Mr Folorunsho Coker, the Director-General, Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) says collaboration with an Entertainment Company to organise a picnic is aimed at creating awareness for `Tour Nigeria’ and `Nigeria Flavour’ brands. Coker made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Chiazo Ogbolu MTN Nigeria has unveiled its latest innovation, MTN mPulse, for `tweens’ and teens (ages 9 to 15). The MTN General Manager in charge of Consumer Marketing, Mr Oluwole Rawa, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. He said that the plan was designed for toContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerians to emulate two security men who returned a handbag filled with valuables, including dollars, forgotten at the Murtala Muhammed Airport by an American returnee. He said such conduct reflects the new Nigeria that we all desire. A Lagos-based medical doctor, Banji Oyegbami, who runsContinue Reading
Ahead of the Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, has urged residents to get their Permanent Voter’s Cards to enable them exercise their voting rights. Adeleke, in a statement by his Director of Media and Publicity, Olawale Rasheed, on Thursday inContinue Reading
Kebbi Governor Atiku Bagudu has advised herdsmen to embrace modern methods of processing, packaging and marketing cow milk to enhance cleanliness and profitability. Bagudu gave the advice on Wednesday while addressing some herdsmen in Era Fulani village in Argungu Local Government Area of the state. He expressed the readiness ofContinue Reading
Abdullahi Adeka, the Chairman of Nasarawa State Chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has expressed optimism that Governor Umaru Al-Makura would implement the new minimum wage as soon as it is announced. Adeka expressed his optimism in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Doma,Continue Reading
Mr Peter Ozo-Esan, General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has assured Nigerians workers of the payment of the reviewed minimum wage before the end of 2018. Ozo-Esan gave this assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, in spite ofContinue Reading
The National Population Commission (NPC) has earmarked 1,110 households in 3 local government areas of Nasarawa State for the 2018 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). Umar Tafida-Abdul, Nasarawa State Coordinator of NPC disclosed this to newsmen at the official commencement of the exercise on Monday in Lafia. He saidContinue Reading
By Lucy Nwachukwu Not less than 1,331 Nigerians died in the road crashes in the second quarter of 2018, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The figure was contained in the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) “Road Transport Data (Q2 2018)’’ report released on Tuesday in Abuja. The reportContinue Reading
