Nigeria, Germany takes 200,000 Nigerian youth off labour market with training in skills

Nigeria, Germany takes 200,000 Nigerian youth off labour market with training in skills

The collaboration of both the federal government and the German government have assisted in taking about 200,000 Nigerian youths from the labour market. The collaboration which is in the areas of training in arts, fashion, painting, baking, ICT, fishery among others, also…

Flooding: FG Warns Nigerians Against Indiscriminate Dumping of Waste

Flooding: FG Warns Nigerians Against Indiscriminate Dumping of Waste

The Federal government has cautioned Nigerians to refrain from dumping waste indiscriminately and to promote good hygiene practices in order to arrest the ravaging flood. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had recently raised an alarm that 14 states and 31 communities…

65 Nigerians sponsored by CCECC to China return with degrees… To be deployed in Nigeria’s transport sector

65 Nigerians sponsored by CCECC to China return with degrees… To be deployed in Nigeria’s transport sector

Sixty-five Nigerians sponsored by the CCECC Nigeria Limited to study at Chinese universities have returned to the country after graduation to contribute to the development of the transport sector. The programme is a joint effort between CCECC Nigeria Limited, and two Chinese…

NDLEA promotes 3,248 officers, honours 12 Commands, 148 personnel

NDLEA promotes 3,248 officers, honours 12 Commands, 148 personnel

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has promoted 3,248 officials, including seven senior personnel to the position of Deputy Commander General and Assistant Commanders General. The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) personally decorated the three…

FG to sanction erring carbon traders

FG to sanction erring carbon traders

The Federal Government is planning big on revenue from evolving a policy on minimization of carbon emission in the country, issuing a strong warning to carbon emission reduction traders to adhere to all rules guiding the trade or face the wrath of…

Group Commends Senegalese President’s Decision on Third Term

Group Commends Senegalese President’s Decision on Third Term

Africans Rising for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity has welcomed the announcement by Senegalese President Macky Sall not to run for a third term. Africans Rising, a global Pan-African movement of people and organisations working for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity on…

Rwanda Waives Entry Visas for Nigerians, Other Africans

Rwanda Waives Entry Visas for Nigerians, Other Africans

Rwandan government has waived entry visas to Nigerians, other Africans and members of the Commonwealth in order to promote the ease of doing business and attract investors into the Central/Eastern African country. Speaking at the commemoration of Rwanda’s 29th anniversary celebration and…

Okoloba Federated Community, Bomadi LGA Gets New Chairman

Okoloba Federated Community, Bomadi LGA Gets New Chairman

–By Harrison Akamule: The new Chairman Okoloba Federated Community Chief Clement Koki, has promised to create a better living standard for all sons and daughters of Okoloba Federated Community. He begged for the total support of all to achieve the set goal…

Delta safe for investment, Oborevwori assures investors

Delta safe for investment, Oborevwori assures investors

Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has assured investors of a peaceful investment climate in the state. Oborevwori gave the assurance on Tuesday when he received on courtesy visit members of the Ndigbo Cultural Forum Asaba chapter at Government House,…

Palestinian Govt asks UN to implement laws that protect defenceless people

Palestinian Govt asks UN to implement laws that protect defenceless people

The Palestinian government has asked United Nations to implement international law to secure and save the lives of defenceless people, particularly the Palestinian people. A statement on Tuesday signed by the Ambassador of Palestine to Nigeria, Abdallah Abu Shawesh against the backdrop…

NDLEA, NCA-UK recommit to taking battle against drug to cartels

NDLEA, NCA-UK recommit to taking battle against drug to cartels

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom have both recommitted to taking the battle against drug to the doorsteps of drug cartels as part of efforts to stamp out serious organized crimes in…

MSF raises alarm over escalating malnutrition crisis in northwest

MSF raises alarm over escalating malnutrition crisis in northwest

Médecins Sans Frontières also know as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned of potential catastrophe due to escalating humanitarian needs in Northwest Nigeria in the coming months. The MSF in a statement on Tuesday said: “A malnutrition crisis is escalating in northwest…

Palliative for fuel subsidy removal: Zulum rolls out 80 buses, pick up vans to commune farmers to/from farmers

Palliative for fuel subsidy removal: Zulum rolls out 80 buses, pick up vans to commune farmers to/from farmers

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum on Tuesday released 80 buses and pick up vans to commune farmers free of charge from their communities to farmlands in the state. The intervention is aimed at beating down the high cost of living caused…

Mmesoma: NEFGAD Calls For Suspension Of JAMB Registrar

Mmesoma: NEFGAD Calls For Suspension Of JAMB Registrar

A civil society group Network for the Actualisation of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD) has called for the immediate suspension of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede to allow for a seamless forensic investigation…

Oborevwori not under pressure on choice of cabinet members

Oborevwori not under pressure on choice of cabinet members

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, Sir Festus Ahon says the Governor is taking his time to pick suitable and competent hands to be appointed into the State Executive Council. Ahon, who was reacting to reports in a section…

UN Condemns Burning of Quran

UN Condemns Burning of Quran

The United Nations has condemned the burning of Holy Quran in front of a mosque in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden. A statement on Thursday read that: “The High-Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), Mr. Miguel Moratinos expresses his…

British High Commissioner, Montgomery In Enugu  … Confers On More Synergy

British High Commissioner, Montgomery In Enugu … Confers On More Synergy

The British High Commissioner, Richard Montgomery, visited Enugu State between the 27th and 28th of June for high-level discussions with the state governor and key stakeholders in the state government, civil society, business and traditional leaders. During the two-day visit, the High…

OF THE EUROPEAN UNION REPORT AND PRESIDENT TINUBU’S REBUFF

OF THE EUROPEAN UNION REPORT AND PRESIDENT TINUBU’S REBUFF

By Austen Akhagbeme The fragrant dismissal of the EU’s report on the just concluded general elections in Nigeria by President Tinubu’s handlers, speaks volumes about what to expect in days to come. One of the many signs of a potentially aggressive and…