In a bid to drive the goals of the Human Capital Development (HCD) programme of the federal government, Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Monday, approved the constitution of a multi-sectoral committee. According to a statement by presidential spokesman in the ...
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Feed SubscriptionThreats Won’t Stop Me From Standing With Fubara, Says Factional Rivers Speaker
Factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, has said that he will continue to stand with Governor Siminalayi Fubara despite threats to him and his family. This is as he said that those who ...
Read More »Keystone: Promoting Financial Inclusion Through Empowerment Of SMEs In Nigeria
Globally, access to finance is a critical success factor in the growth and development of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Financial inclusion on the other hand is the availability and equality of opportunities to access financial services. It helps ...
Read More »OOF Transforms Lives Through World Diabetes Day Initiative
The Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation (OOF) has announced the successful conclusion of its World Diabetes Day program, a transformative healthcare initiative that spanned from November 13 to 17, 2023. The groundbreaking event, hosted at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in ...
Read More »Rice Price Skyrockets As Local Production Declines
Rice consumption in the country has been on a steady rise, beyond the reach of local supply, leading to a supply gap of about two million metric tonnes annually, a new report has disclosed. This has led to an over ...
Read More »Demand For Cooking Gas Drops Over Price Hike
Demand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas or cooking gas has fallen despite several interventions by the Federal Government to ramp up supply and boost local consumption, The PUNCH can authoritatively report. Gas retailers told The PUNCH over the weekend that cooking gas demand had ...
Read More »Inflation Jumps 24 Times In 25 Months – Report
Inflation rate in Nigeria has increased 24 times in the last 25 months (two years), according to findings by The PUNCH. This is according to an analysis of the Commodity Price Index reports published by the National Bureau of Statistics. The ...
Read More »Israel-Hamas War: UN, Us Condemn School Attack, Deaths Hit 14,000
Gaza’s Hamas government said Sunday that the death toll from fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas militants in the Palestinian territory had reached 13,000 since the war began on October 7. Hamas gunmen killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and ...
Read More »Service Extension: FG Owes 600 Teachers 23-Month Arrears
No fewer than 600 teachers in the federal civil service, precisely under the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Defence, who benefited from the Federal Government service elongation package for teachers, are currently being owed 23 months ...
Read More »Police, Governors Losing Battle Against Cult Violence
…Communities, businesses lament brazen attacks …Menace prevalent in South, fuelled by access to hard drugs Cult-related violence is posing serious security challenges to schools, communities and businesses, leading to the death of many people, including a senior police officer working ...
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