Tag: tackle
Baptist Convention partners foreign firm to tackle unemployment
IBADAN - The Youth and Student Ministries of the Nigeria Baptist Convention is partnering a UK firm, AHEAD Strategies, in the drive to reduce...
Obama to seek $2bn from Congress to tackle child migrant crisis
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is to ask Congress for more than $2 billion to deal with the surge in...
Cameroon to develop framework to tackle problems of widows
YAOUNDE - Cameroon's Minister of Women's Empowerment and Family, Marie-Thérèse Ondoa, on Tuesday urged other ministries to be involved in the search for solutions...
Re-introduce roadblocks to tackle security challenges—-RTEA
ABUJA - Alhaji Musa Shehu, National President, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN),on Thursday called on the police to re-introduce roadblocks as part...
Don urges FG to use real sector investments to tackle 8...
LAGOS - A University don, Dr Ovat Oyama, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to further manage downwards the current national 8 per cent...
Amnesty slams South Africa over failure to tackle xenophobia
CAPE TOWN - Amnesty International on Friday in Cape Town slammed the South African Government and Police for not doing enough to protect Somali...
NDLEA vows to tackle drug traffickers in Ekiti
ADO-EKITI - The NDLEA in Ekiti State says it is determined to rid the state of drug traffickers.
The Public Relations Officer of the agency,...
NYSC set to tackle graduate unemployment, says D-G
CALABAR - The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, on Wednesday, said the scheme would be repositioned in order to...
UN urges tasks world leaders to tackle climate change challenges
ABUJA - As the global community celebrated the World Environment Day (WED) on Thursday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders to make efforts...
NASRDA collaborates with UNDP to tackle deforestation
ABUJA - The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) said on Tuesday in Abuja it was collaborating with UNDP to address deforestation in...
IYC to collaborate with security agencies to tackle oil theft, kidnapping
YENAGOA - The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) on Sunday said it was ready to work with relevant security agencies to tackle oil theft and...
Ahmed urges collaborative effort to tackle drug abuse
ILORIN - Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara on Thursday called for collaborative efforts from government, leaders and stakeholders to tackle the spate of drug...
Gov Al-Makura pledges to tackle flood challenges in Nasarawa
LAFIA - Gov. Umaru Al-makura of Nasarawa State on Tuesday pledged to tackle the flood challenges facing the state with a view to...
Ebonyi braces up to tackle perennial flooding
ABAKALIKI - The Ebonyi State Emergency Management Agency has expressed its determination to...
EU, Africa vow to tackle illegal migration, trafficking
BRUSSELS - European and African leaders on Thursday pledged to work together to fight human trafficking and illegal migration by improving the economic, social...
Abia used SURE-P funds to tackle crime—Orji
UMUAHIA - Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia says he deployed the state’s share of the funds from the Subsidy Reinvestment-Programme (SURE-P) to stop kidnapping...
Kumuyi wants collaborative effort of Nigerians to tackle insecurity
OWERRI - The General Overseer, Deeper Life Christian Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, on Friday urged all Nigerians to support the security agencies who were...