…As Bureau Hosts Focus Group Discussion No fewer than Two hundred stakeholders from across the country are to meet in Abuja next week to discuss the need for a principal Data Protection Law in Nigeria. The two-day event, scheduled to hold on 26th and 27th of July, 2022 at Rockview Hotel Royale, Abuja, shall bring together representatives…
By Yushau A. Shuaib I have always admired the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami for his solid intellection and painstaking understanding of his brief in public service, alongside his charismatic and pragmatic efforts in governance. As a pioneer in government, defining the frontiers of a new future for our…
The President, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar has restated the Chamber’s commitment to supporting women entrepreneurs in the country. Dr Abubakar at a one-day workshop on, “Successful Business Operational Guide and Regulatory Competence For Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)” organised by ACCI Women in Business Trade Group in partnership…
By Hashim Abioye Esq. My attention has been drawn to a post being circulated on the social media having to do with the appeal filed by Prince Dotun Babayemi against the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo which struck out Babayemi’s case for want of jurisdiction on ground of lack of locus…
The Borno communities have pledged to adopt and implement measures to prevent the outbreaks of monkey pox, cholera and COVID-19 across the state. The pledges were made, yesterday, (Monday), in Maiduguri, while the World Health Organisation (WHO) flags off the sensitization campaigns and emergency responses in four councils. The preventative measures including vaccinations against the…
By Faith Berewa It didn’t really come as a surprise right? That it was EVEN contemplated and became a subject of public discourse exposed the dangerous trajectory the nation is headed. And, it was discussed with the President, BEFORE IT WAS HONKERED down the throats of Nigerians exposes the extent national unity and cohesion can…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal Government to immediately take measures to ensure the execution of the judgment of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, which ruled on July 14, 2022 that the indefinite suspension of access to Twitter in Nigeria by Federal Government in June 2021 was unlawful and violated the provisions of…
Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has dissociated itself from a fake WhatsApp account set up in its name. The attention of the Media Office of ACCI has been drawn to the existence of a WhatsApp platform bearing the name “Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry” with 78 participants already active on the platform….
The Yobe State Government has targeted 70, 000 residents for the 2022 Expanded Free Healthcare Delivery (EFHD) scheme across the state. Out of the total residents, 50, 000 are the vulnerable people affected by the over a decade Boko Haram insurgency that claimed many lives and property. Unfolding the scheme, at the weekend (Friday), in…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has targeted 42,400 household farmers in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Sokoto and Taraba States. Out of the vulnerable households, 19, 898 smallholder farmers are in Borno state; affected by the over a decade insurgency. Flagging of the 2022 distribution of farm inputs, yesterday (Friday), in Maiduguri,…
