The Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Abdullahi Candido, on Thursday presented a budget of N10.087 billion for 2021. Candido said at the ceremony in Abuja that the figure represented an increase of 10.94 per cent over the 2020…
A Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO), Food Hygiene Initiative of Nigeria (FHIN), has called on Nigerians to ensure proper handling and hygienic food consumption to promote food safety and healthy living in the country. The Director-General of the organisation, Dr Jonah Karimu, made…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Oyo, on Thursday took sensitisation campaign on COVID-19 to some public primary and secondary schools in Ibadan. Reports state that the Oyo state director of NOA, Mr Moshood Olaleye, led other staff of the…
The Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA), a civil society organisation, has advocated for a strengthened system to help protect women and girls from all forms of violence, especially sexual assualt. The Director of Programmes and Administration of WRAPA,…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has reiterated his commitment to continue to boost agriculture sector in spite of the dwindling financial resources available in the state. Akeredolu said this on Thursday in Akure at an Agricultural Mechanisation Field Day…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos State on Thursday urged all physically-challenged applicants for the National Identification Number (NIN) to remain calm and shun unruly behaviours at NIMC offices. Mr Olumide Aremu, NIMC Lagos West Coordinator, made the…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has tightened the noose against cases of data depletion and wrong deductions of consumers’ credit through an ongoing forensic audit instituted by the Commission to ensure maximum protection for consumers. The Executive Vice…
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the need for the international community to collectively and frontally confront the COVID-19 pandemic and other common challenges affecting the globe. Speaking at an event to receive Letters of Credence of the new Ambassadors of…
The Cross River House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed Justice Akon Ikpeme as substantive Chief Judge of the state, after rejecting her twice in 2020. Reports state that her rejection was based on her state of origin, Akwa Ibom, even…
Gov. Hope Uzodinma said on Thursday that government will immortalize late Justice Sylvester Ngwuta by renaming the Imo high court complex after him. Uzodinma announced this on Thursday at the Valedictory Session held at the court of appeal, Owerri Division,…
