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Zimbabwe president reshuffles top ranks of civil service
HARARE - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday made sweeping changes to the country’s top civil service, retiring a batch of long-serving...
Group urges policy to promote hygiene practices in schools
Abuja - Ms. Miriam Onuoha, President, Global Advocacy for Toilet and Sanitary Standards Initiative, has canvassed for deliberate policies to promote safe hygiene in...
Niger Delta Avengers Says Ready for Dialogue With Buhari If…
ABUJA - The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), the militant group attacking oil facilities in the Niger Delta on Monday announced its readiness for a...
Ocean Day: Peterside calls for preservation of the marine environment
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has called on Nigerians especially those...
Jonathan makes case for bill to end discrimination, tribalism
Abuja - Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the National Assembly to propose a Bill of Rights that would guarantee equality and end...
Presidential aide urges Nigerians to support National school Feeding Programme
Abuja - Mrs Ogungbemi Olabisi, has urged Nigerians to support the National school Feeding Programme aimed at increasing school enrolment and education participation of...
Strikes, protests pose new headache for Paris tourism
Paris - As Paris tourism struggles to overcome last November's Islamist attacks, the world's most visited city faces a new threat: a wave...
Russia to establish nuclear centre in Nigeria
Lagos - The Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Nikolay
Udovichenko, on Saturday announced that the Nigerian and Russian Governments
plan to sign an agreement for...
UNFPA, women affairs ministry to translate Gender Bill into Nigerian languages
Abuja - The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says it will collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs to translate the Gender Parity and...
Developing countries should prioritise new drugs discovery, says Prof. Emeritus
Benin - A Professor of Pharmacology, University College London, Prof. Humphrey Rang, has urged governments of developing countries to invest in indigenous drugs discovery...
Environment activists urge gov’t, private sector to enhance safe environment practices
Abuja - A group of environment activists, on the platform of the One Environment initiative, has called on the government and private sector to...
50 Nigerians to benefit from Al-Azhar University scholarship every year—Imam
Abuja - Dr Ahmed El-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, said that the Al-Azhar University had resolved to grant 50 scholarship to...
Imam admonishes Muslims on strict adherence to obligations
Birnin Kebbi - The Chief Imam of Umar bin Khattab Juma'at Mosque in Birnin Kebbi, Ustaz Faruk Nasidi, has admonished Muslims to adhere strictly...
Lagos woos investors, releases N1.6bn for Lekki Free Zone
LAGOS (Sundiata Post) - The Lagos State Government has released N1.6 billion as part of its equity contribution in the Lekki Free Zone Development...
ECOWAS programme targets 60,000 MT of rice paddy in 2017, says...
Abuja - Mr Sunday Okelola, the Coordinator of ECOWAS-initiated Rice Seed Up Scaling Programme, says farmers in seven Nigerian states will be assisted...
2016 budget: FG to execute 34 human development programmes– Minister
Abuja - Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, said the Federal Government planned to execute 34 priority...
Hold elected leaders accountable, NAS urges Kwarans
Ilorin - Ahead of its 2016 Citizens Summit and Advocacy Campaign on Tuesday, the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) has called on Kwarans to...
Ministry of Science signs MoU with UniAbuja on research projects
Abuja - The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with University of Abuja (UniAbuja)...
Inter religious harmony key to societal growth — Clergy
Kaduna - A Christian clergy, Mr Joseph Hayab on Thursday said religious and traditional leaders in the country should step up enlightenment of...
LEAH Foundation admitted into UICC, gets UN recognition
ILORIN (Sundiata Post) - LEAH Foundation, an Ilorin, Kwara State based non-governmental organisation (NGO) with focus on the eradication of cancer in women, has...