Shettima chairs GenU Board, 60% female beneficiaries targeted The Federal Government has launched an ambitious national skills programme to connect 20 million young Nigerians to jobs, training, and entrepreneurship opportunities by 2030. Sixty per cent of the participants under the programme will be women. Vice President Kashim Shettima announced theContinue Reading
Suspected vandals have allegedly looted and destroyed the 80-bed Federal Government Mother and Child Specialist Hospital in Pakiotan, Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State. The yet-to-be-operational facility, fully equipped with beds, drugs, laboratory tools, and other medical consumables worth millions of naira, was commissioned on May 27, 2023.Continue Reading
Adegboyega Oyetola Nigeria is positioning itself to lead Africa’s marine and blue economy development, backed by a new national policy and international support, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said. Speaking in Abuja during a recent courtesy visit by a World Bank delegation led by Gladys Fajomu,Continue Reading
Former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Ade Dosunmu, has reiterated the urgent need for Nigeria to harness the vast opportunities in the Blue Economy as a strategic pathway to diversify the nation’s economy. Dr. Dosunmu made this call today while delivering a lectureContinue Reading
Hundreds of residents of Kirawa in Borno State displaced by Boko Haram insurgents and now taking refuge in Cameroonian villages have lamented harsh living conditions, saying they spend the day in Nigeria and return to Cameroon at night to sleep in fear of renewed attacks. Speaking with Frontline Reporters onContinue Reading
The Nigerian Air Force says it has conducted more than 1,500 operational flight hours under the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai in the last eight months, killing at least 592 terrorists and destroying 372 enemy assets. The operations, according to the Air Force, involved 798 combat sorties that significantlyContinue Reading
Sixteen inmates on Tuesday escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State. The incident happened in the early hours of the day after a breach of the facility’s security, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Umar Abubakar, wrote in a statement. The inmates overpowered the personnelContinue Reading
A member of the House of Representatives, Bayo Balogun, on Tuesday, said the green chamber is advancing a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to make the Court of Appeal the final arbiter on governorship election petitions in Nigeria Balogun, the Chairman of House Committee on the Independent NationalContinue Reading
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, on Monday criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu Lawal said he would not have coped in the current administration if he were a member of the President’s cabinet. According to him, he would have resigned if he were aContinue Reading
No fewer than eight persons have been killed in a flood disaster in Kpoghirikpo, an ancient kingdom of Itim community in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The incident, which occurred following heavy rainfall, affected over 800 farmlands and 3,000 households, creating a major displacement crisis within the community.Continue Reading