Disability day: FG to introduce allowance for PwDs
Dec. 2, 2024 The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) says it is working ascediously to introduce a special allowance towards reducing financial burden on Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)….
UN calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse land degradation
December 2, 2024 Restoring the world’s degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N. executive…
Borno Govt moves to construct first intra-city rail network
Dec. 2, 2024 The Borno Government has unveiled plans to construct the first intra-city rail network in northern Nigeria. Alhaji Mohammed Bamanga, Commissioner for Transport and Energy, who made this…
Port Harcourt refinery resumes full operations after brief scale down
The Port Harcourt refinery has resumed full operations after a brief ”scaling down”, Mr Ibrahim Onoja, the company’s Managing Director has said. Addressing newsmen after a facility tour of the…
HIV: 120,000 Lagosians currently receiving life-saving antiretroviral therapy – LSACA
Dec. 2 2024 The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), Dr. Folakemi Animashaun has disclosed that 120,000 individuals in Lagos State are currently receiving life-saving antiretroviral…
FRSC rescues 6 victims from deadly container accident
Dec. 2, 2024 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) rescued no fewer than six victims of Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) from a deadly container accident. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Malam…
World Court to open climate change hearings
December 2, 2024 The United Nations’ top court on Monday starts hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and the consequences for states of contributing to…
TD Africa partners Check Point to bolster Nigeria’s cybersecurity landscape
TD Africa, a leading technology distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa, has joined forces with Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a global cybersecurity leader, to enhance Nigeria’s cybersecurity resilience. This strategic partnership,…
After 35 years in Brazil, man returns home with 700gm of cocaine in his stomach
– As NDLEA intercepts UK-bound cocaine, pentazocine consignments in Lagos; 3.1million pills of opioids in Kano; 2,777kg cannabis in Lagos, Edo After 35 years in Brazil, a businessman, Ezeokoli…