Category: News

NCC Donates 100 Mattresses To NYSC, Phones To Corps Members
June 5, 2021 No Responses

NCC Donates 100 Mattresses To NYSC, Phones To Corps Members

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has donated 100 mattresses worth over N1 million to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abuja.Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director of Public Affair, NCC, donated the items during a visit to the NYSC camp, Kubwa,...
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Dangote Fertiliser Hits Nigerian Market
June 5, 2021 No Responses

Dangote Fertiliser Hits Nigerian Market

Dangote Industries Limited on Friday disclosed that its three million metric tonnes granulated urea fertilizer plant is now completed and its products will flood the Nigerian market from Monday. Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President  Dangote Group, made th...
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US Bans Investment In China’s Shipbuilders
June 5, 2021 No Responses

US Bans Investment In China’s Shipbuilders

The Biden administration has banned U.S. investments in Chinese companies allegedly linked to China’s military, expanding hard-line policies introduced by the previous administration.  The executive order bans American citizens from investing in some of...
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Shareholders Protest Exclusion From EKO Hospital EGM
June 4, 2021 No Responses

Shareholders Protest Exclusion From EKO Hospital EGM

Some shareholders of EkoCorps Plc, owners of Eko Hospital, on Thursday staged a peaceful protest over disenfranchisement of stakeholders and founders from participating in its Extra-Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that t...
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Senate Reinforces Legal Status for National Emergency Number 112
June 4, 2021 No Responses

Senate Reinforces Legal Status for National Emergency Number 112

Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, The Senate, has taken further steps towards strengthening the legal status for the country’s National Emergency Number 112, being implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) though it’s Emergency Commu...
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14,468 Passports Ready For Collection In Lagos
June 3, 2021 No Responses

14,468 Passports Ready For Collection In Lagos

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has released 14,468 passports for applicants in Lagos State to collect.  The Lagos Passport Controller, Lagos Passport Command, Mr Sunday Fagbamigbe, confirmed the figure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeri...
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Nutritionist: Coconut Water, Natural Remedy For High Blood Pressure
June 3, 2021 No Responses

Nutritionist: Coconut Water, Natural Remedy For High Blood Pressure

Drinking coconut water will help to reduce high blood pressure, a Public Health Nutritionist, Hajiya Hauwa Suleiman, said on Wednesday.   She gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, adding that “coconut water...
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PIND, BASICS-II, KOLPING Train Commercial Seed Entrepreneurs In Niger Delta
June 3, 2021 No Responses

PIND, BASICS-II, KOLPING Train Commercial Seed Entrepreneurs In Niger Delta

The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), in collaboration with the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, phase 2 (BASICS-II) project, trained 61 Commercial Seed Entrepreneurs (CSEs), drawn from the N...
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Akwa Ibom Distributes Rice Seedlings To Farmers
June 3, 2021 No Responses

Akwa Ibom Distributes Rice Seedlings To Farmers

The Akwa Ibom State Government has empowered rice farmers with seedlings as the first planting season progresses to boost rice production.  The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Glory Edet, who presented the seedlings to farmers in Uyo on Wednesday said th...
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FCTA Partners Investors On Livestock Development
June 2, 2021 No Responses

FCTA Partners Investors On Livestock Development

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed plans to partner with investors to boost livestock development and create jobs in the territory.  The Acting Secretary, FCTA Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Mr Ibe Chukwuemek...
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Coventry University Appoints Rwanda’s Former Education Minister To Lead New Africa Hub
June 2, 2021 No Responses

Coventry University Appoints Rwanda’s Former Education Minister To Lead New Africa Hub

Coventry University Group has appointed Rwanda’s former education minister, Professor Silas Lwakabamba as Regional Managing Director for its new Africa Hub in Kigali.  The veteran academic will be the most senior representative of the university gr...
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Catholic Archbishop Seeks Govt-Citizens Harmony
June 2, 2021 No Responses

Catholic Archbishop Seeks Govt-Citizens Harmony

There is urgent need for the government and people to harmonise their relationship for the peace of the nation, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has said.   The Archbishop made the call on Tuesday in Lagos...
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Visiting Sailors Receive COVID-19 Vaccination At Ports
June 2, 2021 No Responses

Visiting Sailors Receive COVID-19 Vaccination At Ports

International ship crews arriving at the Port of Long Beach and neighboring Port of Los Angeles have received COVID-19 vaccinations to reduce the spread of the infection among seafarer communities. More than 450 crewmembers from 27 ships have received the...
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Pope Renews Canon Law On Sexual Violence
June 2, 2021 No Responses

Pope Renews Canon Law On Sexual Violence

Pope Francis has tightened up Vatican criminal law and created clearer regulations on the subject of abuse and depictions of sexual violence, among other things. “In order to respond adequately to the needs of the Church throughout the world,’’ Pope...
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