By Ameh Ejekwonyilo National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has organised a rehabilitation and re-integration programme for the abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno state. This piece of information was let out of the bag yesterday by the Director-General of NEMA, Alhaji Muhammad Sani-Sidi, at a one-day stakeholders’ meeting for the validation of draft humanitarian response plan Read More
By Ayoni M. Agbabiaka Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo on Tuesday commissioned Federal Capital Territory (FCT) SURE-P, Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company Limited(AUMTCO), modern high-capacity buses at the Eagle’s Square. Sambo, while performing the commissioning ceremony, commended the FCT Administration (FCTA) for being people-oriented and practising the transformation agenda of the federal government while commissioning the 100 buses. He said Read More
By Awaal Gata The Chairman of Abaji Area Council, Alhaji Yahaya Garba Gawu, has called on Nigerians to support government policies and programmes for the overall development of the country. He said the lack of support from the people put the morale of the government officials into question in terms of working for the people. He said people’s support and Read More
By Abdullahi M. Gulloma Abuja Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has hijacked the BringBackOurGirls protests in order to discredit the federal government and make political gains. Maku, who stated this yesterday after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, said 90 per cent of the protesters were from the Read More
By Adoyi M. Aba As the nation marks another milestone in its journey in democracy, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Borno state joins millions of Nigerians to acknowledge the progress and challenges that the country has seen so far and to pray for a much better Nigeria going forward. The governor stated this in a statement issued by Special Assistant on Read More
By Sidi A. Umar Sokoto No fewer than 10, 000 needy have been assisted in various forms of assistance by the Sokoto state Zakkat and Endowment Committee, its chairman, Malam Lawal Maidoki, has disclosed. Maidoki said the committee was set up by present administration to collect zakkat and distribute same to the categories of people as enunciated in the Holy Read More
By Zwahu Yanwaidi E. Today is Democracy Day, but I shall not dwell on it here as many other commentators will surely do justice to the subject. I will instead discuss on the cost of politics being played along the lines of identities like ethnicity, religion and so on. The trend is quite rife in Nigeria and we shall demonstrate its Read More
Hajiya Saudatu Shehu Mahdi, a women’s rights activist, is the Secretary General and Programme Director for Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA). An indigene of Katsina state, she has been married for 35 years and is blessed with children and grandchildren. In this interview with ENE OSANG, she harps on the need for women’s rights to be respected in Read More
By Ene Osang Children do not have as clear an idea of strangers as we adults have. They often think that strangers would be nasty, mean or dirty looking. In fact, most molesters are very clean and friendly. They know exactly how to get a child’s confidence. Adults talk to strangers all the time, even greet total strangers at the Read More
Stories by Ene Osang The Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Boni Haruna, has pledged full support to the maiden edition of the President Cup, saying sports is a vital instrument of peace and unity in the country. Haruna made the commitment in Abuja, when the organizing committee of the tournament led by Darlington Anyanwu, paid him a courtesy visit. He Read More
Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payment services, yesterday announced the launch of a new web site in Nigeria. The Nigeria launch represents the first receive-enabled Western Union web site, globally. Consumers in Nigeria can receive funds from 200 countries and territories at nearly 5,000 Western Union retail agent locations in the country, or use www.WesternUnion.ng to Read More
By Francis Adinoyi Kadiri Kogi state Coordinator of Area Youth Solidarity Forum, Okwoli Usman Friday, has called on the people of the state to re-elect the member representing Idah Constituency in the National Assembly, Hon. Ismaila Hussein Ina. Friday, who made the call yesterday during a media briefing at the Forum’s Secretariat in Abuja, said the Forum decided to encourage Read More
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), an umbrella body of the youths of Ijaw origin in the Niger Delta, has blamed former Akwa-Ibom state governor and delegate to the ongoing national conference, Obong Victor Attah, for accepting the 13% oil derivation fund agreed upon by the Power Devolution Committee of the National Conference. In a statement issued by its spokesman, Eric Read More
By Amaka Ifeakandu Shareholders of Wema Bank have frowned over the charges paid by the bank for contravention of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regulations, pointing out that the total amount paid would have helped to enhance bank’s profitability. The bank paid total charges of N72.847 million. Some of the contraventions during the year under review include non-compliance with cashless Read More
This series of shorts will deal with emergencies that may occur in dental health and the first aid that may be applied in such circumstance. The population of dentist serving the country is about 4400, four thousand four hundred dentists, is totally insufficient for the country of roughly a population of a hundred and fifty million people. There is a Read More
The Nigeria Football Federation has heaped encomiums on President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR for his abiding interest in all the National Football Teams. Speaking in London yesterday morning, NFF president Aminu Maigari lauded the special love that Nigeria’s leader and his administration have in the teams and assured that the Super Eagles will do the nation and the continent proud at Read More
By Ojo Sola Olusegun The Coalition of Northern Youths (CNY) has lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo for asking President Goodluck Jonathan to replace Vice President Namadi Sambo with Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state, saying that “he can no longer choose leaders for the North.” According to the Coalition, the ex-president’s action of seeking replacement for Sambo for the 2015 Read More
A United Nations (UN) official says 6.9 million children under the age of five die every year. Kim Dickson, a public health physician and senior advisor with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), told the media in an interview. The UN official said this was in the face of the global community’s attempt to reach the eight anti-poverty objectives outlined Read More
By Ezrel Tabiowo The Senate has urged Nigerians in the spirit of Democracy Day celebrations to unite in the prosecution of the war against terrorism and agents of instability and stand more resolved in one united and indivisible Nigeria under God. The senate while congratulating President Goodluck Jonathan all former Presidents and Heads of States, the legislature, the executive, judiciary Read More
Stories by Ajuma Edwina Ogiri The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday destroyed fake/counterfeit and unwholesome regulated products worth N120 million. The Director General, NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, who was represented by the Director, Administration and Human Resources, Mrs. Yetunde Oni, stated during the destruction exercise at Bwari Area Council dump site that the exercise Read More
By Aideloje Ojo Minna The Commission of Inquiry set up by the Niger state government to investigate financial undertakings of two local government areas of Borgu and Rafi has indicted the chairmen of the councils over financial misappropriation and fraud amounting to several millions of naira. The panel led by Justice Aisha Bwari submitted its report yesterday in Minna, explaining Read More
By Ojo Sola Olusegun Kaduna People lost their lives during the recent sectarian crisis in Kachia, Kaduna state, due to disobedience to security agents and breaking the curfew imposed by the government on the area and not fighting between religious groups, the Kachia Muslim community has said. The spokesperson of Muslims community in Kachia, Malam Idris Suleiman, the four Muslims Read More
By Ayoni M. Agbabiaka Abuja Corps Marshal and Chief Executive FRSC, Osita Chidoka, has advocated for improved government engagement and public consciousness towards the promotion of non-motorised transport in the region. He spoke during the 2014 edition of Velo-City Global Cycling Planning and Research Conference holding at the Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia. The FRSC boss, who is also a Read More
By Dr John Pillinger Men are notoriously sensitive about their testicles. After all, they are sensitive structures. But discomfort and pain in the testicles causes a disproportionate amount of concern to men, over and above their vulnerability and association with masculinity and virility, which is why they are still often referred to by many as their ‘family jewels’. So when Read More
By Musa Adamu The Nigerian Navy said last week that it arrested 38 ships over illegal activities in the territorial waters from January 2014 to date. Chief of policy and plans, at the Naval Headquarters, Rear Admiral Ameen Ikioda, made this known at a news conference to mark the 58th anniversary of the Nigerian Navy. Ikioda said that eight of Read More
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