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The FCT Administration, has pledged to provide the necessary support for successful completion of the African Medical Center of Excellence, with a view to reversing medical tourism. The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, made this pledge during a site tour of the state of the art facility, of the African Medical Centre for Excellence, billed to be operational in early 2025. Mahmoud noted that the partnership between the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has urged security agencies to monitor the electioneering processes with a view to preventing violent attacks or negative mobilization by political parties during their campaigns. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu stated this in Abuja during a meeting with the Inter Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security. Professor Yakubu urged security agencies to ensure that Parties in Power do not use the power of incumbency […]
A Bill to establish the Federal Polytechnic in Onueke, Ezza LGA of Ebonyi State has passed second reading in the Senate. This followed adoption of a motion sponsored by Senator Kenneth Eze from Ebonyi state during plenary in Abuja. He said the proposed establishment of the school was an initiative that holds significant potential in advancing human capital development and providing an assured future for the youths in Nigeria and […]
The Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, APN, is calling for the decriminalization of attempted suicide, citing it as a major barrier to mental health intervention. APN President, Prof. Taiwo James Obindo, made the plea in Abuja during a House of Representatives Committee on Specialty Healthcare session. Prof Obindo argued that criminalizing attempted suicide is an outdated approach inherited from colonial times, which failed to address underlying mental health issues. He […]
The Programme Coordinator, Regulatory, Compliance and Facilitator, Presidential CNG Initiative, Mr Zayyanu Tambari Yabo says Nigeria will realize over three billion naira investment in the Compressed Natural Gas, CNG Conversion. He made this known in Abuja during a Stakeholders Engagement on the CNG Conversion Initiative. According to him, about one million CNG vehicles would be produced by 2027 while twenty five thousand personnel would be trained and empowered on the […]
Transparency International in Nigeria, in collaboration with Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), has convened a multi stakeholders dialogue on preventing terrorism financing and violent extremism. At the occasion in Abuja, the Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, Auwal Musa-Rafsanjani said the dialogue was aimed at brainstorming on ways to address security challenges bedeviling the country. While highlighting various forms in which terrorists get […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have walked out of the Minimum Wage negotiations with the Federal government. In a statement jointly issued by the two Labour Unions after their meeting in Abuja, both the NLC and TUC rejected the N48,000 proposal offered by the Federal Government as the National Minimum Wage. The NLC President Comrade Joe Ajaero and the Deputy President of the TUC, Comrade Etim Okon […]
As part of measures to enhance technological breakthrough in the country, the Federal Government has promised to step up its promotion of innovation in science and technology. The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima made the promise in Abuja while declaring open the 2024 National Productivity Summit. The Vice President, who was represented by his special adviser on National Economy Council, Mrs Kukaiya El Rufa'i expressed the Federal Government's readiness to […]
Nigeria's representatives at the 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL), Rivers Hoopers, will battle Senegal side AS Douanes in one of the four seeding games in the playoffs in Kigali next week. The two sides faced each other twice in the Sahara Conference held last week in Dakar with each victorious in one of the ties. Unlike previous formats in BAL where teams advanced straight to the knockout stage (quarterfinals), teams […]
