The Ladi Memorial Foundation (LMF) has sensitized over 1000 female students on the need to acquire a skill in order to become economically self reliance, thereby contributing positively to the family and the society at large. Speaking after visiting three secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to celeberate the International Day of the Girl Child, the Executive Secretary …

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Nasarawa state has commenced the training of 50 youths on technical and vocational skills to enable them to become self-reliant. Nasarawa state NDE coordinator, Mr. Chris Bamsida, stated this during the orientation ceremony of 50 trainees of the National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS) on Thursday in Lafia  He said B-NOAS sought to equip unemployed young …

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, says the institution produced 2,823 graduates, with 118 of them making the institution’s first class honour’s list. The FUNAAB Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Kehinde, disclosed this while briefing newsmen ahead of the university’s 30th convocation in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Thursday, August 10, 2023. Kehinde said the convocation will hold …

Fuel scarcity is Nigerian, at least, until it was almost obliterated by the government of Muhammadu Buhari. It is on record that the few times that Nigeria experienced fuel scarcity during the Buhari era, it was caused by either bad weather and floods that render the roads un-motorable or the antics of saboteurs and fuel speculators hiding under the cloak …

The convoy of Bauchi state First Lady, Aisha Bala Muhammad, was trapped on bad road within the state. The convoy became stranded in floodwater en route to commission a healthcare center in the Jamdan area of the state. The photos of the scene which had since gone viral on social media displayed how the convoy found itself inside a waterlogged …

Udo-Akagha Udo-Akagha, Sir Semoore Badejo, DC Hanniel Hadisson, the sponsor, Captain Shina Akinfenwa, Dr Bunmi Apata and the Captain of the Squash Section Dr. Niyi Ibrahim. It was all pomp and fanfare as the 17th edition of the Annual Merchant Express, Global Cargo, and Turkish Cargo Airlines Clubs Invitational, and the third edition of the PSA Tournament 2023 hosted by …

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has stated that as a Service subservient to the political class, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) state of readiness and preparedness remains paramount and must never be in doubt. This, according to him, was in line with NAF’s constitutional responsibility to be ready to perform tasks that may be …

The Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) has been urged to initiative urgent regional economic roadmap that would address the skyrocketing prices of food and essentials of life which threaten stability in one of the World’s poorest regional blocs. ECOWAS is also urged to address human right violations arising from detention of political dissents, religious intolerance and terrorism by …

…Smash all female gang, recover arms, ammunitions The Nigeria Police has paraded 54 suspects arrested over their involvement in murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes. Parading the suspects, in Abuja, including an all-female armed robbery gang, the Force Public Relations Officer and Assistant Commissioner of Police, (ACP) Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the gang was responsible for the murder of …

Federal Government in collaboration with African Union Commission (AUC), and Pan-African Quality Infrastructure (PAQI), in conjunction with Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme, (CAADP) are set to hold the maiden Africa Cassava Conference to boost productivity along the value chain towards achieving food security. The conference is to boost Intra-African Trade, BIAT, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) objectives. …