By Cecilia Ologunagba Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will address the 78th Session of the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu, in hisContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja, The Federal Government has commenced improvement of facilities and infrastructure at Idu Train Station, Abuja, to improve the quality of service delivery. Mr Fidet Okhira, Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), stated this after an inspection visit to the station on Wednesday. Okhira added that the moveContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) met with stakeholders on Wednesday, to review the level of preparedness, response, and recovery of victims during possible building collapses. The meeting was a fall out of the two-storey building that collapsed in Garki Village on Aug. 23. DrContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Federal and Taraba Governments on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to operationalise FG’s Skills Upgrading and Vocational Training Centre (SUVTC), for job creation and poverty reduction in Taraba. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr Simon Lalong, said during the event in Abuja, thatContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo Ex-Canadian Secretary of State and Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, Mr Weiner Gerry, on Wednesday advocated for partnership between Nigeria and Canada in the areas of food security and economic sustainability. Gerry said in a virtual engagement with members of the Journalists International Forum for Migration (JIFORM)Continue Reading
By Rukayat Adeyemi Prudential Zenith Life Insurance, says it recorded N50.2 billion worth of total assets in 2022 financial year as against N48 billion posted in 2021. The Managing Director of the company, Mr Chris Igumbor, made this known at the August edition of the Nigerian Council of Registered InsuranceContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nasir Participants of an International Symposium on the Niger Republic crisis and the future of African Integration has urged leaders in the continent to avoid constitutional amendments in favour of tenure elongation. The call is contained in a communique issued on Wednesday at the end of a meetingContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has reiterated the value of the traditional institutions in the country. Shettima made the statement when he received a delegation led by the Chairman of the Nasarawa State Council of Chiefs, retired Justice Sidi Bage I, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja onContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday emphasised the need for re-engineering and re-strategising of affairs in the North with a view to fast tracking development. Shettima stated this when he receive a Coalition of Northern States’ Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (CONSCCIMA) led byContinue Reading
By Franca Ofili Dr Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, said on Wednesday that 23,000 people have been reported missing in less than a decade due to the insurgency in some parts of the country. Edu said this in Abuja at a stakeholders engagement with the themeContinue Reading
