archiveApril 2021

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Friday inaugurate the Solar Power Naija programme in Jigawa, commencing with the Jangefe community which will get 1,000 Solar Home Systems connections.The programme is in pursuit of the Federal Government’s Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). The scheme is part of a 100,000 scheme with...

  The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Edo/Delta Chapter says it will sensitise its members to the need to apply for the Federal Government N50 billion Export Expansion Facility Programme (EEFP).Mr Okwara Udensi, Chairman of the chapter said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

 Africa accounts for less than two per cent of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccines administered globally so far.“Although progress is being made, many African countries have barely moved beyond the starting line,’’ Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, said in a statement issued in Nairobi late on Thursday. Moeti...

Britain’s Prince Philip, who was married to Queen Elizabeth II for more than seven decades and the longest-serving consort in British history, died on Friday. He was 99. Buckingham Palace said the prince, who is also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, died in the morning at Windsor Castle. “It...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa says religious bodies have important role to play in the fight against corruption He stated this on April 8, 2021 at the EFCC Headquarters in Abuja while opening the meeting of the Inter-faith Anti- Corruption Advisory Committee,...

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has poured glowing tributes to a pioneer trustee of its Board, Innocent Chukwuma, saying 'he brought to bear his capacity for hard work, brilliance and commitment to his cherished pedigree." The organization described the death as "an emotive dagger that pierced through the heart of...

  The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to convoke a national youth summit that will serve as an avenue of addressing some of the agitations and concerns of the youths in the country. Already, the PFN, is evolving a mechanism towards empowering and giving...

The Education & ICT Directorate of Remo Growth and Development Foundation, (RemoGDF), wraps up its 2-week Two Hands System of Abacus Mental Arithmetic Training for all Mathematics Teachers across public secondary schools in Remo on Tuesday 13 April, 2020. According to the body, the closing ceremony holds at 10:00 AM...

Gov. Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State says bandits terrorising Nigeria have lost their rights to life under the constitution and must be wiped out. El-rufai made this known during a town hall meeting on national security organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture held in Kaduna with the theme:”...

The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has resolved to continue its ongoing strike until the federal and state governments concede to its demands. NARD made its position known in a communiqué issued at the end of a virtual extraordinary National Executive Council, meeting, signed by Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, its...