By Vivian Emoni The Federal Government on Saturday expressed commitment to transform and promote geological survey activities to global best practices. The Director-General (D-G) of Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), Dr Abdulrazaq Garba, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Garba said thatContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has said that Nigeria’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23) stood at 2.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y). OPEC made this known in its Monthly Oil Market Report for August obtained by the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Florence Onuegbu The Rotary Club of Omole Golden has called on government at all levels to act fast in providing the expected palliatives to the citizens. Speaking in separate speeches, during the investiture of Rotarian Veronica Isijola, as the 20th President of Rotary Club of Omole Golden in Lagos,Continue Reading
By Vivian Ihechu Annually on Aug. 12, the International Youth Day celebrates the determination, ideas and leadership of young people as humanity works toward a better world. The youth is so important as they represent an important human resource within society, renewing, refreshing, maintaining as well as acting likeContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Nigerian Youths in Politics, an NGO, has urged governments at all levels to provide enabling environment for Nigeria to fully transit from traditional industry to green economy. The National President of the organisation, Mr Blessing Oyefeso, made the call at the Nigeria Youths Stakeholders Conversation withContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne A social enterprise organisation, Illuminating Minds, said it trained 67 teachers in the Mangu IDP camp in Plateau State on trauma-informed classroom care. Founder of the organisation, Dr Itari Turner, said in a statement on Saturday that the training tagged “A Teacher with a Difference”, was conductedContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says, its Non-OPEC oil supply is expected to expand by 1.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2023. This is a slight upward revision from the previous assessment of 1.4mb/d. OPEC said this in its Monthly Oil Market ReportContinue Reading
By Peter Okolie The proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) on Saturday, began the distribution of flyers and posters across the South-East to notify residents of cancellation of the sit-at-home exercise in the region. IPOB’s spokesman, Mr Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement entitled: “Monday weekly sit-at-home: An uglyContinue Reading
By Ibrahim Kado Survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Adamawa have lauded the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative project for saving their lives and for empowering them. They made the commendation in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Sunday. One ofContinue Reading
By Habibu Harisu Sokoto State Government has pledged sustained partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in promoting skills acquisition training and other educational pursuits of youths in the state. Alhaji Usman Arziki-Bodinga, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, stated this at the commemoration of theContinue Reading
