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The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had said that the completion of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway is timely. He said that it has paved the way for the re-opening of the facility after a six-week closure, demonstrating the federal government’s ability to rise to the occasion, irrespective of how […]
The director general and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Prof. Sani Abubakar Mashi, has called for better use of climate information in agriculture so that Nigeria can rebuild the sector and make it sustainable. Mashi made the recommendation at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Jos, Plateau State […]
Independent laboratory analyses and investigations carried out by the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) have confirmed that Fanta and Sprite are fit for human consumption and within the Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS) limits of Benzoic Acid and Sunset Yellow. But discovered that Mirinda and Lucozade with Benzoic Acid levels of 330.9mg/L and 323.53mg/L respectively, are above […]
Troops of 3 Battalion, 22 Brigade Nigerian Army on Operation LAFIYA DOLE and 10 Civilians JTF have cleared Deima, Artano, Saduguma, Duve, Bardo, Kala, Bok, Msherde and Ahirde areas of Borno State of Boko Haram terrorists . During the operation, the troops neutralized 21 Boko Haram terrorists, rescued 1,623 residents of Jarawa who were held […]
Winifred Bosa . Nigeria is lagging behind on ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) which mandates member states to embark on a comprehensive weapons and ammunition marking programme for security , accountability and safe-keeping of the government stockpile of weapons. The Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM) said this […]
Winifred Bosa. An additional 820 000 doses of a meningitis C conjugate vaccine – a donation from the UK government to the World Health Organization (WHO) is being sent to Nigeria. So also an additional team of WHO of meningitis experts has arrived in Nigeria to provide additional epidemic response. This is a vaccination effort […]
winifred bosa The Hon. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has directed the Management of the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau in Zamfara State to immediately activate a case finding mission of meningitis in the state in a bid to stem the current outbreak of meningitis According to a press release by Mrs Boade Akinola , […]
Targeting an ISIS cave complex in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military has for the first time used in combat the 22,000-pound bomb nicknamed the “mother of all bombs,” the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the U.S. military’s arsenal. According to ABC Inc., the bomb formally known as the GBU-43 or Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) […]
Global business confidence rebounded in the first quarter of 2017 and is now at its highest level since the second quarter of 2015, according to the latest edition of the Global Economic Conditions Survey released today. The quarterlysurvey of global CFOs and finance professionals, conducted by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA […]
Amaka Obiefuna Law Union And Rock Insurance Plc, one of the top five insurance companies in the country, on Wednesday said it plans to grow its gross premium income by 50 percent in 2017. Managing Director/ CEO, Jide Orimolade, made this known during a media parley with National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents (NAPICO), […]