Cameroon runners have been listed as part of the 250 athletes that would take part in the second edition of the 14-kilometre Calabar Marathon scheduled for Saturday. Chairperson of the Organising Committee, Ekpenyong Ojoi, made this known in an interview…
Stakeholders have called for increased efforts to boost public trust on polio vaccination and routine immunisation in Lagos State. They spoke at an advocacy dialogue with state and local councils to increase trust and uptake of polio vaccines and other…
President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye It is in the genre of fairy tales. A virtually unknown 43-year-old in 2023, makes a Facebook post alleging that Macky Sall, the ubiquitous President of his country, Senegal, was trampling on the fundamental rights of…
Atiku Abubakar has said Nigeria has a huge lesson to learn from Senegal whose recent elections saw the emergence of Bassirou Faye as president. Little-known 44-year-old opposition leader Faye was named the country’s next president on Monday, 25 March 2024.…
The federal government has postponed the launch of the Port Harcourt-Aba train service to April from the initially planned start date at the end of March. The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, disclosed this to reporters after inspecting the reconstructed…
Amara Nwuneli’s remarkable documentary, “The Heat of Change,” earned her the prestigious recognition as the first runner-up in the Best Documentary category at the inaugural Xposure International Film Awards. Held as part of the renowned Xposure International Photography Festival in…
Ebonyi State Health Insurance Agency says it has enrolled not less than 4,000 pregnant women across the 13 local government areas in the state in its health insurance scheme. Divine Igwe, the agency’s executive secretary, said this in Abakaliki while…
2 mins ago The Federal Government has set 2027 as the year when at least one million vehicles in Nigeria will run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The Project Director for Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI), Michael Oluwagbemi disclosed…
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State says his administration is about to build a three-bedroom house for the parents of a female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who returned to her parents’ thatch house to thank…
The Federal Government, on Friday, reiterated its commitment to creating a streamlined regulatory business environment to enhance the informal sector. Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), and Investment, Taiwo Ajetunmobi, disclosed this…