The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says its partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair (UN-OCHA) will reduce the sufferings of Nigerians affected by disasters.
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The police has arrested a 23-year-old garden egg seller, Sanusi Umar, in Bauchi State for allegedly sodomising a mentally disabled 10-year-old boy.
Moniepoint, a microfinance bank (MFB), has unveiled a new Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) service to combat fraud and enhance financial inclusion.
The value of transactions on the stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) went down by 13.81 percent on Tuesday after two days of Easter break Analysis of the market activities showed trade turnover settled lower relative to the previous session. As a result, a total of 545.49 million shares valued at N14.61 billion were exchanged in 12,747 deals, as against 623.08 million shares valued at N16.95 billion exchanged in 10,257 deals traded on Thursday. Meanwhile, Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) led the activity chart in volume and value with 84.65 million shares traded in value of 4.48 billion.…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to make Rivers state a first-choice destination for medical tourism in Nigeria and indeed Africa. Fubara said this to newsmen at the Government House in Port Harcourt, while speaking on his administration’s modest achievements in the health sector since assumption of office. He explained that to achieve this, his administration was seriously paying greater attention to improving healthcare infrastructure. He vowed to improve the services available to the people, particularly at the primary level, and to bridge observed gaps between the primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare services in the state. Fubara emphasised that…
One only needs to look at the sheer scale of mineral deposits in the North to understand the untapped potential that lies beneath the surface.
The House of Representatives has called for intensified efforts towards the implementation of the disability act by the state governments, and MDAs across the country. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Disability Matters Rep. Bashiru Dawodu, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday said denying individuals with disabilities access to public spaces is not only disrespectful but also undermines ongoing efforts to implement the Disability Act. The lawmaker strongly condemned the reported outright discrimination against persons with disabilities in the country. “The Discrimination against People with Disabilities Prohibition Act 2018, passed by the National Assembly, aims to safeguard the…
The Federal Government has enrolled two million out-of-school “Almajiri” children in basic and Arabic literacy programmes. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known at the Citizens and Stakeholders Engagement on Nigerian Education Sector Ministerial Deliverables in Abuja on Tuesday. President Bola Tinubu, on assumption of office, organised a Cabinet Retreat for the Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and top government officials to prepare and sensitise them on the workings and processes of his administration. This is with a view to ensuring that Ministries, Departments and Agencies deliver on the Presidential Priorities of the Renewed Hope Agenda for 2023 – 2027.…
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered at least 1,665 fake A’level results during the Direct Entry registration process. The board’s weekly bulletin made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, said the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede gave the figures when he received officials of the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students, in his office. He explained that the A’level results verification was occasioned by the endemic corruption associated with the system and the need to restore the integrity of the admission process. According to him, out of the fake results, 397 were from Colleges of…
The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) has threatened to begin an indefinite strike on April 4.