By JOHN ONAH, Abuja–Federal Capital Territory Administration has disclosed that measures have been put in place for the immediate take off of the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) in livestock production. To this effect, the administration has made provisions in the 2021 budget to the tune of N5 billion...
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Rep. Fred Agbedi, (PDP, Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency) on Monday disbursed a N90 million grant to 30 cooperative societies across his constituency. Agbedi, said at the disbursement ceremony at Sagbama LGA, that the grant ranging from N500,000 to N5 million, was given to the beneficiaries, who underwent entrepreneurship skills training...
The death of two pregnant women in separate attacks in two Afghan provinces prompted many Afghans and human rights activists to take to social media on Monday to express their horror and anger. In the wake of the deaths, Afghans have begun to question the success of ongoing peace...
Israel’s 4th election in two years has failed once again to produce a clear winner, due largely to what is attributed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s error, reports said on Monday. In the latest development, the pro-Netanyahu group has declared the support of 52 members of the Knesset (the...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday celebrated a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his 69th birthday. In a statement he personally signed on Monday in Abuja, the Speaker noted that Tinubu is one Nigerian, who carries...
The Northern Forum of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NAN) has appealed to the Federal Government to appoint Prof Patricia Lar, as the first female Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Jos. Billy Tafawa-Balewa, leader of the forum, made the appeal in a interview with the News...
Four members of a family including two children have been killed in an explosion inside their house in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, police said on Monday. The blast took place at Tisri area in Giridih district, about 221 km northeast of Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand....
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said it would embark on a nationwide strike from Thursday. In a statement jointly signed by NARD President, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi; its Secretary-General, Dr Jerry Isogun, and its Publicity/Social Secretary, Dr Dotun Osikoya, the union said the industrial action would be total...
The Sudanese Government has signed a declaration of principles that calls for freedom of religion and cultural identity in a democratic state. The agreement also seeks to separate religion and the state. “No religion shall be imposed on anyone and the state shall not adopt any official religion,” the...
By JACKSON UGBECHIE – There is dollar drought in Nigeria. It has become the biggest challenge for the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in recent memory. To its credit, the CBN is fully aware of this and its grim implications on the economy and the apex bank has been...
Ever since he was murdered in 2015, Benue has not paused to explain why it killed Atoza Ihindan, a respected teacher and politician that I knew rather well. He opened the gates and deaths of politicians mostly in brutal circumstances continue unabated in Benue. “My father had gone out...
Former US President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother Sarah Obama has died at a hospital in Kenya at the age of 99, her family has been quoted by local media. Mrs Obama died early on Monday at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Hospital in the western town of Kisumu, her daughter Marsat...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said that the apex bank is ready to invest in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in order to stimulate economic growth and development. Mr. Emefiele said the sector emerged as a significant source of...
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has again summoned the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over alleged non-remittance of N4.07tn to the Federation Account between 2010 and 2016. The management of the NNPC had appeared before the Senate panel penultimate week to explain how the N4.07trn was spent....
The number of telecom subscribers in the country dropped by 11.84 million in four months, according to latest industry statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission. The recent report shows that telecommunications operators in the country recorded yet another loss of 4.13 million active subscribers in February 2021, as the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- An unprecedented crowd of supporters had yesterday stormed the Maiduguri International Airport to welcome and express solidarity for the Governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum over the recent alleged but dismissed plan to impeach him. Governor Zulum was away in Abuja last week when the...
The founder of Stanbic IBTC and Anap Foundation, Atedo Peterside has said that the Port Harcourt refinery in Rivers state generated no revenue in 2019. Mr. Peterside said the refinery incurred processing and administrative costs of N47 billion during the same period. In a tweet on Sunday, he accused...
In a collaborative exercise between the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Department of State Services (DSS), aimed at putting an end to the extortion of motorists on Nigerian roads, 187 officials of the FRSC have been arrested across the country. Monies taken...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday said it has registered 104 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 162,593. As at Sunday (28th, March 2021), the public health agency recorded seven (7) COVID-19-related deaths,...
The National Primary Health Care Agency (NPHCDA) said 513,626 persons have received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine across the country. The NPHCDA disclosed this in its official Twitter handle on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria commenced vaccination since March 5, first...