From Our Correspondent The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Kwara State chapter has commended the Federal Government for recognising late footballer, Rashidi Yekini, with a posthumous Member Order of the Niger (MON) award. Olayinka Owolewa, Kwara SWAN Secretary, said in a statement that the honour is a recognition of the contributions of the late […]
Three students from the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) have been elected to lead the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Joint Campus Committee, Kwara axis. According to the University’s Bulletin issued on Monday in Ilorin, the trio emerged as chairman, spokesman and logistics officers of the association. Mr Yusuf Abdulgafar, a 300-level student of the […]
The Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ADPHCDA), says it engaged 2,712 Community Health Influencers Promoters (CHIPs) to enhance access to quality healthcare service delivery at the grassroots. The Executive Chairman of the Agency, Dr Suleiman Bashir, stated this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Yola. He said that 900 of the health […]
Dr Segun Agbaje, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) Lagos, has advocated for inclusive digitalisation among graduates, to help equip them with the required technological drive to reduce unemployment. Agbaje said this on the sideline of the Redeemers University’s 14th Convocation Lecture on Wednesday in Ede, Osun. He also said […]
From Our Correspondent The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has begun to train 50 Agriculture Extension workers on extension tools, methodologies and selected agricultural value chains in Enugu. Declaring the three-day training open in Enugu on Wednesday, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, said that the training was one […]
Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday in Abuja, took oath of office as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), The NewsZenith reports. President Muhammadu Buhari sworn in the new CJN during a briefly ceremony before the start of the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. Speaking to journalists after his swearing-in […]
By agency Report Hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition are on the rise in Africa with the latest data showing that one in five people in Africa is facing hunger, African Union (AU) and United Nations officials have said. This came at the high-level food and nutrition conference held on Monday at the AU headquarters in […]
By Agency Report Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday heightened the need to develop a national veld fire management strategy. This is coming after 10 farm workers were burnt to death on Monday in a veld fire in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province. “A new national strategy is now needed to minimise this growing menace whose […]
By Agency Report Eight ministers from the Horn of African region have vowed to develop a comprehensive roadmap to help boost food security amid a looming famine in some countries, the regional bloc said on Tuesday. “The failure of four consecutive rainfall seasons over the last three years has pushed communities in Arid and […]
A political support group, Nigerian Business Communities (NBC) for PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has pledged it would begin to mobilise voters for the former vice president in the South West. The group made the pledge after its zonal meeting on Tuesday in Lagos. The convener […]