The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the recent directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of 0.5 (0.005) per cent Cybersecurity Levy on electronic transfers.
Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President stated the NLC position in a statement on Tuesda…
SWAKOPMUND: The Swakopmund Municipality and the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Agreement on the informal settlement upgrading programme.
The programme involves the conversion of shacks to permanent structures, whi…
Fidelity Bank Plc in partnership with Abbasid Charity Foundation and Sen. Wadada Ahmed have distributed food palliatives to no fewer than 1,000 families in Keffi, Nasarawa state.
Distributing the food items on Wednesday, Ms Victoria Abuka, the Team L…
KEETMANSHOOP: Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni said his ministry has approved the low-cost housing scheme for the Oranjemund Town Council’s 56 houses set to be constructed in phase one.
Uutoni said the initiative aims to create…
Dr Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner in Nigeria says his country’s Rwanda Policy is intended to serve as discouragement to illegal migrants seeking asylum in the European country.
Montgomery said this in an interview with the News Age…
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Works to interact with the Minister of Works, toward the completion of the Wudil-Gaya-Dutse Dual Carriageway on Kano Maiduguri Expressway.
This followed the adoption of a motion on Urgent Need to Expedite Comp…
The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), says less than seven per cent of women have been represented in elective and appointive positions in Nigeria since 1999.
The institute said that the development was worrisome in s…
The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Environment, Petroleum Resources Upstream, Petroleum Resources Downstream and Climate Change has queried oil producing companies operating in the Niger Delta over environmental degradation in the region….
Swapo Party Youth leader Willem Amutenya has said the government is committed to ensuring dignified work and the rights of workers through progressive laws and policies to benefit the workers and continue driving the country’s development.
These laws…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on Lagos residents to make the environment friendly for the new corps members posted to the state.
Sanwo-Olu made the call at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Batch A, Stream II orientation, held on Tuesday at the N…
SWAKOPMUND: Nestled within the community of DRC in Swakopmund lies a beacon of hope for disadvantaged youth: Venessa Kindergarten, soon to be renamed Namibian Woman and Children’s Foundation.
Founded by the determined Louisa Kativa, the kindergarten …
Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) and Women for Women International have identified social and cultural norms as barriers to women’s freedom of speech and participation in democracy in Nigeria.
They made this known on Tuesday …
OMUTHIYA: The Ministry of Health and Social Services directorate in the Oshikoto Region commemorated International Nurses Day by presenting awards to hardworking nurses in the region.
A total of 50 nurses and student nurses gathered at the Omuthiya D…
The Department of Development Control, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council of the FCT Administration, has demolished shanties illegally built on a road corridor in Wuse Zone 3.
The Coordinator of the Council, Mr Felix Obuah, told journalists after …
KEETMANSHOOP: Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, on Tuesday inaugurated a fire station constructed at a cost of N.dollars 9.5 million at Oranjemund.
The construction of the fire station funded by the ministry in collaboration wi…