archiveFebruary 10, 2020

President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has urged Ministries and Agencies of government, as well as Corporate bodies to partner the Yobe State Government on the Mauyi Ganga fishing and cultural festival. This year’s event, which held at River Alkamaram, Mauyi Ganga, featured colourful cultural display and was widely...

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, on Monday, inaugurated the first female Head of Service in the state, Mrs Olapeju Babafemi, urging her to use her position to bring out the best in the state’s public service. Fayemi said that his administration considered the choice of the new head of...

Prof. Ndubisi Nwokoma, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Analysis and Research (CEPAR), University of Lagos, has urged the Federal Government to revisit the closure of the nation’s land borders. Nwokoma, who gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said the opening of...

Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) says sovereign wealth funds and pension funds of Africa should be invested in the continent, not elsewhere. The bank’s Communications and External Relations Department in a statement said Adesina stated this at the inauguration of the first report on the...

Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) is set to improve the quality of nursing and midwifery in the country for effective healthcare to the people, Mrs Veronica Okolo, the Director, Nursing, FMoH, said. She told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that the nursing and midwifery sector needed...

Minister of Information, Alhaji  Lai Mohammed, has said that the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) will compete with the likes of Cable News Network (CNN) if the $500 million loan his ministry is seeking for is approved. The Minister said this when he appeared before the Senate committee on local and...

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Monday called for an urgent review of the privatisation of the power sector, to find a lasting solution to Nigeria’s energy crisis. SERAP’s Executive Director, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

When Nigeria closed its land borders in August 2019 to curb smuggling, particularly that of rice, many citizens were skeptical that the Federal Government’s decision would be favourable to the masses. However, barely six months after the border closure, many have begun to see huge positive impacts of the `radical’...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has commiserated with the family of Senator Ignatius Longjan who died at a Turkish hospital in Abuja on Sunday. Lawan also condoled with the government and people of Plateau State over the sad loss of the Senator who represented Plateau South Senatorial District until...

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