominated the category as they carted away the top prizes on the firstContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The Government of Nigeria and Germany have agreed to strengthen collaboration to boost Micro Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. The Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite said this during a bilateral meeting organised by the ministry and the German MinistryContinue Reading
By Ali Baba-Inuwa Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, the Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has promised to prioritise the welfare of workers in the agency. Ali stated this when he received some members of the agency’s Staff Bus Welfare Committee in his office in Abuja. He said that theContinue Reading
Photo: Middle: Dr Wale Bolorunduro, Chairman, Planning Committee, and Dr Obisesan Daramola, the National President of the association (Left) Victor Adeoti The Ilesa Grammar School Old Students Association in Osun has called on the Federal Government to revamp the educational sector and make it worthy of global standards. Addressing newsmenContinue Reading
By Abiodun Azi The West African Consultative Forum (WACSOF), Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and others have called more integrated West Africa to defeat trans-border crimes. Auwal Ibrahim Musa, Executive Director, CISLAC, disclosed this in Lagos on Monday during a CSO and mediaContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi Mr Geoffrey Leeuwen, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Kingdom of Netherlands, said on Monday that his country would partner with Nigeria to boost food security and tackle youth unemployment. Leeuwen said this at an event held in Abuja, organised by the International Institute of TropicalContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Civil Service Commission will commence operation soon. Wike disclosed this on Monday, while inaugurating the construction of a five-kilometre dual carriageway in Kuje, Kuje Area Council of the FCT The minister saidContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Monday, took its dry season sensitisation campaign to the streets of Abaji, the headquarters of Abaji Area Council of the FCT. Mrs Florence Wenegieme, Director, Forecasting, Response and Mitigation, FEMA, who led the campaign, said that the goalContinue Reading
By Aderogba George The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned the production of alcoholic beverages in sachets and small bottles below 200ml. The Director-General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, announced the ban at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. AdeyeyeContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Evergreen Musical Company says the death of Nigerian folklore musician, poet and dramatist, Jimi Solanke, can be likened to a whole museum of art and music being set ablaze. Bimbo Esho, Managing Director of the company, said this while reacting to the death of Solanke, inContinue Reading
