FCT Education Secretariat Flags Off One-Week Free Holiday Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training
By Sharon Emephia In a move to foster skills acquisition and promote economic empowerment, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretariat through the Department of Mass Education has flagged off a one-week free holiday vocational and entrepreneurship training program. The program is a collaborative initiative of the FCT Department of Mass Education, The Potter’s Wheel…
Omga007Food security: Women farmers, budget committee decry Ebonyi 1.5% agriculture budget
Nkechinyere Ewa-Okpara Small Scale Women Farmer Organization in Nigeria (SWOFON) and Ebonyi Budget Committee Group have decried the decline in the Ebonyi State 2025 Agriculture budget from 4 per cent to 1.5 per cent. They noted that the Agriculture budget reduction from 4 to 1.5 per cent of the total State Budget is far from…
End Deadly Killings and Carnage in Nigeria…NUJ
Security Watch Once more, the killings in our country continue to befuddle minds and agitate the peace loving people of our various communities in Nigeria. From Edo, Benue, Plateau, Zamfara, Kaduna, Borno, Imo, Ondo, etc, the stories of needless and senseless bloodletting present the clearest examples of our endangered socio and geo-political entity. These consistent…
NAWOJ, Action Aid Nigeria Restate Commitment towards Effective Actualisation of WVL Project
The National Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Aisha Ibrahim, on Tuesday, reaffirmed committment of the Association towards strengthening ties with Action Aid Nigeria on its programmes, especially the Women Voices and Leadership (WVL) programme, which NAWOJ was one of the partners. Speaking during a courtesy visit to Action Aid Nigeria at…
Notice of Fully -Funded Scholarship Offers 250 Slots by The Indian Govt
Public Announcement The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to invite qualified Nigerians to apply for fully-funded scholarship offers in different areas of professional training sponsored by the Government of India. The scholarship offer is coordinated by the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme and it is from April 2025 to March 2026. According to…
Coalition Condemns Baseless Allegations Against NUPRC
By Sharon Akuboh The Coalition of Civil Society Groups for Peace, Security, Good Governance, Equity, and Justice strongly condemns the recent insinuations by an anonymous hack reporter alleging that the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) rigged the allocation of oil blocks during the 2024 Oil Licensing Bid Round. In a Press Statement, Comrade James…
Young Corps Member, Faith Ukpevo to Fence Durumi Cemetery
By Cynthia Batuta and Gloria Josiah Ukpevo Faith, a serving corps member, has taken on a remarkable project as part of her Personal Community Development, to erect a perimeter fence around the Durumi Cemetery. Worried by the cemetery’s deplorable state during a recent cleaning exercise, Faith resolved to restore dignity to the resting place of…
Longest Interview Marathon : Nigerian Journalist Sets new Guinness World Record
In a remarkable feat, Nigerian journalist Livinus Chibuike Victor has shattered the Guinness World Record for the Longest Interviewing Marathon, clocking 75 hours and 19 minutes of non-stop interviews in Abuja. The event, which began on Friday, 17 April 2025, and concluded on Sunday, 20 April 2025, at Harrow Park, was a powerful tribute to…