The Federal Government has said the implementation of financial autonomy for state legislature and judiciary would commence next week. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Thursday after a conciliation meeting to resolve the strike of…
The Tap initiative For Citizens Development in collaboration with Heinrich Boll Stiftung, among other stakeholders have formed a consortium in response to the continuous threats faced by citizens in exercising their rights to freedom of expression, assembly, speech, and association.…
As part of efforts to promote eco-tourism and combat the effects of climate change, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed is leading a campaign called Green Legacy to plant 20 billion trees across the country by 2022. The initiative was launched…
Family Planning is a cost effective way to prevent maternal, infant and child mortality in the society. First Lady and Wife of the Ogun state Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun stated this at the commissioning of the Ogun State Family Planning…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has stated that long working hours has led to 745, 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart conditions in 2016. This according to its statement on Monday is a…
The United Bank for Africa Plc emerged as the biggest bank by customer deposits as total customer deposits in nine Nigerian banks increased to N30.81tn at the end of the first quarter of 2021 from N29.73tn in December 2020, their unaudited financial statements show.…
Media Action for Family Planning, an advocacy group comprising media practitioners and health workers in Anambra state, Wednesday, took sensitisation campaign on family planning to Aguata Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), Ekwulobia. The exercise, Orient Daily reports, was to improve access…
The Institute for Media and Society (IMS) has called for conducive environment for journalism in Nigeria to strive and excel. The Executive Director of the Institute, Dr. Akin Akingbulu, made this known on Tuesday in a statement to mark 2021…
The shareholders of Fidelity Bank Plc have unanimously endorsed the payment of a cash dividend of 22 kobo per share to all Shareholders whose names appear in the Register of Members at the close of business on April 16, 2021.…
A civic-tech organization, BudgIT have taken the lead for advocacy of transparency and accountability in public finance in Nigeria. It asked the government to audit security spending and close gaps for corruption in its budget process. BudgIT CEO, Gabriel Okeowo…
