Oxfam Nigeria, an International NGO, on Friday noted that empowering women financially and economically would make them independent.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
ASHENEWS reports that the International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN), has awarded an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) Nigeria, Dr. Stephen Adeniyi Adefegha with school grant to host 27 young aspiring neuroscientists from the African region at FUTA.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the amendment of the 2022/2023 Deep Offshore oil block mini-bid process to accommodate concerns raised by potential local and international investors.
The Nigerian media will on Monday inaugurate a nine-member board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), otherwise known as the National Ombudsman. This is contained in a statement by Kabiru Yusuf, President of Newspapers Proprietor Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and President, Nigeria Press Organisation (NPO). Yusuf said in the statement, issued on Friday in Lagos, that members of the commission were drawn from the media, the bar, the academia and civil society. He said that step had become imperative in the bid to strengthen public confidence in the media as a credible barometer of public opinion. Yusuf listed membership…
As the Muslim fast in the month of Ramadan is ongoing 50 Christians and Muslims have jointly organized an Interfaith Iftar break to strengthen peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance in Kaduna state.
The Cocoa landlord communities in Etung local government area of Cross River were in a joyous mood on Friday, as the state government commenced payment of royalties to them.
Some bank customers on Friday alleged bank officials’ connivance with Point of Sale operators (PoS), which makes it difficult for them to easily have access to cash from Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).
The Qatar Charity in collaboration with the Sokoto State Zakkat and Endowment Commission (SOZECOM), on Friday inaugurated its new project tagged “Livestock Empowerment value chain Programme to needy,” in the state.
The National Youth Leader of the United States Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Oyakhilome Bello says the call by some individuals to protest the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as President-elect on April 3 in the U.S has no merit.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday presented Certificates of Return to Kaduna State Governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani, and the Deputy Governor-elect, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, following their victory at the Governorship election in Kaduna State.