The National Population Commission (NPC) on Tuesday said 786,741 workers would be trained and deployed for the 2023 census. NPC’s Director of Public Affairs, Isiaka Yahaya, stated they would consist of 623,797 enumerators, 125,944 supervisors, 24,001 data quality assistants, 12,000 field coordinators, 1...
The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Cui Jianchun, says the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line will improve the efficiency of Lagos residents at work. Jianchun spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, on the sideline of the Commissioning of the LRMT Blue Line at Mar...
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday moved to end the lingering scarcity of fuel in the country by setting up a steering committee directly headed by him. The 14-member committee with Minister of State for Petroleum Resource Chief Timipre Sylva as the alternate chairman is to ensure transparent, eff...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it had registered 92,490 candidates to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB said 67,328 candidates had so far registered to sit for its mock examination. The board announced this in its Weekly Bulletin from...
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday warned against excessive fasting which can destroy kidney. Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who spoke in Abuja, urged Nigerians to fast with sense not to damage their kidneys. He said Nigerians should not patronise...
The Federal Government yesterday announced that international travellers to Nigeria would now be required to show evidence of Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. It explained that the new directive followed a recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases in China, Japan, the United States (U.S.) and other countries....
