Abia State Executive Council has approved the setting up of Standard Materials Testing Laboratory in Umuahia. Commissioner for Information and Culture Prince Okey Kanu made this known on Thursday while briefing reporters at the Government House, Umuahia. He said the setting up of the laboratory was necessitated by the incessant collapse of buildings in the…
In its bid to expand the scope of the SkillUp Imo programme, the Imo State Government has established 16 digital- tech training centres across the state. Immediate past Commissioner for Digital Economy and E- Government, Dr. Chimezie Amadi, disclosed this, yesterday, while fielding questions from an Owerri- based privately owned radio station. According to him,…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has reiterated its commitment to partnering with the Enugu State Government in the areas of investment, infrastructures and other projects that will attract development to the state and transform the lives of the citizens. This was even as the President of Skipper Seil Group, a globally renowned engineering, power and…
Combined troops of the 82 Division Nigerian, Navy and Air Force in conjunction with the Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps stormed and destroyed several camps of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network (ESN) along Umulolo – Umukele – Amousu and Agbobu in Okigwe Local Local…
Taking multivitamin supplements routinely is a ‘safe and accessible’ approach to supporting cognitive function, expert has said. Writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the expert declared that daily multivitamin supplementation was linked to benefits in both memory and cognition. In substudies of the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS), which investigated the…
Rivers State House of Assembly has voted to override Governor Sim Fubara’s decision to withhold his accent on four laws passed by the lawmakers. The laws include Rivers State Funds Management and Financial Autonomy Law 2023, Rivers State Local Government Amendment Law 2023, Rivers State Advertisement and Use of State-Owned Property Prohibition Repeal Law 2024,…
With the pursuit to achieve zero maternal mortality in the state, the Anambra State Government has started training on the use of Anti-shock garments in cases of postpartum haemorrhage in women. The training was organized by the state Ministry of Health in Awka, on Thursday. Postpartum Hemorrhage otherwise known as bleeding after delivery has been…
Son of the late legendary Afro Beat musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Seun Kuti, has revealed that the late music legend used to send his personal assistant to London to buy ice cream and his favorite sweet for him. He disclosed this while educating his fans in an Instagram video message that being a pan-Africanist doesn’t…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn in nine re-nominated commissioners in the state. The swearing-in was conducted at the State Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday. The commissioners said to be loyal to the former governor, Nyesom Wike, earlier resigned their appointment in the heat of the political…
West Ham have signed England Midfielder Kalvin Phillips from Manchester City for the rest of the season The England midfielder move is with no option to buy. Phillips signed a six-year contract when he joined City from Leeds United in a £45m deal in July 2022. Phillips made just two starts and 16 total Premier…
