Gom Mirian Akingbala Adetokunbo, a respected agriculturist, has called for immediate interventions from the newly appointed Agriculture and Food Security Minister, Abubakar Kyari, to save the agricultural sector. In a tweet posted on his social media page on Friday, Adetokunbo advised Kyari to act quickly and decisively to address Nigeria’s food shortages, adding that effectiveness…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi A recent report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that about three-quarter, 76.7 percent of working-age Nigerians, were employed in the first quarter of 2023. This reflects a 3.1 percent increase from the 73.6 percent figure reported in the 4th quarter of 2022. The data is based on a sample…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The House of Representatives has began a summit on how to make Student Loans more accessible to the Nigerian public. The Student Loan Act, 2023, sponsored by the then Speaker of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, was signed into law by President Bola Tinubu on June 12, 2023. It dictates the legal framework…
Gom Mirian The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) Foundation has teamed up with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Kudimata, an educational financial community, to educate corps members with basic financial skills. The Foundation disclosed that about 60,000 corps members in various NYSC Orientation Camps across the country will be provided with financial…
Gom Mirian The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has announced plans to construct a flyover on the Abuja-Lokoja highway to tackle the flooding issues that have persisted for years in the area. He made this revelation while on an inspection visit to ongoing construction sites along the Abuja-Lokoja road, following his official assumption of office….
Gom Mirian The Governor of Benue State, Rev Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has released a comprehensive plan on how it will disburse the five-billion-naira fund provided by the Federal Government to cushion the effect of subsidy removal on the citizens. The reverend-turned-governor, known for his relentless dedication to the welfare of the people, unveiled the…
Juliet Jacob Ochenje The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $9 million in humanitarian assistance to bolster natural disaster response efforts in Northeast Nigeria in 2023. USAID disclosed in a press statement that “through the United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration, the funds will provide emergency shelter, water…
Juliet Jacob Ochenje The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr.Betta Edu, has stated that Global Positioning System(GPS) will be employed to aid logistics and accountability to deliver palliatives to doorsteps of Nigerians. The Federal Government on May 29, 2023, removed subsidy on petrol, leading to a spike in the cost of living of…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has vowed to bring back gender bills that failed to scaled through in the last assembly in order to ensure that women are represented in politics and governance. He made this statement on Wednesday at the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies…
Gom Mirian In a bid to reposition Nigerian universities to be among the best in Africa, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has announced that it will begin implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) by September 2023. This is aimed at improving the quality of education in the country’s public and private universities,…
