Politics

FG launches initiative to combat food in security in South-South

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By Stephen Gbadamosi The Federal Government has launched an agricultural initiative in Bayelsa State under a programme called “ProjectEarnFromTheSoil.” A statement from the PBAT Media Centre on Monday indicated that the initiative was designed to empower small-holder farmers, fisherfolk,

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Enugu First Lady, group to establish psychiatric clinics in prisons

Ihesiulo Grace 4 June 2018 0

Wife of Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi is to collaborate with the Initiative for the Support, Care and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill Destitutes (INSCREMID) to establish psychiatric clinics in Enugu State Prisons. A retired Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr. George Eze, who is the Chairman of INSCREMID, disclosed this in an interview withjournalists on Sunday.

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Ikpeazu flags off ward ward’s projects in Olokoro

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has formally flagged off the “one ward one project initiative of his administration aimed at taking development to the grassroots.’ The programme is to run through a bottom to top approach with town unions, stakeholders and traditional rulers in each community being responsible for selecting projects of need. Speaking […]

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NGO sustains campaign to end farmers, herders’ clash

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2017 0

Campaign to end the incessant clashes between farmers and herders has further been sustained by a Non-governmental organisation (NGO), otherwise known as Global Peace and life Rescue Initiative ( GOPRI ). The push to end the conflict was captured in a one day summit held on Tuesday in Jos the Plateau State capital. In a […]

Health News

Five states,TCI unite to address reproductive health needs of urban poor

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2017 0

The Challenge Initiative (TCI), implemented globally by the Gates Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and in Nigeria by the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Communication Programs (JHUCCP) signs a Letter of Commitment with Ogun, Kano, Delta, Bauchi and Niger state governments to implement The Challenge Fund Catalytic Grant after a […]

Business News

Ghost workers payroll : Finance Minister lauds PICA, EFCC for arraigning 9 suspects

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has commended the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) for detecting pay roll fraud by nine civil servants suspected to be involved in siphoning public funds by inserting fake workers in the payroll of Federal Ministries. The nine suspects were on Wednesday, arraigned before an Abuja High Court […]

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FG calls for adequate protection for school children

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2017 0

To protect children while on the road to and from school, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on the various tiers of government to take adequate measures to prevent unnecessary harm. The Minister made the call in Abuja on Friday when he received officials of the Children Accident Prevention Initiative […]

Labour

Labour, civil society advocate continuous agitation for change in governance

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

The organised labour and members of civil society groups, have advocated peaceful agitation, centered on change, peaceful revolutions and governance overhaul as key to the much-needed change Nigerians are yearning for. The groups, comprising human rights activists, community-based organisations, students, academics, doctors, internationalists and artisans, said that it is