Dr Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has sought the assistance of stakeholders towards addressing the issue of youth migration in the country.Edu made the call when she co-chaired the meeting of 48 African Countries M…
Day: October 21, 2023
Rep. Sani Yakubu, (APC-Sokoto) has expressed satisfaction with the recent judgment from the State and National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal.Yakubu, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Saturday stated that the judgment had…
An oil producing community, Aja-Omaetan in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta has threatened to sue Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) if it is excluded from the oil giant’s planned Host Community Development Trust Fund (HCDTF).The community, theref…
The Federal Government says it has made plans in a new policy plans for cancer survivors to be catered to adequately.The Director-General, National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), Dr Usman Aliyu, disclosed this in an interview wit…
The Board of the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE Abuja) says the project is on track to successfully accomplish its mission of providing world class medical care.The AMCE will also conduct innovative and groundbreaking research, facilitate d…
Musa Kida, the President of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), on Saturday commended the Mountain Of Fire Miracles (MFN) Basketball Team for winning the Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball Championship.MFM, who are new to the basketball scene, achieved d…
The development of human health is majorly dependent on nutrition.Good nutrition, alongside other healthy lifestyle habits, supports average growth, development, and ageing.It helps people maintain healthy body weight, boosts the immune system, makes p…
Ms Joy Basu, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of United States, Bureau of African Affairs, has described Nigeria’s young population as an asset to Africa and the world at large.Basu made the remark during a visit to Vibranium Valley Tech City to discuss …
The Lagos State government on Saturday demolished an illegal structure on Banana Island, constructed on an unauthorised reclaimed land that will obstruct drainage paths.The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Oluyinka Olumide, …
The Coordinating Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has convened a Media Orientation Meeting on Diphtheria Outbreak Response in the country.The meeting was in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and Nigeri…
Details of some 23,000 citizens were updated so far ahead of December 24 local elections, said coordinator of the Independent Regional Election Authority in Bizerte Ibtisam Turki.Permanent and field teams will be deployed until October 28, date on whi…
Health Minister Ali Mrabet Friday urged Arab countries to work in concert in coordination with the Arab League Economic and Social Council to implement programmes aimed to promote the democgraphic and development situation in the Arab world.In opening…
The government will endeavour to curb wage costs over the next year, as they will rise by 4.1% compared with 2023, by restricting new hirings to 13,586 posts, with the implementation of a set of urgent reforms and the enforcement of the September 15, …
The monthly trade deficit in September 2023 widened to TND 1,578 million from TND 1,249.1 million in August 2023, according to the Foreign Trade at Current Prices (CVS-CEC), September 2023 report published by the National Statistics Institute (INS).Th…
The trade deficit remained relatively stable in the third quarter of 2023 (Q3) at TND 4,219.1 million, compared with TND 4,203.1 million in Q2 2023, a slight increase of 0.4%, according to the note on “Foreign Trade at current prices (CVS-CEC), Septem…