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November 18, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria To Allocate $200m For Creation Of 780 Agric Service Centres

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government is to allocate $200 million for the creation of 780 Agricultural Service Centres to serve as catalysts for training and equipment sharing, under the Nigeria-Brazil bilateral development programme. The Vice...

November 17, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Railway To Shut Down Operations, Implores Police, Others On Security For Infrastructure

By ebosele@hotmail.com — Ahead of the proposed strike by the two in-house unions of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), management of the parastatal has directed Railway District Managers (RDMs), Managers and Coordinators to shut down train services...

November 14, 2021 No Responses

Osinbajo Harps On Unity, Strategic Leadership

At this point in Nigeria’s history, the nation needs a new generation of strategic leaders that will take the country speedily to the next level of development, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has said.Osinbajo stated this in Abuja, on Saturday, at the...

November 14, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA At Trade Fair, Seeks National Policy On Waste Management

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Saturday called for the development of a national policy on waste management. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made the appeal at NIMASA’s special day at the ongoing 202...

October 31, 2021 No Responses

PenCom Extends 2021 Online Verification, Enrollment Exercise

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has extended the online verification and enrollment exercise for 2021 retirees, and prospective retirees of the Federal Government Treasury Funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The Head, Corpo...

October 21, 2021 No Responses

FRSC Unveils Body Cameras For Patrol Operations

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Thursday, unveiled body cameras, operation monitoring and control platform, to improve the Corps’ field operations across the country. At the official inauguration in Abuja, Oyey...

October 21, 2021 No Responses

Maritime Academy To Commercialise Facilities

The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron in Akwa Ibom, has concluded plans to commercialise its facilities to boost its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The Rector of the Academy, Commodore Duja Effedua (rtd), disclosed this during an interaction with ne...

October 19, 2021 No Responses

NPA Upgrades Control Tower

The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is poised to ensure optimal utilisation of its facilities across the nation’s seaports, Acting Managing Director, Mohammed Bello-Koko has said. He made this known in a statement on Monday ...

October 13, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Appoints Yakusak As New CEO Of NEPC

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Ezra Yakusak as Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC). Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, ...

October 11, 2021 No Responses

Poultry Farmers Decry High Cost Of Inputs

Poultry Farmers under the aegis of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) in Alimosho, Lagos State have lamented the rising cost of poultry inputs. The farmers in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) highlighted some challenges fac...

October 10, 2021 No Responses

NCC Reiterates Support For e-Government, Others

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has highlighted the various regulatory measures of the Commission toward deepening the adoption of e-Government and other Internet-driven services in the co...

October 10, 2021 No Responses

NUPENG Begins Strike On Monday

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says its Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) will commence strike on Monday over the deplorable state of the nation’s highways and other issues. Mr Tayo Aboyeji, the South-West Zonal Chairman ...

September 30, 2021 No Responses

SON Raids Market, Seals Warehouse, Shop

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday raided Yankura Market in Kano and sealed off shop and a warehouse where new and branded fertiliser bags with SON certification logo were being sold.The Director-General of SON, Malam Faruk Salim, who...

September 27, 2021 No Responses

Senate Receives Report On $5.792b Mambila Power Projects

The Senate Committee on Local Content on Monday received the report of the Financial Sub-Committee of the Mambila Hydro-Electric Power Projects (HEPP). The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Teslim Folarin, received the report in Abuja as presented by Mr Mu...