The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, has called for immediate release of kidnapped Punch newspaper reporter, Mr Okechukwu Nnodim. The union made the call in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Emmanuel Ogbeche, and…
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Kaduna directorate on Friday said it trained 6,513 youths and women on various vocational skills in 2020. Sani Maiwada, the State Coordinator, Alhaji Sani Maiwada, told newsmen in an interview in Kaduna, that the…
The FCT Education Secretariat, has begun an enlarged sensitisation awareness campaign on COVID-19 precautionary measures for Secondary School Principals, Vice Principals, Head Teachers and relevant officers in the territory. The FCT Permanent Secretary, Mr Olusade Adesola declared open the exercise…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to the Federal Government to compensate farmers, whose crops were destroyed by Fulani’s herds. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the MURIC Director, made the appeal in a statement issued in Lagos, on Friday. He suggested…
The Anambra Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew from Monday, Feb. 8, to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, on Friday…
The Nigeria Police has said that it is intensifying modalities to strengthen ongoing Safety/Security Educational Campaign of the Safer School Initiative across the country. CSP Ebere Amaraizu, National Coordinator of Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), disclosed this…
NDDC’s Administrator harps on security in Niger Delta. The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa, has stressed the need for peace and security to create the necessary environment for the rapid development of the…
Residents of llorin metropolis in Kwara have called for decentralisation of the National Identity Number (NIN) registration to make collection less cumbersome. Some of the residents, who spoke with journalists in llorin on Thursday, said creation of more registration centres…
At 18, Mathew Ibiyemi is the Media Consultant (Nigeria) for AdamStart Global and the Corporate Communications manager/Head of Infotech desk, Nigerian NewsDirect. Mathew began his writing journey at the age of 9 in a column in Nigerian NewsDirect called Young…
Mr Nuhu Zaki, Bauchi state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, has said that as from February, all the local governments in the state would take over the payment of their staff salaries. Zaki made this known at a…
