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FERMA partners UK, Nigeria Infrastructure Facility for technical support

The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, has said it is partnering with the United Kingdom, Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility, UKNIAF, on technical support to enhance infrastructural development.

This was made known in a statement by Mrs. Maryam Sanusi, a Deputy Director and Head of [...]

Amnesty program for ex-agitators, not for political patronage, IYC warns

The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Worldwide has stated that the Presidential Amnesty Program was for ex-Niger Delta agitators and not a political office, warning that the appointment of its coordinator must always be in the hands of the people and areas who understand the language of the creeks.

In [...]

Coronavirus: Chinese Embassy refutes alleged proposal to kill patients

The Embassy of China in Abuja has refuted suggesting that its government was seeking leave of court to execute carriers of the deadly coronavirus, insisting that it was fake news.

News reports have surfaced online alleging plans by the Chinese government to seek leave of the court to put to dea [...]

WACOL, ActionAid, kick against GBV

Women Aid Collective, WACOL, and ActionAid Nigeria has decried the increasing rate of police brutality and violence against women and girls and called for an immediate end to impunity and police brutality.

The call was made at a world press conference on Ending Police Brutality against Women Ri [...]

FEMA trains 500 IDPs on improved rice processing

As part of measures to build capacities among the Internally Displaced Persons in the FCT for self-reliance and wealth creation, the FCT Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, in collaboration with Japan International Corporation, JICA, has trained more than 500 IDP’s in different IDP settlements on [...]

Two sell younger sister’s son for 350k, cleric’s wife nabbed

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTP, has arrested two sisters identified as Juliet and Chioma for allegedly selling their mentally-challenged younger sister’s son for N350,000.

The agency also arrested a pastor’s wife, Efe, and one 45-year-old wo [...]

Coy moves to reduce unemployment rate in Gwags

The management of Ummays Hummayd Energy Ltd, Gwagwalada, has said that the company would continue to provide employment opportunities to youths in the area.

The director, Alh. Mohammed Lawal, disclosed this when the company opened a new outlet of the filling station at Kasuwan Dare Gwagwalada.< [...]

DPO seeks FCT, Niger state policing partnership

The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of ‘A Division’ in Suleja local government area of Niger State a neighboring town to the FCT, Mr. Sani Zubairu, has advocated for community policing partnership.

Zubairu, a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, made the call when he recei [...]