The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has concluded plans to disburse N4.2 million loan to 42 unemployed youths in Adamawa to boosting agriculture production in the state. Abubakar Fikpo, the NDE Director-General made this known at the orientation course for beneficiaries of agricultural empowerment scheme in Yola on Wednesday. Fikpo, represented by Ibrahim Jimada, NDE Coordinator in Adamawa said that each beneficiary would access N100,000 as start-up capital. He said that the beneficiaries were trained under the Department of Rural Empowerment scheme (REP) on sustainable agricultural development. “They were trained on Agricultural Enhancement Scheme, Sustainable Agricultural Development Scheme, Community-Based Agricultural…
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The National Museum, Lagos, has been selected as a beneficiary of the Bank of America Arts Conservation Project 2022 grant of US$40,000 to restore and preserve the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes. Mr Abba Tijani, Director-general, National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Tijani said that the inimitable Igbo-Ukwu bronzes in the Lagos Museum were among the 19 major global art conservation projects selected, with fund from the grant to restore 350 Igbo-Ukwu bronze objects. Tijani said that the Bank of America Arts Conservation grant was the first fund to be received for the…
The federal government in collaboration with the Saudi Arabian Relief Centre on Tuesday donated relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and flood victims in Borno. Presenting the items to Borno government in Maiduguri, Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Habib lauded the sustain interventions being made through the Agency. “Today; we are handing over relief items donated by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, and also items donated by the Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation (Dangote Committee). “The relief items are meant to support Nigerians affected by both insurgency as well as those impacted…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced its Dec. issuance of two Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Savings Bonds at N1,000 per unit. According to a statement by the DMO, the first offer is a two-year FGN Savings Bond due in December 14, 2022, at an interest rate of 12.255 per cent per annum. The second one is a three-year FGN Savings Bond due in December 14, 2025 at 13.255 per cent interest rate per annum. It said that the opening date for the bonds issuance is December 5, closing date is December 9, settlement date, December 14 while coupon…
“The SuperDarn, as we have heard, is a network of High Frequency (HF) radars that look into Earth’s upper atmosphere. The radars operate round the clock and they observe the motion of charged particles (plasma) in the ionosphere and other effects that provide scientists with information on Earth’s space environment” By Chijioke Okoronkwo Over the years, space weather hazards, high frequency signals in ocean going vessels and aircraft, global broadcast communications and short wave radio communication have been subjects of continuous monitoring and advanced research. Worldwide, only few countries have Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) sites for such atmospheric…
By Abujah Rachael Ms Julian Yohanna, 23 year-old of Bazango Community, Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, said she knew she was living with HIV when it was almost nine months into her pregnancy. Yohanna said during one her visits for antenatal, the doctor on duty inquired about her sexual history. Her pregnancy was fallout of rape. She was serially raped by her abductors on her way back to the FCT from Kaduna. However, what she didn’t know is that her rapists not only impregnated her but also infected her with HIV. “As was preparing to give birth,…
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) said that the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC) approval of its Satellite Internet Broadband project would provide 90 per cent of Nigerians with affordable Internet. Dr Felix Ale, Head Media and Corporate Communications said this on Wednesday while speaking in Abuja. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the Satellite Internet Broadband project of NASRDA under the Regulatory Guidance of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) on November 30. The project would be concessioned for 15 years, with expected revenue of N28 billion and 10,000 jobs, boost internet penetration and help fight insecurity. The…
By Justina Auta The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has urged women and youths to embrace reading culture to better understand the society for effective contribution to national development. The Registrar of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye said this at the public presentation of “ If Only We Knew’’ and “Being Twins” written by Kuni Tyessi, a journalist with Thisday Newspaper in Abuja. Ajiboye, represented by Dr Frances Alimigbe decried dwindling reading culture in the country, which he said had contributed to all forms of vices in the society. “This is a right idea in the right direction of redirecting…
By Stanley Ihedigbo, Lagos Brandmatters News Magazine, which tagline is ‘communicating brand ideas’ recently went international when it unveiled its 15th edition in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during the 104th Lions Clubs International Convention. This bold move makes it the first and only Brand and Marketing Communications and Advertising news magazine to take its publication outside the shores of Nigeria thereby creating that international touch. According to the Publisher/CEO Brandmatters Magazine, Blessing Uzoamaka Umebali, who is also a staunch member of the association under Ikeja Metro Lions Club International, District 404B2 Nigeria, the magazine used the opportunity to cover the convention.…
“We see children dying on the way to our clinics. We see children whose medical condition is so severe that we can’t do anything to save them” The Country Representative of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Nigeria, Dr. Simba Tirima has expressed grave concern over the United Nations’ low-level humanitarian efforts in the Northwest of Nigeria. Tirima expressed the concern in a statement made available to THESTORIES on Tuesday. According to him, aside from treating more than 140,000 children for acute malnutrition in Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi and Kano states, children whose medical condition is severe have had to die.…