The Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA) has appealed to the Lagos State Government to promptly complete the major roads projects along Lekki-Epe axis. Olorogun Emadoye, the outgoing president of LERSA, gave the advice during the inauguration of the new Executive Council of the association on Monday in Lagos. Emadoye acknowledged and commended efforts […]
Workers’ Day, May 1st every year all over the world, necessary calls for an evaluation of work, workers and working conditions all around the world. This is because work is one indispensable resource by which God made man and by which man sustains the world. We are told that after all the work, God saw […]
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 […]
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 Federal Government, on Wednesday said no Nigerian died in the fierce battle ravaging Sudanese since April 15. Mr Zuberu Dada, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, who announced this in Abuja, said the government had started evacuating Nigerians after securing authorisation from the Sudanese government to evacuate Nigerians to safety. “We are evacuating […]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has given Friday, April 28 as deadline for boards, agencies and commissions of State Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare managers to remit 2023 Hajj fare. Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, Chairman of the commission gave the deadline during a meeting with Chief Executives of State Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards and other stakeholders in […]