Nigeria is joining the worldwide celebration of the 2021 World Metrology Day today May 20 with the theme “Measurement for Health”. A statement from the office of the Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim disclosed that the theme of the 2021 celebrations as released by the...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is committed to free and fair elections because he has respect for the right of Nigerians to choose their leaders. The president said although it is a normal practice for people in power to win elections “by hook or by crook”, but he is...
The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu commended the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for the revolutionary work being done to develop the digital economy. The Governor made this commendation when the Director General of NITDA and management staff paid a courtesy visit to the Governor at...
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kasihfu Inuwa Abdullahi has urged the Lagos State Ministry of Health to fully adopt the implementation of all provisions in the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) to protect the medical data of the residents of the state. Abdullahi made the...
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has restored power supply on all its 33kV feeders that KAEDCO  had indicated readiness to pick supply from. Recall, TCN announced that the System Operators were forced to Shutdown all the 33kV feeders Supplying power to Kaduna following the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) strike. The General...
The Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, has directed all Passport Issuing Centres to clear existing backlog of applications on or before 31st May, 2021. The directive was contained in a public notice issued and signed by the Service on Tuesday, 18 May, 2021. According to the public notice, while notifications for collection...
The National Emergency Many Agency, (NEMA) has said that it is in collaboration with the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) to enhance flood forecasting and management. The collaboration will ensure the establishment of three Automatic Weather Observation Stations already awaiting installation. Director General of NEMA, AVM Muhammad Mohammed made this known in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised  the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai, to reinstate all the civil servants he has sacked in the state. The opposition party  stated this in a statement on Wednesday by it's National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan. TheFact Nigeria reports that the embattled governor has ...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has pledged its commitment to promoting positive values in young Nigerians through the instrumentality of the National Values Curriculum, NVC, which it drew up in collaboration with a key national education stakeholder. The Commission's Director of Public Enlightenment and Education,...
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Unity Colleges. This was contained in a statement signed today by Mr. Azeez Sani, The Head Information and Public Relations Division of the council. TheFact Nigeria gathered that the postponement was as a result of...