The 100 Women Lobby Group has urged all levels of government to ensure a level playing field for women to fully participate in politics and other leadership forums, particularly with the 2023 elections approaching. The group’s national coordinator, Felicia Iyore Onibong, made the remark in Abuja during the public presentation of a survey it initiated…
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and the University of Abuja have agreed to establish a Center of Excellence in Reverse Engineering and Innovation, which will result in the development of indigenous engineering designs and manufacturing capacity to meet the challenges of improving the nation’s local industries. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed…
The Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) and Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) have agreed to establish an Investment Academy to train Nigerians on ways to attract investment opportunities to Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of NIPC, Mr Emeka Offor, who visited ACCI with his team on Tuesday, said the proposal to establish the academy…
The Federal Government has given approval for the resumption of Emirates flight operations to Nigeria. The government also asked the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to approve the request by Air Peace for the resumption of passenger flights effective March 1, 2022. This was contained in a letter by the Director-General of Nigerian…
The house of representatives has mandated the Nigerian customs service (NCS) to pay the sum of N360 million to families of persons killed by its officers in Oyo and Katsina states. The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution on Tuesday following the adoption of an investigative report presented by Leke Abejide, chairman of the committee on customs…
Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged rice mills in the country to embrace CBN’s backward integration initiatives aimed at conserving foreign exchange reserves. Information obtained from CBN’s website indicates that Emefiele made the call on Tuesday, during the inauguration of Garewa Rice Mills in Kano. He said that…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended a popular current affairs programme of Vision FM, Idon Mikiya, for six months. The station was also fined N5m. This was contained in a letter signed by the NBC Director-General, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, addressed to the Managing Director of Vision Media Service Limited. The letter said the suspension…
Osun State Government on Tuesday debunked the rumour of curfew in Ile-Ife and urged residents to go about their lawful businesses without hindrance. The Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji, in a statement made available to Daily Trust by the Commissioner for Information, Mrs Funke Egbemode, said there was no curfew of any nature in…
“Where you live should not determine whether you live or whether you die” – Bono On February 4 every year, the global cancer community commemorates World Cancer Day (WCD) to inspire greater awareness of cancer and action to better prevent, detect and treat the disease. WCD 2022 marks the first year of a new…
MTN Nigeria 2021 primary offer was oversubscribed by 139 percent with as many as 6.6 million Nigerians now holding the telco share — directly or indirectly. For two weeks in December 2021, MTN Nigeria gave the public a buying opportunity to own 575 million shares in the company, at an entry price of N169 per…
