Abuja: The Federal Government has inaugurated an Expanded Ministerial Task Team on Building Collapse as part of efforts to stem the growing cases of building collapse in the country. Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, while inau…
Lagos: Mr Sunny Akhigbe, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, has called for strategic investment in Nigerian youths as a critical pathway to unlocking the nation’s ambition of becoming a one-trillion dollar economy. Akhigbe, founder of ‘A Boy and His …
Benue: President Bola Tinubu says his administration will not allow enemies of peace to prevail in the country. Tinubu stated this on Wednesday in Makurdi, during his visit to Benue, to commiserate with the people over the recent attacks on Yelwata Co…
Abuja: The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is set to collaborate with the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) to introduce gratuity for civil servants in treasury-funded Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) u…
Kaduna: The Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROOSC) project, an initiative by the Kaduna State Ministry of Education, has extended its ‘Back-To-School campaign’ to the community of Unguwan Shanu, located in Kaduna North LGA. This campaign, inaugurated…
Lagos: Economic experts on Tuesday urged organisations to embrace technology and build digital resilience to protect against volatility, uncertainties, and global disruptions. The advice was given in Lagos during the Chartered Institute of Directors (…
Lagos: Telecom subscribers in Nigeria will now be charged directly by their mobile network operators for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services, starting Wednesday, June 18, 2025. This was made known in a statement signed by Mr. Gbeng…
Abuja: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a genetic blood disorder that arises when both parents carry the sickle cell gene, creating a 25 per cent chance of transmitting the disease to their offspring with each pregnancy. Globally, an estimated 400,000 bab…
Abuja: Some medical experts have called for the adoption of urgent preventive measures to safeguard public health and reduce the risk of waterborne typhoid fever transmission in communities. They raised these concerns in interviews with the News Agenc…
Bauchi: Dr Hassan Garba, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Phalycon Clinic in Bauchi, has attributed the rising costs of consumables and drugs as a major factor behind high medical bills and healthcare service charges. Garba said this in an interview wi…