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  • Investing in Women’s Rights Organizations: Crucial for Gender Equality, UN Women Asserts

    By Ifunanya | November 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Investing in Women’s Rights Organizations: Crucial for Gender Equality, UN Women Asserts

    UN Women has emphasized that investing in and empowering women’s rights organizations is pivotal in achieving gender equality. Addressing a regional consultation with women’s rights organizations during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, […]

  • Zimbabwe’s Opposition Recalls Financial Drain on Country, Zanu-PF Claims

    By Ifunanya | November 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Zimbabwe’s Opposition Recalls Financial Drain on Country, Zanu-PF Claims

    Zanu PF has asserted that the frequent recalls of elected officials are plunging Zimbabwe into a constant state of electioneering, resulting in significant financial losses for the country. The leading opposition party, Citizens Coalition for […]

  • Kogi State Government Orders Immediate Freeze of State and LG Accounts

    By Henry Orji | November 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Kogi State Government Orders Immediate Freeze of State and LG Accounts

    The Kogi State Government has taken a decisive step by directing the immediate freezing of all State and Local Government accounts. In an official statement signed by the Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Asiru Idris, it […]

  • Google empowers 15 Nigerian SMEs with N75m

    By Ifunanya | November 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Google empowers 15 Nigerian SMEs with N75m

    Google has empowered 15 Small and Medium Businesses, SMBs, under its Hustle Academy  with the sum of N75 million. The country director, Google West Africa, Olumide Balogun, said this at the Google Hustle Academy graduation […]

  • NiMet forecasts 3-day sunshine, dust haze, across Nigeria

    By Ifunanya | November 24, 2023 | Comments Off on NiMet forecasts 3-day sunshine, dust haze, across Nigeria

    Must read The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has forecast sunshine and dust haze from Saturday to Monday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja anticipated moderate dust haze on Friday with […]

  • Association Says, “5,000 Civil Servants may not Receive November, 2023 Salary” 

    By Ifunanya | November 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Association Says, “5,000 Civil Servants may not Receive November, 2023 Salary” 

    No fewer than five thousand (5,000) workers in the Nigerian civil service may not be paid salaries this month, November 2023, due to discrepancies in their employment documents. Hitherto, the number had been as high […]

  • Olanipekun replies to Appeal Court over judgement CTC fiasco

    By Ifunanya | November 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Olanipekun replies to Appeal Court over judgement CTC fiasco

    Wole Olanipekun, SAN, the counsel to the governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has replied to the Court of Appeal over its request to retrieve the controversial Certified True Copy, CTC, of its judgement on […]

  • HPV: Nigeria achieves 78% coverage in 12 states, says official

    By Ifunanya | November 23, 2023 | Comments Off on HPV: Nigeria achieves 78% coverage in 12 states, says official

    FILE: A schoolgirl receiving HPV vaccine. (CREDIT: Lara Adejoro) Nigeria has attained a 78% coverage rate for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the initial 12 states where the immunisation programme was rolled out. According […]

  • Championship: West Brom boss offers fitness update on Maja, Ajayi

    By Ifunanya | November 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Championship: West Brom boss offers fitness update on Maja, Ajayi

    West Brom forward Josh Maja is in contention to face Ipswich Town on Saturday after returning to training. Maja had been out of West Brom’s squad for over two months with an ankle injury. The […]

  • Gombe State Government Signs N12bn Contract to Tackle Erosion Menace

    By Ifunanya | November 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Gombe State Government Signs N12bn Contract to Tackle Erosion Menace

    The Gombe State Government has signed a contract agreement of over twelve billion naira (N12,000,000,000) aimed at tackling a 21-kilometre long gully erosion in the state, safeguarding lives, and preserving the environment. The 21-kilometre contract, […]

  • Tinubu Approves DICON Bill, 2023, Empowering Nigeria’s Defence Industry

    By Ifunanya | November 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Tinubu Approves DICON Bill, 2023, Empowering Nigeria’s Defence Industry

    President Bola Tinubu has officially given his assent to the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) Bill, 2023, signifying a pivotal moment for the country’s defence sector. Initially established on August 1, 1964, through an […]

  • Kwara partners UNICEF to end open defecation

    By Ifunanya | November 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Kwara partners UNICEF to end open defecation

    The Kwara State Government has expressed its readiness to collaborate with UNICEF or any donor agency to eradicate open defecation in the state. Commissioner for Water Resources Usman Yunusa Lade gave the assurance when the […]

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