The Yobe State Primary Healthcare Management Board (YPHMB) has decried the low turnout of residents to get their COVID-19 vaccines. The Executive Secretary of board, Dr. Babagana Machina lamented residents’ hesitation to the jabs during COVID-19 vaccination campaigns at an Emir’s palace in Potiskum. “The vaccination exercise was based on the importance of traditional rulers…
President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled 13 pyramids of locally produced rice in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. The event took place at the trade fair complex on airport road, Abuja on Tuesday. President Buhari expressed delight that the current administration’s diversification programme on agriculture has started yielding dividends for the country. He said: “The significance of today’s occasion can…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will not release the timetable for 2023 General elections until the Electoral Act amendment bill is passed into law. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in Abuja, on Tuesday, at the first quarterly meeting with political parties for the 2022. He said the commission was…
Thousands of life jackets have been distributed to riverine communities domiciled in nine local government areas of Kebbi state. The donation was done by the federal government Hydroelectric power production development commission in a ceremony held in Yauri local government, one of the riverine local government areas in the state. The donation is aimed at…
President Muhammadu Buhari departs Abuja, Wednesday, for Banjul, Republic of The Gambia, to attend the inauguration of Gambian President, Adama Barrow, following his re-election for a second term. On the invitation of his host, President Buhari will be Special Guest of Honour at the ceremonies to be attended by other African leaders at the Independence…
A socio-political group, Kwara Rebirth Group (KRG) has warned the aggrieved individuals in Osun State to stop their campaign of calumny against the chairman of the National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee (NRSC), Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki as it stated that all evidence point to the fact that the committee did not favour any individual or…
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has clarified the misinformation on the Security, Facilitation and Safety Audit slated for the first quarter of 2022. The Director General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, made the clarification with newsmen in Lagos on Monday. Nuhu explained that the forthcoming International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme…
The Federal Government has said that it is processing a request by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) for it to establish a specialized team of prosecutors to facilitate effective investigation and prosecution of perpetrators of crimes against journalists and other media workers. In a letter addressed to MRA’s Executive Director, Mr. Edetaen Ojo, the Special Assistant…
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says the country will commence exportation of rice in the near future to engender the twin benefits of food security and economic diversification. Mr Ado Hassan, Secretary of the Kano State chapter of RIFAN, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday inaugurated 10 Governors, including Governor Babagana Zulum and some Federal officials as members of the National Blue Economy Project Committee. Governors of Rivers, Lagos, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Ondo, Cross River, Bayelsa, and Edo States, as well as Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Power, Finance, Environment, Trade and…
