By Taiye Olayemi Ikeja Dynamic Lions Club, an arm of Lions International District 404B2, Nigeria, on Tuesday planted 25 trees within the premises of Government Technical College, Agidingbi, Ikeja, to safeguard the environment. Mr Sanyaolu Opeyemi, President of the club, said during the tree planting exercise that the move wasContinue Reading
By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed on Tuesday inspected 40 flats of housing units built for Internationally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Ahmed during the inspection at resettlement city in Keffi, Nasarawa appealed to government for ecological funds to enableContinue Reading
By Hajara Leman Gombe State received N26 billion as grants on its achievements under the performance-based grant component of the World Bank-assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme in four years. The Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Mr Muhammad Magaji, made this known in Gombe on TuesdayContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has ordered the demolition of a scavengers’ colony along the road corridor cutting across Mabushi, Jahi and Kado Districts. Wike gave the order in Abuja on Tuesday, when he visited the area, officially known as ‘RoadContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has provided eyecare services and donated reading glasses to more than 500 workers in the administration. Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, Mandate Secretary of Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES), FCTA, stated this during a news briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. Fasawe explainedContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday flagged off three training exercises simultaneously across the country in an effort to ensure the protection of lives and property. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, said the exercises areContinue Reading
By Franca Ofili The Federal Government says it will invest in 8,000 primary healthcare cemtres with the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). Prof. Muhammad Pate, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja during the unveiling of the NHIA Operational Guidelines. The News AgencyContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for collaboration between the public and private sectors in the financing of energy transition in Nigeria. They made the call at the maiden edition of the Africa Climate Forum 2023 on Tuesday in Abuja, with the theme ” Powering theContinue Reading
A socio-cultural group, Ogbomosoland Consultative Council (OCC), on Tuesday, presented a document containing a development blueprint to the Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Afolabi Olaoye, the Orumogege III. The group, which also named the traditional ruler its Grand Patron, said the document would help him to pilot the affairs of theContinue Reading
By Ahmed Ubandoma The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) is to partner with the FCT Administration to secure shopping spaces for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) to do their legitimate trading. Mr James Lalu, the Executive Secretary of the NCPWD, made this known when he received leadership of Self-RelianceContinue Reading
