Ilorin: At exactly 8 a.m. in Ilorin’s bustling Yoruba Road market, Madam Feyisara Solade faced a dilemma that captures the crisis at the heart of Nigeria’s cashless drive. A loyal customer, Bilikis Ibrahim, wanted to pay N50,000 by transfer for goods….
Accra: Mr. Felix Alonge, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Social Investment Programme to the Ondo State Governor, has announced that 22,124 vulnerable persons have benefited from the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIP) from 2024 t…
Maiduguri: Roche, an International pharmaceutical company, in collaboration with the National Healthcare Insurance Authority (NHIA), has unveiled subsidised cancer medication drugs at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). Mr. Babarinde…
Mubi: The disappearance of children due to armed conflict continues to haunt families in Adamawa, leaving many in anguish and searching desperately for answers. To mark the International Day of the Disappeared, the International Committee of the Red C…
Ijebu-ode: Stakeholders from the six South-West states on Tuesday converged on Ijebu-Ode for a three-day multi-sectoral emergency preparedness workshop to address flooding and other emergencies bedeviling the region.
According to News Agency of Nig…
Owerri: Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has approved a new minimum wage of N104,000 for civil servants in the state. Uzodimma made this known during a meeting with various labour union leaders on Tuesday night at the Government House in Owerri.
According…
Abuja: University of Jos Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the Federal Government’s loan scheme for university lecturers and other workers in tertiary institutions. Prof. Jurbe Molwus, the chairman of the union in…
Abuja: Mr Kayode Opeifa, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), announced on Tuesday that emergency responders have been deployed to the location of a train derailment involving a Kaduna-bound train at Asham station.
Accord…
Kaduna: A passenger train travelling from Kaduna to Abuja derailed on Thursday morning, leaving several cabins overturned along the busy corridor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident caused panic among the passengers, many of wh…