Day: January 17, 2022

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged international business leaders and economists on Monday to do their part to make post-COVID19 economic recovery equitable across the globe. “At this critical moment, we are setting in stone a lopsided recovery,” he told the World Economic Forum, which normally meets in Davos, Switzerland, but is virtual this year due […]

ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigerian authorities say the military is responding to a series of killings and kidnappings by gunmen in the country’s northwest. In the latest attack, gunmen on motorcycles Saturday raided a village in Kebbi State, killing at least 50 people, according to locals. President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior aide Garba Shehu said on Twitter Sunday […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged Nigerians not to take the country’s unity, which was achieved on the blood of the nation’s fallen heroes, for granted.   Addressing journalists after laying wreath to commemorate the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, in Benin City, Obaseki reassured that the government will integrate family members […]

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has reviewed the Pension Reform Act 2014 (PRA 2014) as a prelude to advancing legislative action on the Bill.   This is contained in a statement by Peter Aghahowa, Head, Corporate Communications of PenCom, on Monday in Abuja. He said that PenCom organised the retreat on the review of PRA […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured Edo residents that the state government’s policy on decentralising healthcare system will enhance the efficiency, accessibility and quality of healthcare service delivery in the state.   The governor said this after inspecting ongoing construction work at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin City, Edo State capital. […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured that the state government will complete ongoing rehabilitation of failed portions of the Benin-Sapele Road.   The governor gave the assurance when he led other government functionaries to inspect the ongoing construction work.   Obaseki noted that plans have been finalised to acquire a parcel of […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration will intensify work on intervention programmes to check the menace of gully erosion as part of effort to alleviate the sufferings of residents in erosion-prone communities in the state.   Addressing journalists after inspecting gully erosion sites in Ogiso Quarters and Urora in Ikpoba-Okha […]

Mr Mua’zu Sambo, Minister of State for Works and Housing, says the Federal Government will provide 2,000 families with decent accommodation in Gwagwalada by the end of 2022.   Sambo said this when he undertook a one-day inspection tour of a Public Private Partnership, housing project on Monday in Gwagwalada, FCT.   He said that […]