Tension continues to mount between Mali and France. The Malian authorities, dominated by the military, have decided to expel the French ambassador, announced Monday, January 31, a press release read on state television: “The government of the Republic of Mali informs national and international opinion that today (…) the French ambassador in Bamako, his Excellency Joël…
Freedom of Information (FOI) Desk Officers from various Federal public institutions will meet at a two-day workshop in Abuja on February 1 and 2, 2022 to discuss the establishment of an online FOI Platform to enable them to share information, ideas and experiences on the implementation of the FOI Act, 2011. The Attorney-General of the…
The Civil Society Organisations (CSO) have partnered ASA Health on the sensitization of residents to receive their COVID-19 jabs to boost their immune systems. The jabs sensitization is supported by the British Council and funded by the European Union (EU). While flagging off the jabs, yesterday (Monday), in Damaturu, the Executive Director of ASA…
Borno State Government is to partner the Association of Professional Women Engineers in Nigeria (APWEN) in the training and empowerment of women and youths. The collaboration of APWEN and state government; will also develop the infrastructural facilities destroyed in the 12-year insurgency in the state. Announcing the partnership at an investiture of Engr. Elizabeth Jumoke…
— Eze… Says abandonment of state’s legacy aircraft in Germany for six years was a calculated scheme laced with jarring discordances to evade responsibility and highlights his administrative ineptitude…States that the truth is that Wike connived with other Jonathan’s Ministers to ban the Rivers State Plane from Flying in the Airspace of Nigeria…Says Nsirim, Okocha’s…
The African Union (AU) has suspended Burkina Faso’s membership following the coup that took place in the country. The AU said the suspension would be effective until constitutional order is restored in the country. “Council decides in line with the relevant AU instruments to suspend the participation of Burkina Faso in all AU activities until…
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adjusted its examination timelines for the conduct of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME).The board disclosed this in its weekly bulletin, released by its Director of Public Relations, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.The Board disclosed that the 2022 UTME…
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called for more support and funding for herbal medicine.This is contained in a statement by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in Abuja.The statement said that the DG made the call at an inaugural symposium and launching of the Africa Centre of…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday registered 22 additional lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in four states and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC, via its verified website on Monday morning, said that the additional figure of coronavirus infections in the country had moved up to 253,023 as of Sunday. The News Agency of…
The first phase of the Siemens Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) will increase reliability of electricity supply to 40 million people and create 11,000 direct and indirect jobs, according to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed. The minister stated this on Monday at the flag-off of the PPI training on network development…
