Bandits have released 15 more students kidnapped last month from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, officials said. School administrator Reverend John Hayab told Reuters news agency on Sunday that parents had raised and paid an undisclosed ransom to free the students, who were among more than 100 taken on July 5 from the Bethel Baptist High…
Girls Act, Abuja Chapter of the AIDs HealthCare Foundation, on Saturday called on government and stakeholders to invest more on youths and adolescent health needs in the country. Miss Patience Asher, Coordinator Girls Act, Abuja Chapter, made the call at the side-line of the First African and Second Nigerian Conference on Adolescent and Youth Health…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to support its five-year policy aimed at growing the economy. Mr Osita Nwanisobi, Ag. Director, Corporate Communications Department CBN, made the call at a one-day interactive and enlightenment session with the organised labour and civil…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) presented by the Federal Government. The NARD National President, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door meeting with the federal government and other relevant stakeholders on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency…
By Trust Africa News, Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor,Mr. Babjide Olusola SanwoOlu has been commended for his administration’s commitment to delivering quality education across the State. The commendations continued to pour on the governor as the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu emerged, the best 3rd Polytechnic in Nigeria, according to the Year 2021 Webometric latest ranking…
Following the prompt response of Governor Yahaya Bello towards the rescure of Kogi student in Jos, the chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, His Youthfulness Usman Ogohi Samuel has commended the Youth and student friendly governor for his swift and timely actions. It will be recalled that His Excellency recently took to action…
…as first batch of trainees graduates at CSS Integrated Farms, Nasarawa Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, said on Friday that the state will expand the state’s Youth Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness Project (YEAP) to enable the training of 10,000 youths by the CSS Integrated Farms Limited, Gora, Nasarawa State. The governor made this disclosure while speaking…
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has said he does not expect a huge number of refugees from Afghanistan to arrive in Europe, as long as those fleeing the country are provided with aid sooner rather than later. The extent of any mass exodus from Afghanistan will depend on just how brutally the…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says the state government will partner with the World Bank in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The governor said this on Thursday when he inaugurated the State Project Steering Committee of the Nigeria COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Project (Co-PREP), at the Government House, Asaba. Okowa, represented by his…
