Nigeria can become self-sufficient in rice in eight years if post-harvest losses are reduced to between 30 per cent and 16 per cent. The declaration was made in Awka on Thursday by Dr Nehemiah Danbaba, of the National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi, Niger He was addressing a three-day capacity...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking an order to disqualify Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State from contesting the state governorship election later this year. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit for being incompetent and an...
The Defence Headquarters says, troops of the armed forces eliminated more than 50 terrorists in various operations in North East and North West theatres of operation in three weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the military...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, on Thursday said it generated N1.02 trillion in 2022. The customs area controller, Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, said this at a media conference in Lagos. Yusuf said the amount was unprecedented in the history of revenue generation by the command, and that the...
A 45-year old masa seller, Rahila Polycarp, says she used the proceeds of the business to sponsor three of her five children in the university. Masa is a popular Northern Nigerian snack made from maize or rice. Polycarp told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Yelenguruza community in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrest of the Doyin Okupe, the former Director General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who confirmed this in a...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has announced that it will host the 2022 Market Recap and 2023 Outlook event on Wednesday, 25 January 2023. NGX Market Recap and Outlook is an annual event designed to review market performance in the preceding year and present expert...
OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Tragedy struck on Wednesday at the Lekki-Ikoyi inland waterways in Lagos State after an unidentified man got drowned while jet skiing. An eyewitness, who saw the jet skier from afar, said he was riding at a “very high speed” across the water body. Confirming the...
The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has arrested Doyin Okupe, a former DG of the Peter Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign. Okupe, according to The Voice of Naija, was nabbed on Thursday morning at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. One of his lawyers, Tolu Babaleye, who confirmed the incident,...
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has been quizzed by two Swiss prosecutors appointed to take over an investigation into his alleged secret meetings with the country’s former prosecution chief, one of the magistrates confirmed to AFP on Wednesday. “I confirm to you that a confrontation hearing was held in the...
The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor has vowed to end what he described as the 24-year monopoly of a former governor of the state, Bola Tinubu. “We will come in and do things differently. The problem...
Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr to publicly order police to end their war on drugs. This, has led to the killings of thousands of suspects since the previous administration launched it in 2016. The New York-based rights group noted that Marcos Jnr vowed...
The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu on Wednesday decried the poor living condition in Niger Delta and called for concerted efforts by all stakeholders to address the challenge. Ayu made the call while inaugurating the multi-billion Naira Ogheye Floating Market; Odokun Secondary School, 3-km...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three teenagers for allegedly kidnapping a six-year old girl. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina. He said that the three suspects were Abdulrazak Ibrahim, Aliyu Salisu, and...
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, has advised financial institutions in the country to be vigilant and improve the monitoring of their customers’ loans in order to prevent the build-up of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the industry as a result of the macroeconomic challenges. Speaking in...
I’m Andrea Okoye. I have written for this renowned newspaper, NATIONAL ACCORD a decade ago and this is a big come back and for the better. In this outing, I will be covering Entrepreneurship. The page shall be called MARKETGIRLAFRICA, under which I will bring over 10 years of marketing and entrepreneurial...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the State, Engr Titus Uba will do well when elected governor of the State on March 11th this year. Governor Ortom stated this Wednesday in his remarks...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on his 64th birthday, Jan. 12, 2023, sharing the joyous occasion with the National Assembly. President Buhari in his congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja, joined...
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of fueling political violence in the state. State APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris made the allegations at a media briefing in Gusau on Wednesday. Idris described the recent campaign tactics of PDP...