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By Ifeanyi Olannye Asaba, Jan. 5, 2021 Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has commended the Federal Government for the Extended Special Public Works (ESPW) programme, saying it will positively impact the state. He gave the commendation on Tuesday in Asaba, during the flag-off of the 774,000 ESPW jobs programme of the Federal Government for the 774 Local Government Areas of the country. Okowa was represented by the State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu. He said that though each partic...

By Aisha Gambo Kaduna, Jan. 5, 2021 The Federal Government’s Extended Special Public Works (ESPW), also known as the 774,000 jobs programme, has been inaugurated in Kaduna State. The inauguration was done on Tuesday in Kaduna by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). Naija247news reports that 774,000 unemployed Nigerians were selected across the 774 local government areas in the 36 states and the FCT for community/environment public works. The programme was approved by President Mu...

Broken Hill residents welcome buffer zone exempting them from South Australian border closure FriFriday 1 JanJanuary 2021 at 12:06am Broken Hill resident Ingrid Ferguson is still able to take her daughter Tempany into SA for basketball. ( Print text only Cancel Key points: Broken Hill is part of a 100km buffer zone with the SA border Local Ingrid Ferguson says shes glad her daughter can still take part in SA basketball commitments Broken Hill Mayor Darriea Turley says it wouldnt have made sens...

‘Protests against farm laws will continue’ Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The All India Farmers’ Protest Coordination Committee (AIFPCC), Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday declared that protests against the three new farm laws would continue until they were repealed. Disclosing this to reporters here, P. Shanmugam State general secretary, Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to CPI(M), and K. Balakrishnan, State Coordinator, AIFPCC, Tamil Nadu, jointly said the Centre’s strategy of expla...

Share The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has presented the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) product quality certificates to Lafarge Africa Plc, Nigeria’s operations of the world’s leading building materials giant, LafargeHolcim (LH). The presentation comes after products from the company’s Mfamosing Plant satisfactorily met confirmatory and standardisation requirements set by SON. While presenting the certificates, Mallam Farouk A. Salim, Director General of SON...

BENIN CITY- A State Coordinator of the Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV) Scheme, Mr. Omijie Sylvester has stated that all hands are on deck to maintain public order with the control of street trading and indiscriminate parking this yuletide season He told the Nigerian Observer Newspaper in a telephone chat that in line with their mandate to enforce regulations on public safety and order, PUWOV has already deployed its officials to major streets to maintain traffic and halt trading on walkways. Om...

Party stands for upliftment of downtrodden : Hassan Mir Apni Party inducts SC, OBC office bearers Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 20: Apni Party today appointed four members of Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Schedule Caste (SC) community as new office bearers of District Jammu Rural unit. In a meeting held here today, State coordinator of OBC, Madan Chalotra and State coordinator of SC Unit, Bodh Raj Bhagat announced appointment of four office bearers of District Jammu Rural in presence of...

Date Time Updates to COVID-19 Directions for 21 December 2020, South Australia Updates have been made to the Cross Border Travel and Residential Aged Care Facilities Directions. These updates come into effect 12.01 am on Monday 21 December 2020. The information in this update, only highlights the key changes made to the Directions and does not reflect all requirements. Members of the public are encouraged to see the full Directions for further information. The State Coordinator and Police Commi...

While the registration and issuance of NIN to Nigerians is supposed to be free, findings by our correspondents across some NIMC registration centres indicate that applicants are being extorted during the exercise. The extortion and racketeering in the registration process seem to have exacerbated following the deadline for registration issued by government, coupled with the demand by various government agencies requiring NIN as a mandatory requirement to register for examinations such as JAMB-U...

Date Time Police update: SA continue to monitor NSW COVID-19 outbreak Following a meeting held this morning (Saturday 19 December) to consider the recent Sydney northern beaches outbreak – State Coordinator and Commissioner of Police Grant Stevens has decided the position in respect to NSW remains unchanged here in South Australia. We are continuing to monitor the NSW situation. /Public Release. This material comes from the originating organization and may be of a point-in-time nature, edite...