Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Technology Adoption As Tonic For Industrialisation
By Nkechi Isaac | Technology has been identified as one of the major sponsors of national development. It is the driver of rapid industrialisation especially providing support for development for countries because it drives major sectors of the national economy. Nigeria is not left out in the drive to grow ...
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Sports Ministry, ITF Sign MoU To Train 23,310 Nigerian Youth
BY ACHOR ABIMAJE | The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for skills acquisition and empowerment of 23,310 Nigerian youth in the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja in 21 trade ...
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Nigeria: Govt Should Unlock Investment, Prioritise Spending - Report
[This Day] The federal government has been advised to unlock investment opportunities in the economy by focusing on labour intensive sectors in order to reducing unemployment.
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Pastor Turned Beauty Specialist: The Journey Of Deborah Omale
By Our Correspondent Pastor Deborah Omale is the wife of Prophet Emmanuel Omale, the founder and General Overseer of Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry. She was born in Kaduna, Nigeria on 29th September 1981. Her father, a soldier is from Oyo and her mother, a business woman is from ...
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Lagos Govt, PharmAccess Launch Project For Pregnant Women
By Michael Oche, In a bid to provide access to quality healthcare for pregnant women, the Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), has entered into partnership with PharmAccess Foundation, and Merck Sharp Dohme (MSD) for Mothers, and the Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), to launch the MomCare (Smart Contracts for Maternity ...
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Gender Based Violence: CSO Calls For Domestication Of VAPP Act
BY PATIENCE IVIE IHEJIRIKA, Abuja As the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Civil Society Organisation (CSO), SAGE (Supporting Advancement of Gender Equality) has called for the domestication of Violence Against Person’s Prohibition (VAPP) law of 2015 in all Nigerian states. The organization made ...
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Experts Seek Better Package For Police To Tackle Insecurity
By Our Correspondents The N18.4billion earmarked for the Nigeria Police Force in the 2021 budget has generated negative reactions from security experts, lawyers and civil societies, with many of them insisting that the budgetary proposal is not enough to tackle the nation’s internal security challenges. A former Dean, ...
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Makinde Commissions REA’s 100KWP Solar Mini-Grid Project In Oyo
BY ABAH ADAH, Abuja Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday commissioned a 100KWP Solar Hybrid Mini-Grid project done under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement by the Rural Electrification Agency ((REA) in Budo-Are Community, Itesiwajo LGA of Oyo State. In his remark during the event which had a jubilating crowd of the ...
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Formulate New Strategies For Digital Nigeria, Stakeholders Charged
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr. Musa Istifanus has charged stakeholders in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector to evolve a workable synergy in line with the change agenda of President Buhari to re-examine the present status to formulate new strategies towards realizing the ...
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Kano Govt To PDP Faction: We Won’t Allow Public Assets To Rot Away
Kano state government has reacted sharply to the criticism by the Kwankwasiyya movement faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over effort to rejuvenate non-performing public assets which it said would not fold its arms and allow them to rot away. Rather, it said, it would revitalize such under-performing assets ...
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Recession: Use Massive Housing Construction To Stimulate Economy, REDAN Tells Govt
By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah, The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) has called on the government to stimulate the economy through massive investment in housing construction. REDAN President, Alhaji Aliyu Oroji Wamakko argued that government investment in housing will go a long way to help boost the economy which ...
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NNL 2020/21: FC One Rocket Eye NPFL Promotion
By Olawale Ayeni, and Juliana Etebom Abuja The proprietor of FC ONE Rockets Football Club, of Eket, in Akwa Ibom, Otuekong Nse Essien, has said that promotion to the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) would be the target of the club at the commencement of the 2020/21 Nigerian National League (NNL) ...
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Kogi Young Professionals Congratulate Isa Kutepa, Irukera, Safiyah Musa on Recent Achievements
By Ernest Nzor, Abuja The Kogi Young Professionals Network (KYPN) has felicitated with three outstanding indigenes of the state – Abdulrazaq Isa Kutepa, Barrister Babatunde Irukera and Dr Safiyah Stephanie Musa – who recently recorded landmark successes in business, public service and philanthropy, respectively. Isa Kutepa, an oil and ...
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NHIS Flags Of Social Insurance Programme For Group, Individual, Family
BY PATIENCE IVIE IHEJIRIKA, Abuja In an effort to attain Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Nigeria, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has flagged off the Group, Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP). The programme will allow individuals, families and groups to join the NHIS ecosystem. Speaking during the ...
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Nat’l Hospital CMD Seeks Cleft Care Inclusion In NHIS
The chief medical director (CMD) of the National Hospital Abuja (NHA), Dr. Jeff Momoh, has called for the inclusion of the treatment of cleft lip and palate in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to relieve parents/patients from poor homes the difficulties associated with the management of the condition. Momoh ...
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Pray For Nigeria, Gov Okowa Urges Religious Bodies
Delta governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, charged religious bodies to embark on intercession for God to intervene in the myriads of challenges bedevilling Nigeria and the global economy. Governor Okowa gave the charge at the Exco Chamber, Government House, Asaba, while playing host to the National Executive of the ...
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NAF Promotes Spokesperson, Daramola, 106 Others
By Tarkaa David, Abuja | The Air Force Council (AFC) has approved the promotion of the Nigerian Air Force spokesperson, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, to the rank of Air Vice Marshal while other 106 senior officers were also promoted to the next higher rank in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). ...
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Finance Minister Backs Fight Against Gender –based Violence
BY MARK ITSIBOR | Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has restated her ministry’s commitment to support the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development’s effort to end gender based violence against Women and Girls. The minister made this known yesterday in Abuja at the ...
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Nigeria: Finance Bill Will Discourage Investment in Capital Market - CSAN
[Vanguard] The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria, ICSAN, has called FOR section 39 of the Finance Bill 2021 to be expunged, to avert the possibility of problems in the capital market and discouragement of investments in the country's economy.
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Em Porto Alegre, bolsonarismo e comunismo pautam debate entre Melo e Manuela
Os dois candidatos trocaram provocações em tom ideológico O debate dos candidatos à Prefeitura de Porto Alegre nesta sexta-feira (27) foi marcado por confrontos entre Sebastião Melo (MDB) e Manuela D'Ávila (PCdoB). Os dois candidatos trocaram provocações em tom ideológico. Manuela disse que Melo estava "abraçado à direita de Bolsonaro" – ...
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CACOVID Provides Activity Updates, Reveals Plans To Empower Youths, Businesses
The Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), a private sector alliance formed for the sole purpose of eradicating coronavirus from Nigeria, has announced updates of its fully owned activities as well as intentions to support the government’s efforts in rebuilding the nation’s economy. This follows the mayhem caused by hoodlums who hijacked ...