Rwanda’s Government is set to digitise selected genocide memorial sites in the country as part of the efforts to preserve the history of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. It is also to ease visitors’ access to memorials, an official said on Friday. Jean Damascene Bizimana, Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, made the […]
By Our Correspondent in Abeokuta The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to increase the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS). NARD gave the deadline in a communique issued at the end of its extraordinary meeting, held on Saturday in Abeokuta. The NewsZenith reports that NARD President, Secretary-General […]
Diaspora communities are the greatest off-shore assets useful to achieve sustainable development in their countries of origin. Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Georges Chikoti, made this remark at the second edition of the Global African Diaspora Symposium (GADS), in Abuja. He said GADS ”is geared towards creating right framework […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled to hold between May 3 and May 7. The postponement is contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed. Muhammed stated that the incoming administration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu will determine […]
By Our Correspondent in Abeokuta Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, on Friday, swore in four new Permanent Secretaries, with a charge to apply themselves to the agenda of the government. Abiodun said he appointed the new bureaucrats from a pool of erudite members of different cadres in state public service. According to him, the […]
Authorities from Botswana’s Ministry of Health and Wellness, on Friday, said they vaccinated 370,000 children aged seven years and below, against poliovirus type 2 (cVOPV2). Christopher Nyanga, the ministry spokesperson, said the vaccination campaigns ran from Feb. 23 to April 2 in all districts across the southern African country. “Health officials detected the cVOPV2 in […]
Sri Lanka’s inflation, measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI), dropped to 35.3 per cent in April, data showed on Friday. In March, CCPI-based inflation was 50.3 per cent, the Department of Census and Statistics said in a press release. The year-on-year inflation of the food group dropped to 30.6 per cent in April […]
President Muhammad Buhari has approved the extension of the tenure of the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Isah Jere. NIS Spokesman, Tony Akuneme, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Akuneme stated that Jere would remain in office till May 29. According to the statement, the approval is contained […]
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says it has engaged over 17 million Nigerians living globally, in various programmes since its inception in 2019. The Chairman of NiDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, announced this at the ongoing Global African Diaspora Symposium (GADS) which opened on Thursday in Abuja. Dabiri-Erewa also said the commission had seen the benefits […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has created 11 centres for Persons With Disability (PWDs) for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). Prof. Sunday Ododo, Chairman, JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) for the Abuja Centre, announced this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. Ododo commended the leadership of JAMB headed […]