President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja launched the Revised National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development, stressing the need for urgent measures to address Nigeria’s high fertility rate, through expanding access to modern contraceptive methods across the country.
The President also inaugurated the National Council on Population Management (NCPM), chaired...
The PDP Governors' Forum said it will continue to work for the unity and progress of Nigerians and the party.
Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Sokoto State Aminu Waziri Tambuwal disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the forum's meeting held a the Akwa Ibom State...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has reiterated the need for developed countries to honour the promises made in 2009 of mobilizing $100 billion annually to support climate action in developing countries.
The Minister who was one of the panelists at the Global...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will amend the Act establishing the National Endowment for the Arts to enable it to play a pivotal role in responding to the demands of the sector, which has been negatively impacted by the Covid-19...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, in Abuja expressed optimism about the prospects of increased investments from Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), emphasizing Nigeria's long-term relationship with the company, which discovered the first commercial oil field at Oloibiri in the Niger Delta in 1956.
Receiving the management of Shell...
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, said his administration committed substantial resources, as counterpart funding to the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), in order to address the apparent deficiency of school infrastructure, instructional materials and dilapidation of some public schools.
Engineer Sule stated this on the occasion of the twin...
The Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to allow any aspirant who will later defect with the party’s mandate to emerge as its presidential flag bearer.
Governor Wike, who is a PDP presidential aspirant, has urged PDP delegates to vote for...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigerian Army to join the Police and flush out bandits from forests around the country, particularly in the areas that witnessed recent attacks.
The President gave the directive in response to the killing of 22 people in Sokoto State, whose community was attacked by...
Justice Nicole Clay of the Lagos State High Court has discharged and acquitted three individuals who were detained in connection with the #EndSARS movement. The news was shared by the Take-It-Back Movement on Monday, expressing gratitude to the legal team that fought for their freedom.
The Take-It-Back Movement, in a...
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Monday approved the appointment of Adebayo Lawal as the new Deputy Governor, following the impeachment of Rauf Olaniyan.
The approval followed the nomination of Lawal to the lawmakers for consideration by Governor Seyi Makinde as replacement for Olaniyan.
Mr Lawal, who is the Chairman...
