By Franca Ofili The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the Federal Government to increase routine vacc ination to nip outbreaks in the bud. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General made the call during an online media conference. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports diphtheria to be an acute and highly contagious bacterial disease […]
By Fortune Abang The UN Inter Agency Group on Youth has called for meaningful dialogues by the youth on climate related issues as a strategy to facilitate achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to green economy. This is contained in an official invitation to Nigerian youths by the UN Information Centre (UNIC), Abuja, […]
By Wandoo Sombo and Edith Nwapi There is tight security at the Court of Appeal Complex located in the Three Arms Zone, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District of Abuja, as the Presidential Election Petition Court gets set to deliver judgment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the judgment is three cases challenging the […]
By Chiazo Ogbolu Lagos, Sept. 6, 2023 (NAN) The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has approved key appointments and redeployment within the service to ensure operational efficiency. Adeniyi, in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday, said this was in response to the statutory retirement of some management members. “Consequently, […]
By Ihechinyere ChigemeriUwom The Abia Government has dismissed a report on the sack of 10,000 civil servants. The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu, made this known in an interview with news men in Umuahia on Wednesday. “The report on the sack of Abia workers by Gov. Alex Otti is fake and unfounded,” he […]
The UK Home Office has said it will declare Russian mercenary group Wagner a terrorist organisation. A draft proscription order will be laid against Wagner Group in Parliament on Wednesday. The group has played a prominent role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine since it was launched in February 2022. The order will mean that, […]
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has arrived New Delhi, India, for a six-day official visit, to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit and other engagements. Tinubu was accompanied on the trip by top government officials, including ministers and Presidential aides. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president is expected to […]
By Philip Yatai Dr Mariya Mahmoud, Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, urged members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, to thrive toward becoming wealth creators and employers of labour. Mahmoud stated this at the closing ceremony of the 2023 Batch B Stream II Orientation Course, at the NYSC FCT […]
Prof. Rufai Ahmed, the immediate past National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has left the party. Rufai, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said he decided to quit “after consulting widely”. Rufai’s action is considered by observers as a huge blow to the party that has been whacked by a […]
By Patience Aliyu The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Plateau Chapter, says uncertainty over the safety of its members is the reason it embarked on strike. Mr Arandong Makwin, NULGE’s Chairman in Plateau, stated this in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Jos. NAN reports that the […]
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