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In a bid to enhance maternal and child health services, the federal government has said it has rolled out millions of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) for pregnant women across Nigeria, to address their nutrition needs and significantly reduce the prevalence.It said that the initiative aligned with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations and the Federal ...
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In a bid to enhance self reliance, the Director General of National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Brigadier General YD Ahmed has appealed to Corps Members to acquire new skills through the NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme in order to enable them create jobs of their own. He stated this while addressing Corps Members ...
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The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has implored Corps Members to impact their host communities with laudable projects that would improve the living standard of the residents. He said Community Development Service, which is one of the four cardinal programmes of NYSC was designed to enable Corps Members leave ...
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The federal government has called upon all traditional medicine practitioners to align their products and practices with the established standards of quality, safety, and efficacy regulated by Nigeria. Highlighting the significance of traditional medicine, Dr. Tunji Alausa, the Honourable Minister Of State For Health and Social Welfare, emphasized that the regulation of traditional medicine safety ...
ICT
Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in partnership with Brevity Anderson, has announced the Digital Nigeria International Conference & Exhibition (DNICE) 2024, scheduled to take place from 22nd to 24th October 2024. This landmark event will bring together global leaders, industry experts, innovators, academia, and policymakers under the theme “Empowering a Digital Future.” In ...
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The Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General YD Ahmed has called on the Corp members embrace projects that will be impactful to their hosts communities. The DG made the disclosure while warning Corps Members to shun every form of misconduct throughout their service year in order to avoid being sanctioned by ...
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In a demonstration of inter-agency collaboration, the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun has paid a courtesy visit to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja to discuss the military's critical role in safeguarding democracy and driving Nigeria's economic and ...
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The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has warned Corps Members that night travelling is prohibited in the NYSC. He also said any Corps Member that embarks on journeys not authorized by the Scheme would be sanctioned in line with the NYSC Byelaws. General Ahmed however added that if there ...
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The Federal Government has inaugurated the new Board of Directors for the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), tasked with the critical mandate of steering the nation's economic growth and stability. The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, while inaugurating the Board today in his office in Abuja, charged ...
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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that enthronement of transparency and accountability in the conduct of affairs in the country was achievable. He made the declaration in Abuja on Thursday, August 22, 2024 when a delegation of the management staff of the Niger Delta Development ...
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has placed her members and affiliates unions on red alert for nationwide industrial action if the Nigeria Police Force arrest her president, Comrade Joe Ajaero. This was disclosed by the National Vice President of NLC and National President of Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Cmr. Kabiru Ado Sani ...
Aviation
The Nigeria’s new presidential jet has just arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The luxury aircraft, an Airbus A330, landed at precisely 8:29 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2024.Valued at a massive N150 billion, the jet’s arrival comes right before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s scheduled trip to France. He is expected to ...
Entertainment
In a bid to preserve our cultural heritage, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the country’s regulators as well as the film and cinema industry to protect the next generation of Nigerians from the predatory tactics of the tobacco industry by sustaining the #SmokeFreeNollywood campaign. CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, said ...
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The Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, Mr. Olatunji Bello has lauded the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede for his sterling leadership qualities and the visible outcomes of the anti-corruption fight under his leadership of the EFCC. Bello stated this in Abuja ...
Tourism
The Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John has called on the Governors to look inward by harnessing the potentials of tourism development in their respective states for gainful job opportunities, income generation and entrepreneurship skills. The Minister made the disclosure during the unveiling of Executive Tourism Mice at Tourism Parliament held in Abuja yesterday. The Minister ...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to clarify the reports in a section of the media today, August 14, 2024, purporting that the Commission donated N50billion to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND from its recovery account. The said fund was not a donation by the Commission but part of the recovered proceeds ...
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It is not yet Uhuru as the Take It Back Movement (TIB), in conjunction with its partner organisations, is set to spearhead a historic one-million-man protest across all 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. This was announced by TIB’s National Coordinator, Sanyaolu Juwon, in a statement released on Thursday. According ...
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Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has expressed disappointment over the quality of the nationwide address by President Bola Tinubu on Sunday, saying it failed to address the attacks on #EndBadGovernance protesters by security agencies. Soyinka who is coming out to speak openly of the ills of Tinubu’s administration since its inception in May 29, 2023, ...
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Hundreds of protesters who converged on the popular Eagle Square in Abuja, the nation’s capital, have been dispersed with teargas cannisters by the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. The operatives, who were led by the Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Benneth Igweh, stated that they were enforcing the court order, which restricted protesters ...
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The Nigeria Bar Association has announced the provision of free legal assistance for individuals whose fundamental human rights might be violated during the ongoing hunger protests. In a statement released on Thursday by NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, through the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal, directives have been issued to all chairpersons of the association’s ...
