The Kaduna State Government has said that it is committed to promoting exclusive breastfeeding to reduce infant and child mortality in the state. The Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe said this at a press conference on Thursday to mark the 2024 World Breastfeeding Week in the state. She said breastfeeding is a…
Plateau state governor-elect, Caleb Mutfwang, has said that his administration will build a “new Plateau” with equal opportunities, children, regardless of their background can achieve their dreams. Mutfwang stated this on Saturday in a message to mark the 2023 Children’s Day in Jos, the state capital. The statement signed by Bere Gyang, Special Assistant to the…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has suspended the foreign scholarship component of its intervention for lecturers in public tertiary institutions. In a statement in Abuja on Thursday, spokesperson of TETFund, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, cited the excessive cost of training in foreign institutions as one of the reasons for the suspension of the scheme. He added…
The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) is to support 5,000 ginger farmers in Kaduna state with free farming inputs. Samuel Aende, a representative of NADF stated this on Tuesday at a stakeholders engagement and inputs disbursement to ginger farmers. He said the support is part of efforts to strengthen ginger farmers who suffered the devastating…
The leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has disowned the “Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria”which met with Bola Tinubu, Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday in Abuja. In a telephone interview on Sunday in Kaduna, the Deputy National Secretary of the PFN, Bishop David Bakare, said such…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers to key command, instructional, and staff positions across various formations and units of the Nigerian Army. The redeployment affected a few Principal Staff Officers (PSOs) at the Army Headquarters (AHQ), two General Officers Commanding (GOCs),…
