Day: July 12, 2024
I’m committed to just, realistic minimum wage – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says Nigerian workers, as the driving force of the nation, deserve improved welfare, better wages, as well as safe and enhanced working conditions.
The President stated this on Thursday in Abuja, while speaking with the leadersh…
Food security: Expert urges women to embrace urban gardening
Mrs Bridget Okpokoro, a business Coach and agricultural consultant, has urged Nigerian women especially those resident in the cities to embrace urban gardening.
Okpokoro, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, urged wo…
FG inaugurates coordinating unit on food security, cost
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Friday inaugurated the Presidential Food System Coordinating Unit (PFSCU), with a mandate to improve food security and crash the cost of food items in the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the in…
Tinubu renames National Theatre after Soyinka
President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre, Iganmu, Surulere, Lagos, as Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts.
The President disclosed this in a tribute personally written and signed by him on Friday in Abuja to mark Soyin…
Renaming National Theatre after Soyinka a fitting recognition – NFVCB DG
The Director-General of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Shuaibu Hussaini, has commended President Bola Tinubu for renaming the National Arts Theatre in Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka.
Hussaini, in an interview with the N…
Horse racing world cup underway in Nigeria – Federation
The National President, Horse Racing Federation of Nigeria (HRFN), Alhaji Mustapha Abubakar-Bida, says a world cup for the sport will soon be organised in Nigeria.
Mustapha-Bida told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on the sidelines of the …
HIV: FG tasks committee to scale-up paediatric care
The Federal Government has tasked the committee on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Paediatric AIDS Acceleration Plan to scale-up interventions to eliminate HIV transmission in Nigeria.
Dr Tunji Alausa, Minister of State for Hea…
Traders defy municipal orders, continue selling on railway line
Traders at the Nyalla Rail market in Douala, Littoral region, have continued selling along to the railway line despite repressive municipal actions and the killing of a woman by a train in May 2024.
Speaking to some of the traders selling along and o…