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The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has declared more communities in Boki Council Area of Cross River State Open Defecation Free (ODF). Secretary to the State Government, Tina Agbor, who was represented by the Director of Administration, Governor’s Office, Bassey Esege, ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has underscored the need for a vibrant commodities ecosystem to aid diversification from oil to non-oil sectors and boost the nation’s revenues and foreign exchange (Forex) earnings. Speaking at a Roundtable on Nigerian Commodities Trading Ecosystem ...

AN estimated 38,250 jobs in the agriculture sector are to be created through the $129.17 million Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Programme in the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) initiated by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in partnership with the International Fund ...

Gunmen have abducted six students and two teachers from a private secondary school in Kaduna. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, who confirmed the incident, said the force was on the trail of ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified that the deductions on some banks’ Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) were not a fine but a punitive measure for their failure to abide by the regulator’s directive on the new lending regime ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the South African government to open up its economy for more Nigerian businesses and guarantee their safety, stressing the need for reciprocity in promoting trade and investments between the two nations. Speaking at the ...

The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is issuing out 200,000 commemorative stamps to mark the 150th birthday of India’s peacemaker and nationalist, Mahatma Gandhi. NIPOST’s Postmaster General/Chief Executive Officer, Bisi Adegbuyi, disclosed this at the official launch of the postage stamp at ...

Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Liman Kwande, has called on the Federal Government to immediately scrap the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), accusing the organisation of ‘sabotaging’ educational development in the country. He also faulted JAMB for making ...

Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has said that the state is revamping and repositioning 247 primary health facilities in the state to make primary healthcare accessible and affordable in the rural areas. He disclosed that the state has developed ...

A former Vice President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) Comrade Godwin Ibekwe has asked the Federal Government to implement the wage increase for Nigerian workers. He noted that the N30, 000 minimum wage earlier approved for should ...