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Mrs Ebun Ebisemiju, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Coordinator at the Comprehensive Health Centre, Ebute, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, says the centre has free drugs under the scheme. She told the News Agency...
Gov Jonah Jang of Plateau on Friday commended National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for its quick assistance to flood victims in parts of the state. Jang, who gave the commendation when he visited Shendam in Plateau south and other areas a...
Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi has called on Muslims in the country to imbibe the teaching of Ramadan and use the opportunity of the Eid-El-Fitr to pray for national peace, progress and security. Wada made the call in an Eid-el-Fitr message, issued by ...
The Osun Government has begun the disbursement of a loan of N89 5 million to farmers to fast-track implementation of the state’s Agriculture Quick Intervention Programme. Mr Jayeoba Alagbada, Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives a...
The Minister of FCT, Sen. Bala Mohammed, in Abuja on Friday advised residents of the territory to embrace peace and be their brother’s keeper during and after the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The advice is contained in a statement i...
Senate President David Mark has urged Nigerians to be their brothers’ keeper at all times because they all share a common destiny despite ethnic and religious differences. Mark, who stated this in a goodwill message to Muslim faithful to m...
Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa, leader, Bakassi Peoples' Assembly (BPA), on Friday in Lagos, said that the assembly dissociated itself from recent declaration of independence by a group from the area. Ita-Giwa, who said this while speaking with news...
Two contractors handling classrooms projects at Okugbe Primary School, Uwheru, in Ughelli North Local Government of Delta, have been ordered to move to site or have the contracts terminated. Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, Commissioner for Basic...
The Federal Ministry of Finance on Friday published the names of 21 firms being investigated under the fuel subsidy regime. This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Finance Minister on Media, Mr Paul Nwabuikwu...
NYSC members in the FCT on Friday in Abuja empowered more than 100 women and children of Angwalogo Community in Mbora District of Abuja. The corps member, from the Millennium Development Goals, Community Development Service (CDS) ...
No fewer than 3,000 unemployed youths have been trained in various skills, the Coordinator, National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Imo, Mr Roy Isaac, has said. Isaac told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Imo on Friday that some of those ...
The Enugu State Police Command says it has arrested three suspected car snatchers terrorising Abakpa Layout in Enugu. Mr Ebere Amaraizu, the command’s Public Relations Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that men of th...
The Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and his predecessor in office, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, now the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are set to slug it out with each other over the soul of the UNESCO centre sited in ...
No fewer than four persons, including a suspected former councillor, were killed yesterday in renewed cult clashes that occurred in different parts of Enugu State. This was just as the abductors of the Vice Chancellor of the Enugu State University of S...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has introduced the Lady Chauffeur Training Scheme (LCTS) in Imo, aimed at training female drivers to meet the demands of the labour market. The State Coordinator of the Directorate, Mr Roy Isaac, disclosed t...