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By Modupe Aderogba The National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, says 600 female artisans across the six geo-political zones would be trained on various skills to reduce poverty and improve women empowerment. The Director General…

By Na'ankwat Dariem, Abuja The Nigerian government has approved the licensing of 173 private sector Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector Institutions to conduct enrolment of Nigerians and legal residents into the National…

By Edwin Akwueh, Abuja The Nigerian Senate has queried the Federal Ministry of Health over the alleged mismanagement of N559 million generated from sales of 681,487 units of international certificate of vaccination (Yellow cards) to the…

By Cyril Okonkwo, Abuja Nigeria has signed agreements with the World Health Organisation, WHO, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, for the procurement of the COVID-19 vaccines immediately they are available. Minister of Health, Osagie…

By Lawan Hamidu, Abuja The Nigerian House of Representatives has urged the government to urgently implement the Safe Schools Initiative to protect students and teachers from attacks on schools. This was contained in a motion under…

By Rahila Lassa, Abuja The Nigerian Government has described the media as a major agent of socialisation and a viable tool for disseminating information on the ills of drug and substance abuse in the society. Minister of Humanitarian…

By Eme Offiong, Calabar The Nigerian Correctional Service has denied reports of a jailbreak in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State. The service, in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Cross River Command,…

By Fatima Hassan, Abuja The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON has commenced activities of grand launching of the Hajj Savings Scheme in South West Nigeria from 14th December 2020. The grand finale of the South West Campaign…

By Toyin Ajadi, Lagos Transactions on the Nigerian equities market ended on a positive note on Tuesday for the second consecutive day sustaining the gains recorded on Monday to close higher by 1.10% The all  share index gained 1.10%…

By Amina Mohammed, Lafia  The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has increased the 2021 appropriation bill by N2.8billion from the N112.92billion presented to the House for consideration and approval by Governor Abdullahi Sule. The…