The Federal Government will enrol no fewer than 1.2 million primary school pupils into the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme in Kano State. The Focal Person, National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP), Baba-Amin Zubairu, made this known during the distribution of engagement letters and tablets to some trained Independent Monitors in Kano.  Speaking at the event, the Minister, Humanitarian […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke & Elizabeth Adegbesan The World Bank, Tuesday, said that the high inflation rate caused by rise in  prices of goods and services pushed seven million Nigerians below the poverty line by 2020. Meanwhile the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed that the annual inflation rate fell […]

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja, Tuesday, unveiled a Made-in-Nigeria fair. The fair featured the first electric car assembled in Nigeria, among other locally manufactured products at the ongoing exhibition in, Abuja. Speaking at the exhibition at the Eagle Square, Prof Osinbajo described the development as “fantastic”, stating that the making of the innovative car, […]

Says integrated red line rail, ready in 18 months Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, commissioned the Yaba Bus Terminal, saying that the Red Line Rail project will be completed in 18 months. The terminal is one of the most modern of all bus termini in terms of design and physical attractiveness The […]

. …calls for devolution of power  …inaugurates Asaba Specialist Hospital  …as Okowa calls for full operationalisation of National Health Act By Festus Ahon, ASABA GOVERNOR Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, Tuesday, said Nigeria was at a crossroad with the concerns and agitations in all parts of the country.  Fintiri who stated this while commissioning the Asaba Specialist […]

The World Bank says sustaining reform momentum in Nigeria is critical to ensuring robust economic recovery beyond 2021.

The Organised Private Sector of Nigeria, OPSN, Tuesday, in Lagos, raised the alarm that Nigeria’s economy was grappling with the worst economic growth in the country’s history.

AS nations intensify efforts towards controlling the spread of COVID-19,the federal government has reopened vaccination for first dose.

Hjulmand addressing a press conference said: “Coronavirus allows you to postpone a match for 48 hours. A cardiac arrest obviously does not. That, I think, is wrong,”

 Arafat Manliki, former Digital Marketing Manager at MTN has ended his 14-year career journey to resume his new position as the Marketing Communications & Digital Leader West Africa at Schneider Electric, a global multinational company which provides energy management and digital automation solutions for efficiency and sustainability. With over 15 years of cognate experience in […]

Worried by the influx of Almajiri children in the state, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has opened up on why the North will continue to live with the Almajiri menace.

IJAW People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, said Fulani natives should be evacuated from Delta and other states of southern Nigeria if jihadists go ahead as threatened to attack Asaba, Agbor or any part of southern Nigeria.

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon Rotimi Amaechi has expressed satisfaction with the automated ticketing solutions offered by Transport Payment Solutions, a subsidiary of SecureID Limited, Africa’s industry leader in smart card manufacturing and personalisation. The Minister recently paid a visit to the company’s manufacturing plant in Isolo, Lagos, where he witnessed several state-of-the-art equipment […]

Chief Victor Oye, National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has described his suspension by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party as null and void. Oye said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday. He said it had become a tradition in the […]

Apex socio-cultural organizations; Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Middle Belt Forum, and Pan Niger Delta Forum, on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to give the country a ‘new people-oriented federal Constitution’ before the 2023 elections to avert Nigeria’s drift towards another civil war and forceful disintegration.