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Acquire Skills, NYSC DG tells Corps Member
Corps Members have been advised to utilize the opportunities of the service year to acquire skills through the NYSC Entrepreneurship Development programme and become employers of labour instead of searching for the unavailable salaried jobs. The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed gave this advise…
Read More »Nigeria: ONSA, CBN declare war on forex speculators
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are joining forces to address challenges impacting the nation’s economic stability. This is contained in a statement by the Head, Strategic Communication at ONSA, Mr Zakari Mijinyawa, on Tuesday in Abuja. Mijinyawa said the recent…
Read More »NCC drops hint of 6G deployment, prospect of 7G
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has called for collaboration, innovation and proactive action to mitigate emerging risks ahead of 6G deployment. Dr Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, said this on Tuesday during a two-day Telecoms Industry Risk Management conference, held in Lagos with the theme, “Evolution and…
Read More »NNPC Chief Mele Kyari Highlights Energy Security’s Role in Wealth Creation
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mr. Mele Kyari, says no public wealth creation endeavour can achieve any meaningful success without energy security. The GCEO stated this in a presentation at the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) Public Wealth Management Conference which…
Read More »How Lion kills OAU zoo attendant
Mr Olawuyi Olarewaju, a veterinary technologist with Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has been killed by a Lion. It was learnt that Olarewaju, who had been in charge of the OAU Zoological Garden for over a decade, was attacked by a nine -year-old male lion on Monday. He was said…
Read More »FG, manufacturers peg price of bag of cement
The Federal Government and major cement manufacturers have pegged the price of 50kg bag of cement at between N7,000 and N8,000 depending on the location nationwide. Sen. David Umahi made this known to newsmen after a protracted meeting with major cement manufacturers in the country on Monday in Abuja. The…
Read More »Food Security: FG Develops 15,000ha Irrigable Land for Farmers
As part of efforts to achieve food security in the country, the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, has said its developing 15,000 hectares irrigable land for farmers to encourage all year round food security. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev disclosed this at the 30th…
Read More »Water Resources Ministry seeks synergy with Agriculture for all year food security
Nigeria’s Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation (FMWRS) has called for a synergy with the Agriculture and Food Security counterpart to achieve an all year round food security mandate of the Federal Government. The Permanent Secretary, FMWRS, Alhaji Shehu Shinkafi who made the call at the opening of the 30th…
Read More »Maritime workers oppose proposed 50% from NPA’s revenue, threaten to shut ports
Maritime workers have insisted on a 30 per cent deduction from Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) revenue instead of the proposed 50 per cent automatic deduction, warning of a potential nationwide strike. They made the threat in a statement jointly issued by the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned…
Read More »NAFDAC penalises pizza outlets in FCT over use of expired seasoning
The FCT Directorate of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has penalised two pizza outlets in the FCT for using expired dough blend seasoning. The FCT Director of the agency, Mr Ozigis Abdulsalam, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday.…
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