More women with disabilities receive FG’s cash grant in Kebbi – Farouq
By Chimezie Godfrey The Federal Government’s Special Cash Grant for Rural Women has been launched in Kebbi state with more women with disabilities benefiting from […]
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FG inaugurates Special Public Works Programme in Nasarawa
The Federal Government has inaugurated its Extended Special Public Works Programme in Nasarawa State aimed at employing 1,000 youths in each of the 774 local […]
FG begins Extended Public Works Programme in Zamfara
The Federal Government has started distribution of working equipment under the Extended Special Public Works Programme in Zamfara, to boost the economy and create jobs. […]
Pfizer vaccine for the elite, but China vaccine for the rest of us? By Fredrick Nwabufo
One thing is constant in the human ecosystem – class struggle. According to Karl Marx: “The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history […]
Senator lauds Buhari for signing Modibbo Adama University bill into law
(Photo above: Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed(Binani)) The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (Binani) has commended President […]
FUTA Don wins international grants for COVID-19 research
Another giant stride has been recorded by the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) through one of its senior academics, Dr Gideon Idowu of the […]
Microsoft’s partnership plans thrill Osinbajo
Another international tech heavyweight, Microsoft Corporation, has disclosed plans to partner with the Federal Government for the benefit of the Nigerian people, especially the youth. […]
ESPW Programme: Ganduje commends FG for engaging 44,000 youths in Kano
Kano state Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday, commended the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for engaging 44,000 youths in the Extended Special Public Works (ESPW) […]
FG’s job programme inaugurated in Kaduna
The Federal Government’s Extended Special Public Works (ESPW), also known as the 774,000 jobs programme, has been inaugurated in Kaduna State. The inauguration was done on […]
Oyo Govt commends FG initiative on ESPW programme
The Oyo State Government has commended the Federal Government initiative for the establishment of the Extended Special Public Works (ESPW) programme, aiming at addressing the […]
8,000 in Kano to benefit from FG’s Cash Grant for Rural Women Project
By Chimezie Godfrey The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development,Sadiya Umar farouq, has revealed that about 8,000 women in Kano state will […]
Tony Elumelu Foundation unveils Entrepreneurship programme for African men, women
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), on Friday in Lagos unveiled the TEF Entrepreneurship programme for 2021, to empower women and men across the African continent. […]
CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme and Nigeria’s march towards economic diversification
At the inception of the present regime on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his intention to diversify the Nation’s economy and move it […]
Sani Bello blames unskilled, half- baked graduates for Nigeria’s rising unemployment
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and Chairman North Central Governors Forum has attributed the astronomical rise in the number of unemployed, underemployed […]
Association commences skills acquisition programme for 250 unemployed youths, widows in Nasarawa
A Socio-cultural Organization, Agwatashi Unity Forum, has kicked off a skills acquisition and empowerment Scheme for 250 unemployed graduates and widows in Nasarawa State. A […]
APC bitter, envious of our Governors, says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its leaders are bitter over the sterling performance of governors elected on the […]
Coronavirus: NCDC records 712 new infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 712 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The latest figure of the […]
Oyeyemi felicitates with Christians, enjoins adherence to COVID-19 protocols
As Nigerian Christians join their counterparts from across the world to celebrate this year’s Christmas under the threats of the second wave of COVID-19 […]
Rescue of 344 Kankara students, tops significant recent feats, says DHQ
By Chimezie Godfrey The Military has succeeded in neutralizing several bandits, terrorists, kidnappers, and other criminal elements in the troubled zones of the country within […]
Kaduna, first to get waiver for procurement of family planning commodities – ES PHC Board
The Executive secretary, Kaduna state primary health care board, Hamza Abubakar on Thursday said that Kaduna had gotten a waiver to procure family (FP)planning commodities […]
El-Rufai sacks GM, LG Education Secretaries
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has made some personnel adjustments in order to reinvigorate governance and deepen reforms in the education sector in Kaduna state. […]
Adamawa: Over 1,200 primary schools benefit from FG’s School Feeding Programme – Official
No fewer than 1,200 primary schools in Adamawa State have benefited from the Federal Government’s National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Mrs Mary Yuwadi, […]
NLNG wins ‘Best Company in Education’ award at SERAS
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has been awarded the “Best Company in Education” at the recently held 14th Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAs) […]
Everybody Knew Sam – A tribute to Nda Isaiah, By Ali M. Ali
This year, 2020 will go down in history as the year I wrote the most tributes-some long, some short to eulogize the departed, not to […]
2,560 rural women in Taraba to get cash grant – Farouq
By Chimezie Godfrey Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development has said that at least 2,560 Rural Women in […]