By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The United Children’s Nation Fund (UNICEF) has partnered Nigerian celebrities as its champions to drive the needed change and provide hope for the vulnerable and adolescent children. Speaking at the event on Wednesday which held at Ikoyi, Lagos, Cristian Munduate, UNICEF Nigeria Representative, said that the championsContinue Reading
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu No fewer than 130 pupils and students benefitted from the just-concluded Next Generation Financial Markets Empowerment organised by FMDQ Group Plc. in Lagos. The 2023 Summer Camp Programme held at the Exchange Place, FMDQ premises in Lagos. At the grand finale of event on Wednesday, Ms. KaodiContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF) says it has partnered with some Nigerian universities on research into alternative source of energy called renewable energy. The PTDF’s Executive Secretary, Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau, disclosed this at a workshop on Wednesday held at University of Benin. The News AgencyContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye An Education Advocate, Mrs Katmaan Senlong, has harped on the importance of educating the children beyond the ‘four walls’ of the classroom. Senlong, the CEO of Rupetta Academy Tech Swimmers: Coding, Chess & Swimming Club gave the advice in a chat with newsmen at the end ofContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni The Federal Government has is set to revamp the nation’s steel sector to enhance the economy as well as create employment opportunities. The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuabi Audu, said this in Abuja when he met with heads of agencies and departments in the ministry. AuduContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni Former Nigerian Ambassador to the Scandinavian countries, Godknows Igali, has decried the poor reading culture among Nigerians. He noted that the country was gradually losing this to modernism. Amb. Igali stated this in Abuja on Wednesday at a reading colloquium with the theme, “Appraising the Aesthetics ofContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday met with building professionals, regulatory bodies and other stakeholders to address the problems of building collapse, undeveloped plots and abandoned structures. Addressing journalists after the meeting in Abuja, the Director, Department of Development Control, FCTA, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, expressedContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, said on Wednesday that the Federal Government was focused on investing in the modernisation of military equipment to guarantee the safety of citizens and foreigners. Badaru said this in a statement issued by Mrs Victoria Agba-Attah, Director, Press and PublicContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris A former Governor of Borno, Sen. Ali Sheriff, on Wednesday described the Vice President, Kashim Shettima as a leader who examplies the core values of good leadership. Sheriff made the assertion in an interview with newsmen shortly after he paid a solidarity visit to Shettima at theContinue Reading
By Stephen Adeleye The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Kogi, says the party is presenting the most sellable candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Idoko Kingsley Ilonah is the APGA governorship candidate with Yakubu Bawa asContinue Reading
