The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) is to recruit 5,000 new personnel in 2025 as soon as the budget is passed. Acting Comptroller General of the NCS, Mr. Sylvester Ndidi disclosed this Wednesday at a budget defence meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions led by Hon. Chinedu Ogar (APC, Ebonyi). Ndidi informed…
The youth wing of Association of Anambra State Town Unions, ASATU, yesterday, presented the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Seahorse Lubricants Industries ltd, Chief (Dr) Ebuka Onunkwo with an award as one of the twenty one overall Star Role Models for the year 2024. Chief Onunkwo won the position for Ekwusigo LGA. The nomination,…
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, on Wednesday, disclosed that the Ministry was owing 6,455 contractors a whooping sum of N92 billion for work done in the 2024 fiscal year. The Minister, who was represented by the Minister of State, Mr Yusuf Attah, made the disclosure to the Senate Committee on Housing and Urban…
…Office Of SDGspartners HCD Africa, Others To Educate Epe Women On Financial Literacy The Lagos State Government on Wednesday restated commitment to women’s empowerment and financial inclusion in hard-to-reach communities for them to be independent and self-reliant. The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sustainable Development Goals, SDG, Dr. Oreoluwa Finnih, spoke on Lagos…
The newly elected President General (PG) of Umuokpu village in Awka South Local Government Area, Barr. Chukwudi Edwin Okeke, has reaffirmed his community’s unwavering support for the re-election of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo. Barr. Okeke made this pledge during a courtesy visit to the Managing Director/CEO of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA), Mr. Ossy…
The 2025 budget defense session for the Ministry of Agriculture provided a platform for addressing Nigeria’s pressing food security challenges, with Hon. Chike Okafor, Ph.D., at the forefront. Serving as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Hon. Okafor co-chaired the event, which was convened by the Joint Senate…
The Chairman, Nnewi North Local Government Area, Hon. Echezona Anazodo has led a delegation of government officials to the scene of the fire that ravaged parts of the popular Afia Abani market in Nkwo Nnewi. The fire, which broke out at about 2 a.m Tuesday, prompted an immediate response from the Anambra State Fire Service…
The member representing the good people of Ehime Mbano, Ihitte Uboma, and Obowo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Deacon Chike Okafor, Ph.D has poured encomiums on Governor Hope Uzodimma for his impactful leadership in the last five years in office. Deacon Okafor noted that the state has witnessed tremendous transformation and development…
A coalition, the Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movement, (AYDM) has lauded the emergence Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo. This is just just as it maintains that the newly elected Alaafin deserves the support of all Yoruba people across the world. The position of the coalition is contained in a statement…
The Nigerian Senate today confirmed Hon. Mark Okoye and Dr Emeka Nworgu as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Board of Directors respectively of the South East Development Commission. Also confirmed are other nominees of the 18-member governing board of the SEDC which includes Barr. Ugochukwu H. Agballah , Hon. Okey Ezenwa ,…
