Tag: NOA

‘FG initiates collateral-free loan for farmers’ – NOA 

Aminu Imam
NOA on farmers loan

The Federal Government has introduced a new collateral-free loan scheme aimed at supporting smallholder farmers across the country. The initiative was announced via the official website of the National Orientation Agency (NOA). According to official sources, the initiative is designed to provide easier access to funding for farmers who often struggle to obtain credit from traditional financial institutions, thereby improving agricultural productivity, strengthening national food security, and increasing the income of rural farmers. Through the scheme, eligible farmers will be able to access funds without providing physical collateral, a major…

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“Don’t let Nigeria become another Iraq”, NOA warns citizens

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NOA warns

The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, has cautioned Nigerians against lending credence to foreign propaganda portraying the country as unsafe or divided along religious lines. Issa-Onilu, who issued the warning yesterday, at the ‘2025 Press Week’, organised by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in collaboration with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Abuja, warned that such narratives could plunge Nigeria into chaos similar to what befell Iraq and Libya. According to the NOA boss: “Nobody takes Senator Ted Cruz seriously. I do not see…

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NOA launches nationwide campaign on Nigeria’s policies, programmes

Aminu Imam
NOA launches

The National Orientation Agency, (NOA), yesterday kicked off a two weeks nationwide civic engagement drive across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, and across all 774 local government areas of the country on programmes and policies of the Federal Government. Director General, NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, while addressing newsmen in Lagos at the Agency’s Lagos office said that the initiative is not just another campaign, that it is a coordinated national awakening that touches the very heart of the nation’s identity, safety, values and development. Issa-Onilu…

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NOA begins campaign on ‘National Values Charter’ for prosperous Nigeria

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NOA begins campaign

The National Orientation Agency (NOA), an Agency under the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, has commenced a sensitisation campaign on ‘National Values Charter’ to promote a united and prosperous Nigeria based on respect for tolerance, understanding, democracy and good governance. The National Values Charter is divided into two broad sections comprising the Nigerian promise and the Citizen’s code. The Nigerian promise consists of promises made by the country and represented by all elected and appointed leaders which are equality, democracy, peace and security, inclusivity, employment and entrepreneurship, among…

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“We have identified sponsors of planned nationwide protest” – NOA

Aminu Imam
NOA says

The National Orientation Agency, (NOA), says it has identified sponsors of the proposed nationwide protest. There have been reports that some Nigerians, under various bodies, are planning a nationwide protest between August 1 and 10 against the rising cost of living and the economic hardship in the country. In a statement issued on Thursday, Deputy Director of Press at NOA, Paul Odenyi, said the agency has “successfully” identified the sponsors of the proposed nationwide protest and likely flashpoints where it may occur. Odenyi quoted Lanre Issa-Onilu, director-general (DG) of the…

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Information Ministry, NOA partner ARCON, NBC, IBAN, to unveil TV audience measurement platform

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Info Minister launching

The Ministry of Information and National Orientation, in partnership with the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission, (NBC) and the Independent  Broadcasters Association of Nigeria, (IBAN),  has announced plans to unveil an advanced television audience measurement (TAM) platform. This cutting-edge system which aims to transform audience measurement in Nigeria by delivering precise and reliable data on media consumption is in furtherance of the relevant provisions of The National Broadcasting Commission Laws of the Federation 2004 and the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) Act 2022. First…

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NOA: Kaduna Directory gets new boss

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The National Orientation Agency, NOA Kaduna directorate has a new Director in the person of Alhaji Hamisu Abubakar who succeeds Alhaji Galadima Zubairu Soba. Soba retires after serving the agency for over three decades. Until his appointment in acting capacity, Abubakar was the Assistant Director Special Duties and Local Government operations in the state directory of the agency. According to the Public Relations Officer of the NOA Suleiman Ibrahim, Abubakar joined the agency on the 4th of June, 1993

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Birth; NOA tasks Parents on registration of new born

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Zaria. Parents have been tasked on the birth registration of their children as it remains the first and most crucial means of identification of any individual. Focal Person for the National Orientation Agency, Yusuf Muhammed Balarabe and other stakeholders made the call at a community dialogue to sensitize parents on the parents on the importance of the registration held in Zaria. The dialogue with the theme; Conduct of community reorientation and grass root dialogue on an improved birth registration in in 60 local communities of 6…

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COVID-19: Nasarawa youths force residents to remove face mask – NOA

Ishaku Yohanna

The National Orientation Agency, NOA has raised the alarm that some young people in Nasarawa State were forcing and harassing some COVID-19 compliant residents to remove their face masks. The Director-General of NOA, Garba Abari, stated this on Thursday in Abuja, while presenting the agency’s observations and report on the 4th and 5th sensitization interventions against the coronavirus disease epidemic in Nigeria. Abari said, “Our field officers especially in Nasarawa State have observed the activities of some youths who go about forcing people to remove their face masks because according…

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