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World Bank To Announce IDA21 Replenishment Financing

05.12.2024

The World Bank Group will on Friday hold an online briefing announce its ID21 replenishment financing envelope. The financing portfolio of WBGs International Development Association, which targets developing nations consists of donor pledges and the Bank’s statutory contribution. During the briefing, Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Senior Managing Director, will deliver closing remarks and announce...

Accountability Lab Honours Inspector, Four Others With Integrity Icons Award

05.12.2024

In its commitment to promote integrity, trust and positive behavioural change in the public service sector, Accountability Lab Nigeria on Thursday honoured five public servants working in different parts of the country with its 2024 Integrity Icons award. The awardees were; Inspector Kamoshi Tada under the Fagge Police Station Kano State, Olugbenga Johnson Kuye an...

UNICEF Launches E-Learning Platform In Osun To Boost Children’s Learning Capacity

05.12.2024

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday launched the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP) in Osun Osun to boost the learning capacity of the children. New Telegraph reports that the NLP is a digital learning platform designed to provide children with access to quality education, regardless of their location. The initiative aims to train teachers...

Reps Give NRC 7-Day Ultimatum To Submit All PPP Documents

05.12.2024

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Asset and Special Duties has issued a 7-day ultimatum to the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to submit all relevant documents on all current Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) in the corporation. The committee gave the order at a public hearing on the need to investigate and assess the performance of PPP...

54,000 Women Benefit From N3bn Individual Livelihood Grants

05.12.2024

Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele has stated that over N3 billion has been disbursed to 54,000 women under the Individual Livelihood Grants of Nigeria For Women Project. Engr. Salako-Oyedele disclosed this during the flag-off of the Livelihood Collective Operational and the handing over of Livelihood Collective Groups to the Ministry of Women Affairs...

Sokoto Govt Collaborates With AGILE, Stakeholders To Enhance Educational Facilities For PWDs

05.12.2024

The Sokoto State Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Muhammad Tukur Alkali, has commended Governor Ahmad Aliyu’s administration for its decision to upgrade the A.A. Raji Special School for Disabled Persons. This move aims to provide modern teaching and learning facilities, enabling the school to compete with others nationwide. Represented by the ministry’s director, Abubakar Salame, Alkali...

Nwifuru Not Owing Pensions, Gratuities To LG Retirees

05.12.2024

The Executive Secretary of Ebonyi State Local Government Staff Pension Board Mr Emeka Nwonu, has restated that Governor Francis Nwifuru was not owing pensions and gratuities to council retirees. Nwonu made the assertion in Abakaliki the capital city on Thursday while briefing newsmen. Apparently referring to insinuations in some quarters alleging non-payment of initial...

Govt Alleys Land Owners Fears Over Compensation

05.12.2024

Abia State government has assured land owners at the proposed State airport project site that payment of compensation would precede the commencement of the project. Chief of Staff to the Governor, Pastor Caleb Ajagba, said when traditional leaders of the Umunna Nsulu autonomous community visited him to show support for the project, that the clarification...

OAU To Confer Honourary Doctorate Award On Remi Tinubu, MTN CEO, 3 Others

05.12.2024

…Graduates 7,368 students, as 215 bag first class The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has concluded plans to honour the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and four other distinguished personalities with doctorate degree at the 48th convocation ceremony of the institution billed to be held on Saturday 14th of December. Other personalities to...

N’Delta Youth Warns Against Undermining Electoral Institutions

05.12.2024

The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has warned against attempts to undermine Nigeria’s electoral institutions, particularly the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Israel Uwejeyan, the NDYC condemned the divisive rhetoric of the ReformINEC and SackYakubu movement, describing it as counterproductive and potentially damaging to Nigeria’s democracy. The...