The United States has pledged $1 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to support the people affected by unprecedented flooding in Nigeria. The support which will come through the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides emergency shelter assistance, relief commodities, and ...
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…Inaugurates City Fellowship Centre In Uyo …Commences Sunday October 23 By Saviour Ekpe IFL is an acronym for the International Friendship League established to cater to the spiritual well-being of the elite and top-class citizens across the globe. The fellowship ...
Read More »World Egg Day: PAN Distributes Eggs To Pupils
Plateau State chapter of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has distributed eggs to over 700 pupils of the Obasanjo Model Primary School Hwolshe in Jos South LGA to mark this year’s International Egg day. The chairman of PAN, Mr. Johnson ...
Read More »Nigeria Considers Accessing IMF’s Food Shock Loan
Nigeria has begun talks with financial institutions in a bid to restructure its debt even as it has begun considering the loans being offered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ease the food shocks countries are experiencing due to ...
Read More »Nigeria’s Inflation To Average 19% In 2022 – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting that Nigeria’s inflation will moderate to an average of 19 per cent by the end of this year and further drop to 17 per cent by 2023 due to the tightening measures taken ...
Read More »British Monarchy: King Charles III To Be Coronated In 2023
The coronation of King Charles III will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey, with the ceremony reflecting the modern-day role of the monarchy, it has been announced.The King and Queen Consort will be crowned in a ...
Read More »Flooding: IMF Seeks Assistance For Farmers, Infrastructure
… To Curb Food Insecurity In Nigeria With many farmlands under water due to the flooding in Benue, Kogi, Anambra and some other States in Nigeria, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the country could be facing higher ...
Read More »ValueJet Begins Inaugural Flight Operations In Nigeria
The management of Value Jet Airline has commenced maiden commercial local flight operations. The inaugural flights took off on Monday 10, October 2022 at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Terminal 2, Ikeja, to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Asaba and Jos. ...
Read More »Lagos Seeks Partnership With World Bank On Housing
The Lagos State Government has sought increased collaboration with the World Bank for the development of mass housing schemes in the state. The state Commissioner for Housing, Mr Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, made the appeal, according to a statement on Monday, during ...
Read More »Navy Destroys Vessel Arrested By Tompolo’s Men
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy in Delta State on Monday destroyed an illegal oil bunkering vessel arrested with stolen crude oil aboard Niger Delta creeks. The PUNCH gathered that operatives of the newly-contracted private oil pipeline surveillance team, Tantita Security ...
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